Official Record/Deals
Afinum sells Alfmeier stake to Elber
Turnover increased by 35% to €269.9m and EBIT quadrupled to €16.9m since Afinum's investment in 2012
Auctus backed-Fernao Networks buys VonRoll Itec
Management will acquire a significant stake in the company, which is now part of Fernao Networks
InfraVia buys Irish nursing homes operator Carechoice
GP recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on €1bn
G Square sells Mikeva for €150m
Paris-based private equity firm fully exits the asset after a five-year holding period
HgCapital's A-Plan in £170m refinancing
Refinancing consists mainly of two term loan B facilities worth £98.8m and £66.2m
K Fund leads €1.4m round for Beonprice
Deal is the sixth transaction for the first-time-fund GP, which launched in July 2016
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on £525m
Merck leads CHF 10.5m series-A for Inthera Bioscience
Aglaia Biomedical Ventures and Novo Seeds also participated in the round alongside an unnamed private investor
Advent completes €2.42bn Safran acquisition
Advent merges the business with portfolio company Oberthur Technologies to form a €2.8bn group
Capital Grand Est and Agro Invest back MBI of TSA Inox
TSA's current CEO Eric Vinay will be replaced by Philippe Jeannot but retains a minority shareholding
Summit Partners backs Market Logic in €45m round
Investment firm Genui and Berlin-based Sycamore, a previous backer, also take part in the round
Earlybird, Panakés lead €6m round for Alesi Surgical
Round included existing investors IP Group and state-backed investment firm Finance Wales
European Capital provides €26m unitranche in Moria refinancing
Bridgepoint Development Capital became Moria's new majority owner in 2014 as it took over the EdRCP group
Idinvest sells eRepublik via trade sale
Deal sees the GP fully exiting its holding after a nine-year ownership period
FPE to merge newly acquired SGL and Masstech
New company will be run by Masstech's management and will be headquartered in the UK
VC firms back Exporo
Fresh capital will be used to develop new products, including the launch of bonds for larger projects
EdRip's Altavia acquires Sumis
EdRip acquired a 10% stake in Altavia in 2015, investing from the €300m Winch Capital 3 fund
Maven invests £1.5m in data and graphics startup Ebb3
Funding for the deal will come from Maven Capital Partners's venture capital trusts
EQT closes mid-market fund on €1.6bn hard-cap
Northern Europe-focused vehicle adds to the firm's AUM following the close of its infrastructure fund in February
Verdane buys Mustad and Sunkost from Ard Group
GP secures a controlling stake in Mustad and Sunkost through its Verdane Capital IX vehicle
VR Equity-backed Ostertag acquires Euromicron Deutschland
IT technology provider Ostertag buys out Euromicron's telecommunications division
Helvetia Venture Fund leads funding round for Baimos
HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Berendsen Holding, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital also invest
Omnes, Partech, Korelya in $17m round for AB Tasty
Omnes Capital had already taken part in a €5m series-A round for the SaaS company in 2016
Principia leads €6.5m series-B for neurology firm Wise
Existing investors Atlante Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, F3F and Antares join the round