Technology
Mangrove holds first close on $170m for fifth VC fund
VC will target European technology companies in the early stages of development, with add-on capital available
Deal in Focus: Nordic Capital sells Bambora to Ingenico for €1.5bn
Nordic Capital has sold its electronic payment service provider Bambora to Ingenico Group for an enterprise value of тЌ1.5bn
ECI buys minority stake in Media IQ
London-based software business aims to use the fresh capital to boost product development
Maven leads £3.5m round for Contego Fraud Solutions
NVM Private Equity and existing investors provide ТЃ1.7m in the round as well
Godaddy sells Plus Server to BC Partners for €397m
Plus Server was being marketed from a projected €36m EBITDA and posted revenues of €100m in 2016
Main Mezzanine backs DMP
Main provided a mezzanine loan and took a minority stake alongside management
Partech Ventures leads £12m series-A for Privitar
Backers include corporate investment group Salesforce Ventures and US-based CME Ventures
Findos sells Abit to Marlin
Main Capital will also divest its stake in the business, which it acquired through Eurosystems
Alpina invests in New Solutions
Business complements Alpina's other portfolio companies in the sector, including Gefasoft and CAQ Solutions
Oakley-backed Plesk buys Xovi
Xovi will be integrated into Plesk's existing website-building software as an SEO extension
Amadeus, Oxx back merger of Relayware and Zift
Transaction was managed by Oxx Capital, which has taken over management of some Amadeus portfolio companies
Go Capital exits Spread
Go Capital recently launched its second seed vehicle, Go Capital Amorçage II, with a €60m first close
Insight leads $75m series-D for Darktrace
Cybersecurity firm will use the funding to support its ongoing international expansion
Notion, NEA in $48m series-C for Move Guides
Since it was founded six years ago, Move Guides has raised $91m in five funding rounds
Banks and VC firms in $10m series-A for Curve
Santander Innoventures, Investec, Speedinvest, Oxford Capital and Breega Capital also backed the round
Endeit Capital in €15m series-B for Gastrofix
Round was led by German brewery group Radeberger, which already provided €8m in February
ETF and McRock in €8.3m round for Worldsensing
Data analytics company will increase its focus on smart cities and industrial IoT products
Palatine acquires The Bunker from Foresight
Deal for IT company is the fifth investment made from the GP's ТЃ220m third fund
HTGF in €3m series-B round for POS Pulse
Round was led by former Schleich managing director Paul Kraut along with moebel.de founder Robert Kabs
Alpina carves out QDA from ASI Datamyte
Deal is the latest buy-and-build investment by Alpina in the manufacturing execution systems sector
Primary-backed Maru acquires SynGro
Primary Capital injected ТЃ45m growth capital in Maru Group in February 2016
Viking Venture exits EcoOnline in Summa-backed SBO
Viking Venture acquired the Norwegian software company in a buyout three years ago
Shortcut et al. sell Mediakraft to Gamigo
Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital are among the company's previous investors
Xing buys Kizoo-backed Prescreen for €17m
Purchase price could rise by €5-10m from earn-out payments based on 2020 targets