Technology
Bessemer leads $9m series-A for Pipedrive
Company had raised $2.4m of seed funding in 2013
Doughty Hanson exits Eurofiber in €875m deal
GP reaps 35% IRR on 2012 investment
Innova's Wirtualna Polska lists in PLN 1bn IPO
Company valuation reportedly trebled since 2013’s buyout
Dawn and Point Nine lead $5m Automile series-A
Shareholders also include Creandum's Martin Hauge
BlackFin-backed NeoXam wholly acquires Nexfi
Deal comes one year after NeoXam’s carve-out from Sungard
Idinvest closes second digital fund on €140m
Vehicle held €60m first close in October 2013
Entrepreneur Venture leads €3m round for Mediabong
Round comes three years after Mediabong's first capital injection
Pole Capital leads $2m round for MisterBnB
Company plans to open five new offices in Europe and US
Target Partners backs Dedrone with €2.7m
Round to fund development of Drone Tracker system
Astorg to buy Metrologic from Carlyle
SBO is understood to be valued at €200-250m
Dealerdirect raises €8m from Prime Ventures et al.
Third deal by Prime Ventures in past seven days
HTGF et al. exit bab.la to Oxford University Press
HTGF first invested in bab.la in 2008
Verdane exits Codenomicon in trade sale
Exit is direct secondaries investor's third in a month
Prime Ventures injects €5m into Forcare
VC Firm recently held €170m final close on latest fund
Valar Ventures leads $18m EyeEm series-B
Photo-sharing app previously raised $10m over two rounds
Capnamic et al. inject €4m into Cobi
Smartbike system previously raised $400,000 via crowdfunding
EdRip and Phillimore exit Ocean to Orange
Company turnover up 15% since 2011 buyout
Seed Capital invests €940k in Vaavud
Cash will underpin company's shift towards software development
Creandum leads $7m series-A round into Peak
Brain training app has raised more than $10m since 2014
LBO Partners exits Nerim to Dzeta Group
Reported turnover has seen uptick from €24m to €40m since 2012 MBO
DN Capital et al. inject €6m into Take Eat Easy
VC invests via Global Venture Capital III fund
Apax completes €730m Exact take-private
Deal for business software company valued at around 16.8x EBITDA
European venture houses hungry for food tech
European venture players have been gobbling up start-ups in the food tech space
Mountain Partners acquires Netstart Venture
Business angel Kollman sells venture capital company to Swiss VC