Technology
EclecticIQ secures €5.5m in series-A round
Amsterdam-based start-up collaborates with Nato on threat intelligence software technologies
Nnergix raises €720,000 from Victoria Venture et al.
Deal marks the first investment of Spanish venture capital firm Victoria Venture Capital
Up to Eleven backs Nuki's €2m seed round
Startup raised €385,000 via crowd funding platform Kickstarter last year
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Seizing the initiative
Part two: private equity players must embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution and identify when challenges can be turned into opportunities
HTGF backs contaminant detectors business Bentekk
German startup Bentekk is a spinout from Hamburg University of Technology
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Proceed with caution
Part one: technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for private equity?
Private equity and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Digitalisation and technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for PE?
MyTwinPlace raises €750,000 round from Inveready, Sabadell
Deal marks the first transaction for Banco Sabadell’s investment arm, Sabadell Venture Capital
Tengelmann and IBB exit 42reports to Dilax Intelcom
VR Equitypartner and Omos Equity bought a majority stake in Dilax in early 2015
VC-backed SumUp and Payleven to merge
Newly merged mobile payments company will have a presence in 15 countries
Accent Equity acquires Inteno
Deal is the second carve-out in 12 months for the Swedish mid-market buyout house
Seventure injects €1.2m into tactile tech maker Actronika
Seventure has used its Quadrivium 1 seed fund to invest in the French tech startup's seed round
LaunchPad raises £2m series-A from Sussex Place et al.
London-based LaunchPad will use the funding to improve its HR analytics offering
Dunedin's EV Offshore bolts on Epidote
Transaction marks only the third European deal in the oil & gas sector this year
Partech in €12m series-B for Lendix
Deal marks Partech's third investment in the French crowdlending platform
BPI et al. exit Withings to Nokia in €170m deal
Previous VCs had backed the digital health company with €30m of investments
NB, Apax buy further 8.3% stake in Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Purchase will trigger launch of a mandatory offer for the remaining 55.7% shares
HTGF backs Se M Labs' €780,000 seed round
MBG Baden-Württemberg and an unnamed business angel invested alongside HTGF
Alma Mundi leads €1m round for Fairtime
Deal marks the third transaction for Alma Mundi Innvierte Fund
Nauta et al. inject €1.4m into Lodgify
Backers include existing shareholders Howzat, Venrex and high-net-worth individuals
HTGF and MBG recommit to Eyefactive
Funding comes after business launched app platform for interactive signage software
Sunstone sells Tyba to Graduateland
Tyba’s management team will leave the business for a spin-off company, Source{d}
Grant Thornton promotes Woodcock and Platt to director
New appointments focus on the business support services and TMT sectors, respectively
Silver Lake in €580m take-private bid for Cegid
GP and UK-based investment firm AltaOne have agreed to buy a 38% stake in the SaaS company