Technology
Spark et al. lead $8.3m round for Verse
Transaction follows the $1.8m seed funding round led by VC house Draper Fischer Jurvetson
Gimv takes 40% stake in Mega International
Gimv invested in the Parisian tech company through its Smart Industries platform
LDC invests more than £20m in Mitrefinch MBO
British HR software company will look to increase its international presence
Beringea leads £3m series-A for Honeycomb
Advertising distribution company to expand into 11 new markets, including the US
EQT acquires cyber security business Utimaco in SBO
Sellers reinvest part of their proceeds for a minority stake as part of the deal
Arkea, Omnes, A Plus Finance in €4m series-D for Oxatis
Latest round brings total funding received by company to €13.5m
Viking Venture takes minority stake in Xait
Nordic VC acquires 43% shareholding in Sandnes-based document production tool developer
E.Ventures in €20m Smartfrog round
VCs are joined by a number of family offices and a Swiss entrepreneur for the round
Bayern Kapital and BayBG back Gastfreund
Following its series-A round, the startup hopes to expand to other regions
Highland Europe in $20m round for ContentSquare
Firm invested via its €332m venture vehicle Highland Europe Technology Growth II
Carlyle's Cap Vert Finance acquires Nexeya Services
Carlyle became majority shareholder in the group in 2015
YFM in £3.6m round for Biz2Mobile
Fresh capital will enable the data analytics software company to invest in its Elemez product
HTGF in €5m Makerist series-A
Existing backers HTGF and publishing house OZ Verlag were joined in the round by two new backers
BPI, BNP and Amundi in €10m round for Splio
Transaction marks first funding round for the French SaaS group, founded in 2001
Brexit volatility wipes £1bn off Misys IPO
Banking software provider is understood to have requested a reduction in its free-float to 20%
La Caixa leads €2.3m round for Worldcoo
Backers of the funding round include Mnext alongside high-net-worth individuals
General Atlantic, ProSiebenSat.1 back KäuferPortal
Each investor bought a 42% stake, while 16% will be held by the company's founders
Idinvest, Ecomobility Ventures lead €7m round for Boxtal
New funding round brings total amount of capital raised by Boxtal to €10.8m
BNP Paribas, CapDecisif in €12m round for Linkfluence
Latest round brings total amount of funding raised by startup above €20m mark
Atlantic Bridge in $6m Ubimax round
It is the company's first funding round since it was founded in 2014
Industrifonden leads $6m round for Soundtrap
Stockholm and Silicon Valley-based app will use funding to accelerate product development
Holtzbrinck and Hanse merge voucher startups
Both companies' CEOs will jointly run newly founded Savings United
EdRip's Eurogiciel acquires PE-backed Alyotech
Alyotech formerly backed by Iris Capital, BPI France and Galileo Partners, among others
Creathor leads €2.6m round for HappyCar
Global Founders Capital sold its shares to Creathor following the last round