Technology
Main Capital raises €100m towards fifth fund
Vehicle has a target size of €200m and a €225m hard-cap, which the GP expects to hit before the end of the year
Aurelius sells Getronics to Bottega for €220m
Trade sale of British IT networks business is the Germany-based investor's largest ever exit
Project A, Creandum lead €8.5m series-A for Comtravo
New funding will be used to accelerate product development and facilitate future international expansion
Gimv sells stake in RES to Ivanti
Deal ends a seven-year holding period for Gimv, which initially invested in the company in April 2010
Accel leads €14m PayFit round
Series-B also sees Xavier Niel and Otium Venture invest in the French digital payroll and HR business
GPF Capital to sell Acuntia to Vinci Energies
Deal will end an 18-month holding in the Spanish ICT service provider
Runa and XAnge in €4m Yoopies series-A
Further undisclosed amount was raised to fund the takeover of UK-based FindaBabysitter
Foresight generates 400% IRR on sale of Simulity to ARM
GP sells its stake in the Internet-of-Things business for ТЃ11.4m just eight months after it invested ТЃ4m
High-Tech Gründerfonds sells Fruux
GP sells its stake to the company's founding partner after a five-year holding period
Adelis takes majority stake in AddPro
Investment is likely to be the last made by Adelis's тЌ340m maiden fund
Priveq takes minority stake in Omegapoint
Deal is the seventh for Priveq Investment V and its first in the tech sector
Tecnet, EQVenture sell NXT Control to Schneider Electric
Austrian VC firm Tecnet Equity purchased a 38% stake in the company for €2m in October 2009
Ardian takes minority stake in Sarbacane Software
Third investment completed by Ardian Growth in the past two months, following Santédiscount and Abvent
Cipio holds final close for Fund VII on €174m
Fund will make primary and secondary growth capital investments in expansion-stage technology companies
HTGF, Media Ventures et al. in $8.5m round for Make.tv
Corporate venture players Voyager Capital, Microsoft Ventures and Vulcan Capital also back the round
Target Partners leads €4.2m round for ArangoDB
Deal is the final tranche of the series-A funding round, which first closed on €2.2m in November 2016
VCs back digital insurance merger
Previous Knip investors Route 66 Ventures, Red Alpine and QED are also providing funding to support the merger
Aleph and BPI back Ekinops' acquisition of OneAccess
OneAccess has been backed by a consortium of VCs since 2003, including Idinvest and CM-CIC
Alpina invests in VR business Virtalis
UK-based software and hardware developer will look to undertake an international expansion strategy
iSeed exits MySugr in trade sale to Roche
Mysugr was backed by US VC iSeed Ventures as well as Roche Ventures, Allianz Ventures and XLHealth
Cathay Innovation raises $320m for first vehicle
Cathay Innovation, Cathay Capital Private Equity's venture arm, closes its first investment vehicle
VC-backed Delivery Hero readies for €4bn+ IPO
Listing is expected to raise €996m and give the company a total enterprise value of €4.4bn
HgCapital leads €4.7bn SBO of Visma from KKR, Cinven
KKR fully exits the software business while Cinven sells 40% of its stake to retain a 17% holding
Safran and Pengpai in $26m funding round for Kalray
Safran Corporate Ventures and Pengpai join as new investors in the round alongside previous backers