Technology
EQT's Piab bolts on SAS Automation
Piab strengthens its presence in the North American region after initially expanding in Asia
Palatine invests in E-Days
Deal for the employee absence software developer is the second investment from the GP's impact fund
Entrepreneur Venture backs InsideBoard
Entrepreneur Venture, BPI France and Banque Populaire invest $5m in the French SaaS platform
UnternehmerTUM leads €10m series-A for 3YourMind
VC firms Coparion and AM Ventures, and machine tool manufacturer Trumpf, also take part
Vivocha sold to Aksía's Covisian
Deal sees Italian venture capital houses Principia and Vertis fully exit the business
Battery Ventures leads $75m series-D for Getyourguide
KKR, Spark Capital, Highland Europe, Sunstone Capital and Nokia Growth Partners also take part
Equistone-backed Caseking bolts on Trigono
Acquisition is intended to support Caseking's expansion in the Scandinavian market
PE-backed Trintech acquires Adra Software
Backed by Sprectrum and Vista, the combined group will operate under the name Trintech
NVM invests £4m in Hello Soda
Deal sees the VCT manager acquire a minority stake in the data analytics software company
Berlin Innovation nearing first close for €40m seed fund
Berlin Innovation Ventures will make approximately 40 initial seed investments of €250,000
Breyer and Index in $28m series-B for Kano
Fresh capital will fund the launch of the company's products in the North American market
Brighteye holds €50m close for education technology fund
Vehicle will back European education technology companies from seed stage to series-C
Consortium backs €40m round for Ada Health
Cumberland VC, the June Fund and Access Industries all take part in the funding round
SEP invests in Dotmatics
GP invests in the data analytics software provider with capital drawn from its ТЃ260m fifth fund
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
ING announces €300m fintech fund
ING Ventures is financed entirely from ING's balance sheet and has a four-year investment period
Livingbridge exits IP Solutions in LDC deal
Communications technology business will look to make bolt-on acquisitions following the deal
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested ТЃ14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
Idinvest Partners, BPI France et al. in €32m iAdvize series-C
French GPs invest €32m in the conversational marketing platform developer
One Equity-backed Lutech buys Sinergy
GP acquired a controlling stake in the business in July 2017 via its $1.65bn sixth vehicle
Capnamic, Grazia in $8m round for Zageno
Fresh capital will be used to expand the sales, marketing and technical integration teams
Primomiglio leads €1m seed round for Yolo
Backers include US-based seed investor Miro Ventures and insurance broker Mansutti
Draper Esprit acquires two Seedcamp funds
Deal sees the acquirer take stakes in a number of tech startups, including Transferwise
HgCapital buys 69% Dada stake for €46m
Following the acquisition, the GP aims to launch an offer on the remaining shares