Technology
Marlin backs e-commerce specialist Lengow
With Marlin's support, the company plans to further develop its technology and boost its international expansion
Apax to acquire Herjavec Group
Apax is currently investing from its 10th-generation fund, which closed on $9bn in February 2020
LDC-backed Onecom acquires BGF's Olive Communications
BGF invested ТЃ10m in Olive in 2016 in a deal that also raised ТЃ5.25m in debt provided by Barclays
Sovereign's Acolin bolts on Fundbase
Swiss fund service platform is planning further add-ons in key European financial centres
K1 provides growth equity investment to XTM
XTM International has been bootstrapped up until this investment from K1
Tiger Global leads €40m round for Flipdish
Fresh capital will go towards growing Flipdish's international footprint
LocalGlobe et al. invest in €20m series-A for Libeo
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further develop its B2B payment service and scale up its team
Zubr Capital, EBRD exit Targetprocess
Sale to Appito, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, is the first exit from Zubr's debut fund
Industrifonden leads €4.6m extended series-A for EnginZyme
Latest round brings company's total series-A funding to тЌ11m
BlackRock in talks to buy Aquila Heywood for £350m – report
Aquila Heywood is a pensions administration software company that generates revenues of ТЃ32.4m
Genui invests in Fact-Finder
Hamburg-headquartered Genui has previously invested in technology-based companies including Mindcurv
Ufenau's Swiss IT Security buys AV-Test
Company plans to make one to two more add-ons in the IT security market in the next six months
MTIP, Akilia et al. invest in Koa Health
Company intends to use the fresh capital to accelerate its product development and further expand internationally
EQT Ventures leads €75m series-B round for Instabox
Funding will be used to develop technology to enhance value-chain for customers and merchants, and for expansion outside of Sweden
Prime Fund aiming to close 10 new investments this year
Newly launched Czech technology fund is open-ended and aims to raise CZK 1bn in total
Permira leads $180m round for Nexthink
Series-D financing round values the Switzerland-based software company at $1.1bn
Kester Capital backs Optibrium
GP invests in the company via its second fund, which closed on its ТЃ90m hard-cap in August 2020
TA Associates to invest in French company DL Software
Software developer has realised an average annual growth rate of more than 10% since its founding
Rutland backs infrastructure service JSM
JSM represents the 10th investment from Rutland Fund III, which closed on ТЃ263m in January 2015
VC-backed Auto1 completes IPO
Listing gives the company a market capitalisation of €7.9bn and sees gross proceeds of around €1.8bn
VCs sell stakes in Adjust to KKR's AppLovin
Exit reportedly values the app performance and marketing software at around $1bn
Elaia leads €15m series-B for Holded
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further develop its technology, scale up its team and open a new office
Harwood takes stake in PLT alongside Firmament
Founder Peter Flanagan will continue to lead the business alongside Brian Connolly
PSG closes debut European fund on €1.25bn
PSG Europe invests in lower-mid-market software and technology-enabled services companies