Official Record
Stage Capital exits Mermeren in €73m trade sale
Added to previous value realisations, the exit delivers a 5x return on investment for the GP
NVM invests £4m in Hello Soda
Deal sees the VCT manager acquire a minority stake in the data analytics software company
IK buys Debitor Inkasso
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap I Fund, a €277m vehicle that held a final close in 2016
Rhone Alpes PME backs Groupe Structa MBO
GP buys French wooden and aluminium joinery manufacturer Groupe Structa
Mid Europa acquires Hortex
GP is currently deploying Mid Europa IV fund, which held a final close in 2014
Credo acquires Villa Paradiso Group
Founders will retain a minority stake along with key employees in the business
Breyer and Index in $28m series-B for Kano
Fresh capital will fund the launch of the company's products in the North American market
Brighteye holds €50m close for education technology fund
Vehicle will back European education technology companies from seed stage to series-C
Ardian's Italmatch buys Sudamfos do Brasil
Deal follows Italmatch's acquisition of Compass Chemical International in North America
Caledonia sells Sloane Club to Queensway and Clearbell
Deal ends a 26-year tenure and gives the private members club an enterprise value of £80.6m
LDC sells Mini-Cam to Halma for £85m
Sale of the pipeline inspection systems producer is the vendor's eighth exit in five months
Axcel acquires majority stake in Mountain Top Industries
Transaction is the second investment for the Axcel V fund, and awaits regulatory approval
BioGeneration Ventures closes fund on €82m
New investors include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Schroder Adveq
Alantra buys MD Moldes
MD Moldes founder Manuel Domingues retains a 30% stake and remains CEO
FSN Capital in partial exit from Fitness World
FSN aims to continue expanding the health club in Denmark and abroad following the Kirkbi investment
Consortium backs €40m round for Ada Health
Cumberland VC, the June Fund and Access Industries all take part in the funding round
Five Arrows Principal Investments backs A2Mac1
FAPI acquires French automotive benchmarking provider for a total of €200m
Sofinnova leads €12.3m round for Highlife
Following the deal, Sofinnova will become the largest shareholder in the business
SEP invests in Dotmatics
GP invests in the data analytics software provider with capital drawn from its £260m fifth fund
Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
Core Capital divests Cording to Rothschild's Orox
Real estate advisory firm has expanded via an international acquisitive growth strategy
Galia Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Barbarie
GPs replace owner and LT Capital as investors of pallet boxes business Barbarie Groupe
Notion leads $6m series-A for Adfenix
Other backers include co-investor Industrifonden, as well as IT outsourcing company Goodfellows
Equistone's Concept Life Sciences bolts on Aquila Biomedical
Bolt-on will bolster Concept's discovery capabilities with a translational biology offering