Technology
EQT Ventures leads $8.2m series-A for Varjo
VC vehicle of the Swedish private equity house led the round alongside other investors
Mountain Partners backs €2m round for Volders
Government-backed KfW Bank also takes part in the round, along with unnamed family offices
KKR's SoftwareOne acquires UC Point
SoftwareOne looks to develop its presence in the enterprise communication software market
Rocket Internet sells €660m stake in Delivery Hero
Naspers purchases 22 million shares at €29.50, securing a 23.6% stake in total
EQT-backed IFS bolts on WorkWave
Acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2017
Kibo Ventures leads €2.5m round for Bipi
Backers include business angels and existing investors B4Motion and Stella Maris
Keensight backs I-Tracing
GP currently invests from Keensight IV, which closed on its hard-cap of €250m in 2014
F2i, Marguerite buy KPNQWest Italia
Investors aim to integrate the asset and two other portfolio companies into a single platform
Artificial intelligence offers smart opportunities for PE
Once the domain of early-stage VC investors, the AI segment is now attracting the attention of private equity buyers
Synova acquires Syslink via MBO
Synova is currently investing from its ТЃ250m third fund, which typically deploys ТЃ10-30m
Siparex et al. acquire Apside
Siparex invested €30m from its €315m ETI 4 fund, which announced its final close this week
Temasek invests in Francisco-backed BluJay
Deal values logistics SaaS company at $700m five years after Francisco bought the company for ТЃ103m
Hellman & Friedman to acquire Nets in DKK 33.1bn deal
Hellman & Friedman intends to delist the Denmark-based payment service provider from Nasdaq Copenhagen
MWN leads €1.9m funding round for Coredinate
Previous investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital also took part in the round
Ping An leads £34m series-A for 10x Future Technologies
London-based banking-related technology business was founded by former Barclay's CEO Anthony Jenkins
Fribourg Capital closes VC fund on €20m
VC firm intends to deploy capital in Romanian IT startups seeking seed funding rounds
YFM backs 4net Technologies with £9m
Deal is the fourth investment made by the firm's 2016-vintage maiden buyout fund
Gimv acquires 23.6% stake in Cegeka
GP plans to support the company's growth, both organically and by means of acquisitions
EQT sells TransIP back to founder
GP makes the divestment from both EQT Mid Market and EQT Mid Market Europe funds
HTGF III raises target and tweaks investment terms
Fund is now operational and will begin making its first investment decisions this week
KCP injects £4m into Sparta Global
IT consultancy will recruit 100 staff as it opens new offices in Leeds and Birmingham
Balderton leads $10m series-A for Funnel
Funnel intends to use the fresh capital to expand into the US and European markets
Jadeberg backs €2m round for CS Group
Firm made the investment using capital from its second growth capital fund MCF II
Creandum and Eight Roads lead $10m series-A for 8fit
Fresh capital will be used for recruitment to support the company's international user growth