Technology
One Equity-backed MCL buys Elanity
One Equity Partners acquired IT consultancy MCL in an SBO from Lead Equities in March 2020
Mercia sells Clear Review for £26m
Mercia portfolio director Nigel Owens, previously a non-executive director, will step down
LDC exits Mitrefinch
LDC invested £20m in Mitrefinch in 2016 for a minority stake and has supported the company in doubling revenues
Omnes, BPI France sell Somos to trade
Semiconductor company has been acquired by Switzerland-based ST Microelectronics
Signals Venture Capital backs funding round for Workpath
High-Tech Gründerfonds invested in the Munich-based enterprise software developer in September 2019
Partners in Equity leads €20m round for Campings.com
Company has previously raised €10m from Luxempart and Ekkio Capital
Argand-backed Cherry buys Theobroma Systems
Argand Partners acquired gaming hardware and software company Cherry from Genui in September 2020
RedFish invests in FII-backed Maticmind
Private debt funds Tenax QIAIF ICAV and Green Arrow Private Debt also take part in the investment
Newion leads €2.5m round for Mediatool
Financing round is aimed at bettering marketing campaign management for global brands and realising growth targets
Wolt raises €7.5m from angel investor Lukasz Gadowski
Investment brings the total amount that Wolt has raised to €267m
Nordwind Capital buys majority stake in Trbo
GP said in a statement that it has also made additional growth capital available to the business
Inflexion acquires Sparta Global; KCP to reap 7x return
Inflexion has previously invested in other businesses in the sector, including FDM
FPE invests in MaxContact
Lars Pedersen – CEO of another FPE investment, Questionmark – has joined the board as NEC
Omnes, Alliance Entreprendre inject €10m into Sekoia
Cybersecurity company had been self-financed for the past 10 years
Bonnier, Frog lead €15m series-B round for Winningtemp
HR technology startup has so far raised €18.5m since being founded in 2014
IMCap Partners invests in ETN
GP has acquired a significant minority stake in the broadband and communications service
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