Switzerland
HgCapital invests in Fundinfo
HgCapital invested via its Mercury fund, which targets lower-mid-market companies
Ufenau closes fifth buyout fund on €227m
Ufenau holds final close for fifth fund on €227m after four months of fundraising
Horizon et al. invest $28m in FinanceFox
Funding will be used for further expansion and to boost its marketing efforts
Bregal buys Kunststoff Schwanden
Management buyout sees Bregal Unternehmerkapital acquire a majority stake
Gimv invests €30m in Spineart
Investment marks Gimv's fourth investment in the healthcare space this year
Equistone acquires fire proofing business Roth
During Ufenau's ownership, Roth made four add-ons in different Swiss regions
DACH buyout dealflow hits 15-month high in Q2
Buyout volume and aggregate value were up by 43% and 155%, respectively
Apax-backed InfoVista acquires Ascom's Tems subsidiary
Apax France acquired a majority stake in the group in March 2016
ProteoMediX raises CHF 5m from Altos Venture et al.
Altos has been backing the Zurich-based diagnostic tests company consistently since 2012
Akina holds interim closes on three Euro Choice funds
All three funds are expected to hold a final close by the end of the year
Emeram buys Swiss technology business Xovis
Xovis now hopes to enter sectors such as transportation and facility management
HgCapital and Capvis sell SFC Koenig for €217m
Trade sale comes eight years after the investors acquired the business
Nextech raises $64m fund
Nextech Invest has $250m under management across four funds, including three with an oncology focus
Akina promotes four to partner
Firm promotes Natalia Sigrist, Christian Böhler, Francesco Aldorisio, Viktor Speckinger
Astorg sells Metalor to Japanese buyer
Exit comes two weeks after Astorg closed its sixth buyout fund on €2.1bn
New Leaf backs Crispr's $38m boost to series-B
Closing comes a week after US regulators approved Crispr's first clinical trial
Equistone acquires Sihl
GP acquires the business from Italian company Diatec, which had owned it since 2003
Quilvest sells Acrotec to Castik
Secondary buyout gives the Swiss business Acrotec an enterprise value of CHF 280m
Triton buys Fläkt Woods from Equistone and Sagard
Exit comes nine years after the two GPs bought the company in an SBO
Ufenau buys Doktorhuus
Ufenau plans to apply a buy-and-build strategy in the Swiss medical practice market
Chronext in €11m series-C round from Partech et al.
Partech also led series-B funding round for Chronext in November 2015
Rhône sells Eden Springs to Cott for €470m
Purchase price paid by Cott represents 7x EBITDA, or 1.3x revenues
Invision buys Parkresort Rheinfelden
Business recorded revenues of CHF 14.8m for the financial year 2014
Gamaya raises CHF 3.2m from VI Partners et al.
Startup is a spinout from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne