Technology
Spark Capital leads $20m series-B for Verse
Backers include US-based existing investor Greycroft Partners and eVentures
Castik Capital acquires Inet-logistics
Buyout firm secures a majority stake in the German transport management software company
Zouk and Hermes in €13m Readly series-B
Reports indicate that Readly had previously raised SEK 20m from Zouk in 2015
Beyond Capital buys Ebertlang
German PE house acquires a majority stake in the IT management software distributor
Capnamic backs Contiamo
Company will use the fresh capital to expand its product portfolio and increase international sales effort
Talde fully exits Spanish telecoms firm Iberfibra
Following the sale of subsidiary Neo in 2015, the GP has now fully exited the asset
Entrepreneur Venture in €6m round for EasyRecrue
Entrepreneur Venture is the latest funder to back EasyRecrue, after Elaia Partners and BPI France
Viking Venture invests in View Software
Deal sees GP lead an undisclosed funding round for the business and acquire a 49% stake
China-backed Silk Ventures raises $500m for maiden fund
London-based venture investor will invest in US and European businesses looking to expand into China
Waterland-backed Hanse Orga bolts on Dolphin
Deal sees financial software developer Hanse Orga Group expand into North America
Inventure sells Beddit to Apple
Nordic early-stage VC firm sells its stake in the Finnish sleep monitoring sensor manufacturer
Ardian invests in Abvent
Ardian invested through its Expansion Fund IV, which closed last year on €1bn
Tikehau invests £80m in IT and web hosting firm Claranet
Company recently expanded into Italy, on top of acquiring Brazilian and Dutch competitors
Apax France et al. sell down remaining stakes in GFI
Qatar-based Mannai Corporation will increase its holding in the French IT business from 51% to 95%
HTGF in €1.5m seed round for Replex
Fresh capital will be used to expand into the US market, with a new office recently opened in San Francisco
Kartesia leads €25m round for Vet+a
Deal is the second investment in the insurtech sector for the GP, after backing GT Motion in January
Tesi and Debiopharm in $10m series-B for BC Platforms
Biopharmaceutical company will launch new technologies and integrate clinical and genomic data
Highland and Grafton in $40m round for Starleaf
Cloud-based video conferencing company to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region
Catacap buys translation service LanguageWire
Deal is the second acquisition of 2017 for the Danish small- and mid-cap buyout house
83North hires Just Eat's David Buttress as partner
Buttress will be working with 83North portfolio companies on the operational side of their business models
Extens et al. take majority stake in Snal
Extens, Capital Croissance and BPI France together hold around 75% of the group's equity
Accel leads $30m series-A for UiPath
New funding will be used predominantly to hire new staff to keep up with increasing product demand
Project A sells Minodes to Telefonica Next
Fifth exit from Project A's first fund, which held a final close on €80m in 2012
UFG backs merger of Rutaxi and Fasten
UFG Private Equity becomes majority shareholder in the new company created by the merger