Technology
Livingbridge acquires RealVNC
Equity comes from the GP's GBP 1.25bn Livingbridge 7, which has made four deals in Europe so far
Hg buys majority stake in Waterland-backed Serrala
Waterland acquired the B2B financial automation software in 2016 and will retain a minority stake
Highland, Brookfield lead USD 100m round for Plentific
Mubadala Investment Company and existing investors including Target Global have backed the round
VCs in USD 292m round for WorldRemit
Series E from Farallon, Leapfrog, TCV and Accel sees the firm rebrand as Zepz at a USD 5bn valuation
TCV-backed Grupa Pracuj files for IPO
TCV owns a 27% stake in the Poland-based recruitment platform, with the remainder held by management
Bridgepoint to acquire LanguageWire from Catacap
Catacap acquired the translation and content production software in 2017 via its debut fund
Providence Strategic Growth backs Sport Alliance with EUR 60m
GP intends to support the gym and fitness studio software with its international expansion
Valar Ventures leads USD 263m round for Bitpanda
Round brings the aggregate value of growth and VC deals in Austria in 2021 to more than EUR 1bn
Softbank leads USD 120m round for Adverity
Existing investor Sapphire Ventures is also backing the Austria-based marketing analytics software developer
Altor buys majority stake in game developer Raw Fury
Deal comes shortly after Altor announced its investment in activewear brand Oceans Apart
EQT to sell Utimaco majority stake to SGT Capital
EQT will retain a minority stake in the Germany-based cybersecurity firm, which it acquired in 2016
Rockpool nets 12.7x on sale of Outright Games to EMK
Rockpool took a majority stake in Outright in 2016, providing growth capital to the team
General Atlantic leads EUR 100m Series C for Chrono24
Aglaé Ventures, Insight Partners and Sprints Capital also take part
IK exits Visolit in trade sale
IK acquired the IK acquired Norwegian IT services and outsourcing business in 2016
KKR registers new tech growth fund
Incorporation comes 18 months after the previous vehicle in the strategy closed on USD 2.2bn
HQ Equita buys Indevis
GP is currently investing via Equita V, which held a final close in April 2019 on EUR 308m
France's Atos circled by private equity firms
Cinven is among PE firms looking at a potential take-private of the Paris-listed consultancy
Tenzing nets 5.6x on exit of Smoothwall
Second exit for the firm's debut fund, after reaping a 72% IRR on FMP Global
Getir investors to cash in USD 100m with secondary sale
Stake being sold amounts to around 1.3% of Getir's total share capital
Bolt closes EUR 600m funding round
Investors include Sequoia, Tekne, Ghisallo, G Squared, D1 Capital and Naya
Livingbridge acquires IT service North from Aliter Capital
Aliter Capital formed North via a buy-and-build strategy for portfolio company Boston Networks
Bregal Milestone to launch second fund
European growth technology investor held a final close for its debut vehicle in 2018 on EUR 400m
Tiger Global leads USD 175m round for Contentful
Berlin-headquartered mobile application and digital content developer is valued at USD 3bn
Belgian unicorn Odoo raises USD 215m from Summit
Sofinnova Partners sells shares, with the latest valuation being a 149x jump on its 2010 investment