Technology
Partech leads €3m seed round for Energysquare
GP is currently investing via its Partech Entrepreneur Fund III and Paris Saclay Seed Fund
Summit Partners invests $37m in Appway
Growth capital investment in financial software company will support its international growth
VCs sell Peak Games to trade for $1.8bn
Earlybird, Hummingbird and Endeavour Catalyst have exited to US-based mobile game designer Zynga
Suma backs video analytics specialist NPAW
GP invests via Suma Capital Growth Fund II, which held a first close on €65m in December 2019
Horizon-backed Juniper bolts on Pupil Asset
Fourth acquisition the education platform has made since Horizon's initial investment
Inflexion sells Glide to Alinda Capital for 3x money
Inflexion is said to be making a 3x money return on the sale of the fibre networks provider
Horizon backs Makeup Group
GP is investing from Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, which held a final close in January 2019 on €200m
Perwyn invests in $40m series-B for Decibel
Perwyn is an evergreen multi-family office that takes lead positions in funding rounds
BayBG backs Weiss IT Solutions
GP takes a minority stake in the IT service, while the management team remain on board
83North leads €15m series-A round for podcast startup Podimo
Existing investors E.Ventures and Heartcore also participate in the funding round
Coller leads $829m GP-led secondary deal for Permira IV
Transaction involves four remaining assets, including Genesys, eDreams and Asia Broadcast Satellite
Groupe BPCE leads €8.5m round for Meniga
Existing investors Velocity Capital, Industrifonden and Frumtak also participate
Spectrum Equity IX hits $1.5bn hard-cap
Fund targets investments in internet-enabled software and information service companies
Russmedia-backed Erento buys Campanda
Online camper van rental company's venture backers, including Accel and BtoV, sell their stakes
Carnegie, Handelsbanken lead €45m series-C for Doktor.se
Digital healthcare startup has reportedly raised more than $76m in equity so far
EQT buys visual content specialist Freepik
GP invests via EQT Mid-Market Europe, which closed on its €1.6bn hard-cap in May 2017
Main-backed Onventis acquires WorkFlowWise
Deal is the first add-on since Main Capital acquired it in June 2019
Aquiline Capital closes fourth fund on $2bn
Fund invests in North American and European businesses operating across the financial services sector
G2VP leads $80m series-C for Scandit
New funding will be used to accelerate growth in new markets such as Asia-Pacific and Latin America
Aquiline leads $20m series-D round for Treasury Intelligence
Company has so far raised more than $40m and will use new funding to scale its operations
P101 leads €3.5m funding round for AppQuality
Programma 102 and Ita500, a venture capital fund launched by Azimut Libera Impresa, deploy €3m
Genui to sell Cherry to Argand Partners
Germany-based GP will retain a 25% stake in the company, according to a competition authority filing
Consortium in €3.5m seed round for Spaceti
Spaceti received its first investment of €1m from Reflex Capital, Fast Forward and Y&R in 2017
Committed Capital buys ID-ware
Deal is the first from the GP's third fund, which held a final close in January 2020 on €55m