Official Record
LGT closes Crown Europe Middle Market III on €500m hard-cap
LGT's third-generation European mid-market fund-of-funds is already close to 50% deployment
Innogest leads €1.3m series-A round for Armadio Verde
Italian venture capital firms invest in the sharing economy startup
MML’s Optionis buys pub accountant ARC
Deal marks sixth bolt-on for Optionis since being purchased by MML in 2014
Adveq closes funds on €323m and €102m
Double closings are first vehicles raised by fund-of-funds since 2013
Digital Shadows raises $14m series-B from Trinity, Paladin
Paladin also participated in the round to support the company’s US expansion
Core makes 2.4x on PDP Couriers trade sale
Exit is first for GP’s second fund and comes eight years after investing in PDP
JZ makes 1.3x money on €96.3m direct secondary
Deal sees firm reap combined €96.3m in proceeds and 1.3x exit multiple
Ambienta buys SF-Filter
SF-Filter's Germany head Jochen Zähringer will take over as CEO following buyout
Apax-backed Ascential in £800m London IPO
Apax and GMG acquired the business for £1bn in 2008 when it was known as Emap
NB and Apax buy stake in Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Duo acquired the stake at €66 price per share, representing a 18.1% premium
Syntegra et al. exit AML to Johnsons Electric for €65m
Trade sale comes six years after the GPs carved out the business from Valeo
MML’s Iqarus buys C-Chec
MML acquired Iqarus in 2015 from former parent Capita
Riverside Company’s Mintra bolts on OCS HR
OCS HR is the first add-on acquisition for Mintra since it was acquired in late 2014
Beringea scores 12x on Monica Vinader partial exit
Piper invested £14m while US firm Winona Capital supplied £6m
KKR acquires 50% of Swedish wood tech specialist Välinge
Deal was funded mainly through the US GP’s European Fund IV
AnaCap closes third fund on €850m
Second vehicle with a focus on financial services to close so far in February, according to unquote” data
Redalpine backs Jodel
Latest round marks Jodel's third successful fundraising within the space of a year
MMC leads $6m series-B for Admedo
Programmatic advertising platform Admedo has closed a $6m series-B round led by MMC Ventures
Siparex-managed Franco-Tunisian fund holds €20m first close
The BPI France- and CDC Tunisie-backed vehicle will invest €1-2m in SMEs from both countries
Holtzbrinck backs Lamudi’s €29m round
Holtzbrinck, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Tengelmann back Lamudi's €29m round
BPI France’s Travel & Co bolts on Backroads
Bolt-on comes nine years after the state investor backed the tourism platform's inception
Verdane acquires five-company portfolio from Sequent Invest
Direct secondary deal is second portfolio acquisition by the Nordic specialist GP in 2016
Receipt Bank raises $10m from Kennet
Receipt Bank was established in 2011 after the founder acquired Receipt Farm
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m