Technology
Lea-backed Landwehr buys BackOffice
Deal is the second of 2020 for recruitment software Landwehr, following its acquisition of Prosoft
Halder's Anker buys LocaFox
Acquisition aims to expand Anker's offering of point-of-sale and cash register service sector
HV Holtzbrinck, JME Ventures in $10m round for Lingokids
Round is led by German toy company Ravensburger, with participation from several previous private backers
Kibo Ventures III holds first close
Fund invests in pre-series-A and series-A rounds, deploying initial tickets of €1-3m
Holland Capital invests in AMP Groep
Holland Capital has invested in Netherlands-based logistics and identification service AMP Groep.
Triton's Dogado buys Profihost
Dogado is a subsidiary of Triton portfolio company EDSA and has now made its second add-on of 2020
Dawn leads $20m series-B for Access Fintech
Existing investors JP Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs contribute to the latest round
BlackRock, BPI France et al. in $160m series-B for Sendinblue
Latest round brings the total amount raised by the company to nearly $200m
Seaya Ventures III holds €85m first close
Fund targets technology companies based across southern Europe, with the aim of supporting their expansion
White Star holds first close for $30m Digital Asset Fund
Fund invests in blockchain-enabled businesses at each layer of the tech stack, with a focus on Europe and the US
Kennet-, Eight Roads-backed Rimilia sold to trade for up to $150m
Nasdaq-listed BlackLine is an enterprise software company with a market capitalisation of $5.182bn
Warburg Pincus sells stake in Avaloq at CHF 2bn valuation
GP invested in the banking software platform in 2017 at a CHF 1bn valuation and held a 45% stake
Norvestor exits Aptilo Networks to trade
GP exits the company nine years after acquiring it for тЌ14.5m
Oakley Capital acquires 7NXT from Crosslantic
Crosslantic acquied the online fitness and health nutrition business from ProSiebenSat in 2018
CDP Venture Capital leads €15m series-C for Wise
Indaco and Eureka also take part in the round, alongside previous backers including Principia and HTGF
General Catalyst et al. in £240m round for $2bn+ Cazoo
Online used car marketplace Cazoo has generated ТЃ100m in revenues to date in 2020
Mobeus injects $3.8m into Preservica
Mobeus initially supported the spin-out of the original Preservica technology from portfolio company Tessella
HTGF, WestTech sell Semknox to trade
Sale of its stake in the AI-backed product search software platform is HTGF's eighth exit of 2020
LogPoint raises $30m in series-B round
Cybersecurity firm has so far raised $42m over three rounds
Main Capital sells RVC Medical to trade
Sale process saw interest from sponsors and corporates, and ends a six-year holding period for Main Capital
Main Capital acquires Textkernel
Main Capital plans to support a buy-and-build strategy for the Netherlands-based recruitment software developer
PandaScore raises $6m in round led by V13 Invest
Startup has so far raised around €9m, according to Crunchbase
Livingbridge sells Mobysoft to ECI
Livingbridge began preparations to exit the company in July 2020, in a GCA Altium-led auction process
Argos Wityu proceeds with buyout of Sword's French operations
French operations of the IT engineering and software consultancy generate revenues of €60m