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BGF invests £4m in CSN
For the year ending on 31 March 2020, the company generated £1.6m in EBITDA, from revenues of £27.1m
EMH sells stake in Native Instruments
SBO to Francisco Partners sees EMH and Native Instruments' management retain a minority stake
InfraVia's Celeste acquires PE-backed VTX Telecom
Exiting their stakes, Iris and Siparex first invested in the telecoms service in 1999 and 2005 respectively
Lightspeed leads $20m Wintermute series-B
Lightspeed led the company's series-A funding round in June 2020, following another round in January
Aurica Capital invests in SamyRoad
Aurica intends to support the company in further expanding its customer base and boosting its international development
Sagard invests in Flight Simulator developer Asobo Studio
Deal is the second for the Sagard NewGen fund, launched in July 2020 with a €300m target
Swanlaab leads $8m series-A round for Landbot
Startup has so far raised $10.2m in funding since being founded in 2017
Baird sells Prescient to BDC
In November 2020, the vendor requested another set of indicative offers from seven or eight bidders
Lumos Capital leads €16.5m series-B round for Ironhack
Other investors in the round include Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors Brighteye and Creas
Oaktree Capital backs Col Giovanni Paolo
With the GP's support, the company plans to consolidate its market position and boost its international expansion
Heritage Ventures buys ICT specialist Metoda
GP intends to boost the company's growth and double its revenues in the next five years
VCs in $50m round for Maps.Me
Navigation and travel app was bought by Parity.com subsidiary Daegu for around €16.65m in 2020
Partech sells stake in Once Dating to trade
French VC first invested in the dating app in 2015 via its first Partech Entrepreneur fund
Hellman & Friedman transfers TeamSystem from fund VII to fund IX
Hg and the company's management team reinvest in the transaction as minority shareholders
TA sells ITRS to Montagu
Montagu Private Equity acquires companies with enterprise values of €200m-1bn
Blue Horizon Ventures closes debut fund on €183m
Food-technology-focused VC was founded in 2018 and has so far made 18 investments
RGreen Invest, Mirova et al. in €80m round for HysetCo
Company has so far raised more than €100m in funding since being founded in 2015
Broviken acquires Norwegian HR Prosjekt from Longship
GP will own a 55% stake in the company, while the remaining 45% will be owned by founder Helge Rustand and members of HRP's management
Stirling Square acquires Consensus
Colchester-based Consensus is a provider of specialist residential care and supported living services
Eurazeo et al. in $180m round for $1bn-valued PPro
Funding will go towards PPro's global expansion and support the development of its technology
Montagu buys IMV from Qualium
Sale ends a holding period of more than six years for Qualium, which acquired the company from Pragma Capital
Connection sells Carter to trade for 4x return
In addition to the original investment, Connection participated in two further funding rounds
PE-backed Helgstrand Dressage merges with Ludger Beerbaum Stables
Waterland-backed Danish company Helgstrand Dressage has acquired and merged with equestrian show jumping business Ludger Beerbaum Stables.
Zefyr Invest acquires Bramidan from Blue Equity
GP is deploying equity from Zefyr Invest III, and Bramidan is its third acquisition from the vehicle