Technology
Gro Capital takes minority stake in Boyum IT Solutions
Equity investment comes as part of Boyumтs acquisition of Swiss software company Beas Group
Global Finance exits TotalSoft in €30m deal
Transaction had an enterprise value of €30.25m and trade buyer paid an entry multiple of 8.6x
BGF leads £2m round for MyLife
GP aims to boost the company's expansion through the launch of a new platform
Oakley reaps 3.6x return on Parship partial exit
Transaction values the business at €300m, with an IRR of 150% for Oakley
Star Capital buys Globalways
Star Capital plans to inject an additional €60m of growth capital in the future
Calculus makes 34.3% IRR on Horizon Discovery exit
Final exit of shareholding in British biotechnology company nets 1.82x money
Howzat et al. back Byhours with €1.5m funding
HR Ventures joins Howzat to support the Spanish online hotel booking platform
VC-backed Roli bolts on FXpansion
Technology-focused musical instrument business expands with the addition of software company
21 Centrale reaps 8.5x return in Digital Virgo exit
Digital Virgo was created in 2008, when the GP re-invested in Jet Multimedia group
Verdane invests in Searchmetrics
Verdane simultaneously acquires shares in German startups Smava and Hornetsecurity
Target Partners backs Senic's seed round
Senic was founded within the Y Combinator programme, a US-based seed accelerator
LDC invests £16.5m in Team17
Deal will fund the computer game developer's bolt-on acquisition of Mouldy Toof Studios
GCP invests in Arrow Business Communications
GP acquires a 55% stake in the UK enterprise communications provider
HTGF provides seed funding for Raidboxes
High-Tech Gründerfonds usually invests €600,000 at seed stage in its portfolio companies
EQT invests in TransIP
Transaction marks EQT Mid Market Europe's first investment in the Benelux region
KKR and Towerbrook invest €250m in OVH
French tech company had so far financed its development through debt
Alpina acquires Cimdata to merge it with Oxaion
Deal marks the first bolt-on as part of a buy-and-build growth strategy in the ESP space
Apax-backed InfoVista acquires Ascom's Tems subsidiary
Apax France acquired a majority stake in the group in March 2016
Scoro raises $1.9m seed funding from Inventure et al.
London-based startup was founded in Tallinn, Estonia
Lyceum sells Adapt to Datapipe
IT infrastructure company expanded through bolt-on acquisitions under the GP's tenure
Food tech: first warning signs as consolidation sets in
Deliveroo's $275m round shows the market remains frothy, but other recent news highlight the challenges facing startups and their VCs
Beech Tree backs £35m Wavenet MBO
Enterprise communications business will look to expand through bolt-on acquisitions
Glovo raises €5m series-A from Antai et al.
Backers include VC houses Caixa Capital Risc, Seaya, Bonsai, Entrée alongside private investors
IBB and Hasso Plattner sell OpenSynergy to Panasonic
Hasso Plattner Ventures was invested since 2008, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft since 2010