Technology
EQT Ventures leads $44m series-B for Cleo
Existing investors Balderton Capital and LocalGlobe also participated in the round
Verdane invests in AsGoodAsNew
Verdane has previously made 30 investments in the e-commerce sector, the GP said to a statement
Mid Europa to acquire Sage Group's Polish business
Software business is valued at £66m and the sale process saw interest from a number of sponsors
One Peak leads $28m investment in Brightflag
Existing investors Sands Capital Ventures and Frontline Ventures also participate in the round
Enterprise Investors to carve out Software Mind from Ailleron
GP will deploy equity from its Polish Enterprise Fund VIII, which held a first and final close on €498m
VCs in $36.7m series-C for Weaveworks
Weaveworks will use the fresh capital to enhance its platform and accelerate market expansion
Insight Partners leads £100m investment in Exclaimer
New investor Farview Equity Partners and existing investor Livingbridge both participate
Carlyle acquires IC Consult Group
Primary buyout from CETP IV sees the IAM software company's management team retain a minority stake
Rundit raises €1m in seed funding
Startup was founded this year and has so far raised €1.6m in total
Investcorp sells Avira, nets 200% IRR
Cybersecurity company saw EBITDA increase by 80% during the eight-month investment period
EQT Ventures leads €50m series-B for Luko
Company intends to use the fresh capital to further boost its product development and scale up its team
Permira leads €150m round for Catawiki
Accel also backs the round for the Netherlands-based online auction platform
GP Bullhound leads €3m series-A for Elias Software
Company will use the proceeds to fuel product development and international expansion
Hg-backed IT Relation bolts on Improsec
With the latest acquisition, IT Relation will add cybersecurity as its fourth business area, alongside cloud services, business consultancy and professional services
Horizon's Timico buys Arcus Cloud Services
Horizon bought a majority stake in Timico in 2016 via a deal valuing the company at more than £50m
Swisscom leads CHF 20m series-A for Anybotics
Equity Pitcher and Ace & Company are also investing in the autonomous industrial robot developer
Sovereign Capital backs Zenitech
Sovereign backs Zenitech founders Christopher Lacy-Hulbert, Edward Batrouni and Csaba Suket
Vidici Ventures et al. in €2m seed round for ReceiptHero
Startup will use the proceeds for further product development, and to expand into Sweden and the Baltic region next year
Alfvén & Didrikson leads $12m round for Klevu
Retail search engine startup has raised €15m since being founded in 2013
VCs in €12m round for GreenCom Networks
Corporate venture arm Shell Ventures leads the round for the IoT energy systems software platform
Omers leads $20m round for Ultimate.ai
New investor Felicis Ventures also backed the round for the customer service automation software
LDC acquires minority stake in Foundation SP
LDC has backed the company's existing management team, led by Simon Grosse as CEO
Balderton leads $15m series-A for Vivenu
Existing investor Redalpine also participates in the round for the online ticketing platform
Alpina sells Modula to PE-backed Aptean
Alpina began its ERP software buy-and-build platform with the acquisition of Oxaion in 2015