Technology
CVC's Avast in $1.3bn bid for AVG
Antivirus software developer, formerly owned by Enterprise Investors, is to be acquired by its Czech competitor
Equistone acquires Camusat from MBO Partenaires
Exiting GP bought telecoms company in 2011 via an MBO, acquiring a minority stake
KKR leads $65m round for Darktrace
Cybersecurity business will invest in international marketing and sales
Target et al. back Finanzchef24's €4m round
Existing investors HW Capital and Mercura Capital recommitted in the new round
Interway nets €3m funding from BNP Paribas and BPI
IT services' revenues went up by 49% in 2015, reaching €41m
YFM injects £2.75m into Sipsynergy
Cloud-based call management company will undertake a recruitment drive
Equistone takes majority stake in Adista
Other investors in the transaction include regional fund GEI and BPI France's ILP
ECI acquires IT services company IT Lab
London-based business will expand via acquisitions and new services
Verdane Capital in €43m Eniram exit to Wärtsila
Direct secondaries GP acquired Eniram as part of a portfolio of companies from Ferd Capital
TGFS backs IT security business Rhebo
Rhebo is the third business started by the founders, who specialise in IT security
Main Capital buys Axxerion
GP plans to grow the business by applying a buy-and-build strategy
Adelis buys three Danish business process outsourcers
GP looks to consolidate the fragmented sector, starting with a triple acquisition
Cherry Ventures in Smacc's €3.5m series-A
Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures et al. also participated in the round
Greycroft backs Splash's $2.5m round
In March, Splash won the founder prize at tech-festival South by Southwest
Alma Mundi leads €1.5m round for Enigmedia
Spanish encryption company will increase its activity in Latin America
BlackFin Capital Partners launches €120m VC fund
Fintech fund is the financed-focus GP's first venture capital fund
Xerys Gestion leads €13m second round for Sevenhugs
Parisian tech startup had previously raised €1.5m in a seed funding in March 2015
Addventure leads $3.2m series-A for Armut
Existing seed investor Hummingbird Ventures participated to the series-A funding round
Hellman's TeamSystem buys E-conomic
Deal follows the recent acquisition of Italian startup Fatture In Cloud
Inflexion exits CMO to US buyer Mitratech
Risk and compliance company undertook a recruitment drive under Inflexion's ownership
Mannai takes majority stake in Apax-backed GFI
Qatar-based listed group raises stake in French business GFI Informatique to 51.24%
Tim Ventures leads €600,000 seed round for Cloudesire
Deal marks the largest investment round so far for the Italian startup-focused venture capital firm
Endless's Liberata sells Trustmarque for £57m
Private equity house Endless exits the business after a two-year holding period
Fintech startup OptioPay secures €7m seed funding
Transaction marks the payment software company's third seed round