Ireland
Elephant, Mosaic Ventures lead $18m round for Keelvar
Ireland-based enterprise procurement software company is also backed by Paua Ventures
CVC acquires 28% stake in Guinness Pro14
CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, which closed on €15.5bn in June 2017, will make the investment
JTC appoints Dublin leadership team
Appointments follow JTC's recent acquisition of the corporate services business Cornerstone
PE-backed Eight Fifty Food Group buys M&M Walshe
Post-acquisition, Eight Fifty's revenues are expected to increase to approximately £1.4bn.
HLM and Illumina lead $71m round for LetsGetChecked
In mid-March, the company offered its coronavirus test to Irish healthcare authorities
IDIA et al. invest €15m in Amarenco
Amarenco also purchases Macquarie Capital's shares in their solar project joint venture
UK sees advisory boom amid PE market maturation
UK & Ireland sees an increase in the number of corporate finance firms participating in PE deals to more than 160
Causeway's Bakers + Baristas and Patisserie Valerie merge
Causeway acquired Patisserie Valerie, a part of Patisserie Holdings, in February 2019
TA- and Hg-backed Access acquires JMI-backed CoreHR
Alongside JMI Services, US-based private equity firm JMI Equity invested in CoreHR in January 2016
Frontline closes FrontlineX fund on $80m
Frontlinex has already made investment in TripActions’ series-B and People.AI’s $100m series-C
ABN Amro Ventures in $80m round for Fenergo at $800m valuation
ABN Amro Ventures and strategic investor DXC take a 10% stake in the company
Charterhouse-backed Tarsus acquires Unfiltered Experience
GP's tenth fund acquired Tarsus in 2019 in a deal that valued its equity at £552m
Former Ireland-based Carlyle team launches debut Melior fund
Melior Equity Partners' debut fund is targeting €200m, according to press reports
Google buys VC-backed Pointy
Following the acquisition, Pointy expects to build new features and further expand its offering
Elysian acquires Mergon
Elysian draws equity from its second fund, which closed on £250m in 2015
Accel leads $11m series-A for Tines
Deal is an extension of the $4.1m series-A funding round led by Blossom Capital in October 2019
Paine Schwartz invests in Warburton
Firm is investing from Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund IV, which closed on $893m in 2014
Sovereign to sell Arachas for €250m
Sovereign backed the management buyout of Arachas in 2017 and acquired a controlling stake
Lonsdale-backed CRSG acquires Swegon Hire UK
Vendor of the company is Sweden-based Swegon Group, which generates €500m in revenues
Atlantic Bridge leads $10m series-A for Siren
DVI Equity Partners, Frontline Ventures and Enterprise Ireland also take part
Vance recapitalises Eirtech
Neuberger Berman has provided debt and an equity co-investment for aviation services firm Eirtech
CCI exits Abtran in management buy-back
Abtran was majority owned by the joint venture of The Carlyle Group and Cardinal Capital
ECI takes minority stake in KBA
ECI Partners has taken a minority stake in corporate services provider KB Associates
Xenon acquires Metricfire
San Francisco-based Xenon Partners has acquired Dublin-based data monitoring company Metricfire