Technology
LT Capital acquires Global Partner
IT consultancy plans to open further offices across France and to expand its product portfolio
Nauta Capital leads €4.7m series-A round for HappySignals
New round brings company's total funding so far to €6.2m
EQT buys Casa.it from Oakley Capital
GP invests in the company via EQT IX, which was launched in January 2020 with a €15bn hard-cap
MVI acquires majority stake in PS Auction
Deal is MVI's first investment from its second fund, which is aiming to reach its SEK 1bn target by Q1 2021
Hg-backed Transporeon bolts on ControlPay
Hg acquired the Germany-based logistics software developer in 2019 in an SBO from TPG
Main Capital buys majority stake in Mach
Public sector software company is the fifth from Main VI and the GP plans to seek add-ons for Mach
One Peak leads $30m series-A round for KeepIt
Round is reportedly the largest SaaS investment in a bootstrapped company in the Nordic region
BGF invests £2.6m in MRM
MRM Global also appoints former Diageo executive Andy Fennell as non-executive chairman
TIIN acquires Lantech to merge with Felton
TIIN Capital set up a fund to finance its plans, named Dutch Security TechFund, which held a first close on €25m
Klarna valued at $10.6bn after $650m round led by Silverlake
Valuation makes it the highest-valued private European and the fourth-highest in the world
Axcel-backed Superoffice to acquire Infobridge – report
According to press reports, InfoBridge generated a turnover of €1.9m in 2019
Whitehelm in £80m funding round for Connexin
Whitehelm has taken a large minority stake, with the management team retaining the majority
HIG buys cybersecurity specialist DGS
GP deploys capital from HIG European Capital Partners II (HECP II), which closed on €825m
MML supports Arrow's acquisition of Click Networks
Click Networks is the third acquisition following MML's investment, alongside Altinet and BTL
Hg-backed Visma acquires Cash Software
Deal is Visma's fourth strategic acquisition in the accountancy software market
EQT buys Idealista from Apax for €1.3bn
EQT acquires a majority stake, while the management team led by CEO Jesús Encinar retains a minority
Video: PAI's Harrington on harnessing technology to boost operations
PAI principal Max Harrington details how the firm has moved away from a complicated ecosystem of applications, people and spreadsheets
Digital Currency acquires Luno
Digtal Currency has backed more than 160 blockchain companies including Grayscale Investments
Addition leads $200m investment in Snyk at a valuation of $2.6bn
Snyk, a software security company, generated revenues of $8.5m in 2019, up from $2.1m in 2018
GP-backed PolyTech bolts-on Fos4x
Deal strengthens PolyTech's position as a blade technology specialist
Riverside-backed GermanPersonnel acquires Evint
Bolt-on is the second for the recruitment software company since Riverside's investment in 2018
Columbus Venture invests in €7.4m round for Algenex
Columbus deploys capital from Columbus Life Science Fund II, which targets early-stage biotech startups
Ardian backs smart city specialist Wintics
Company plans to use the fresh capital to scale up its technology and accelerate its expansion
LBO France completes sale of EI-Technologies to trade
French GP invested in the company in 2008 through its venture fund