Official Record
Innovestor leads €1.1m seed round for Linear
Startup will use the proceeds for future growth and expansion to new markets
Speedinvest holds first close for Speedinvest x Fund 2
VC also announced the appointment of Tier Mobilty co-founder Julian Blessin as partner
360 Capital, Fuel Ventures lead $65m round for Heroes
Angel investors include Matt Robinson and Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, former GoCardless executives
Quadrivio acquires fashion brand GCDS
GP deploys capital from Made in Italy Fund, which targets companies across the fashion, design and food industries
Literacy invests in Tyrefix
Literacy Capital generally invests in companies with EBITDA of £1-5m and is sector-agnostic
IK buys majority stake in GeoDynamics from Sofindev
Sofindev had reportedly been looking to sell its 50.1% in the company and had mandated EY for the process
Altitude exits Mortec Semiconductor for 12.6x return
Altitude acquired the company in July 2016 in a deal that valued the company at around £1m
Capvis buys Arag
GP invests in the company via Capvis Equity V, which held a final close on €1.2bn in September 2018
Vesalius Biocapital leads €50m round for CatalYm
VCs including Forbion, BioGeneration Ventures and Coparion also back the immunotherapy developer
MCH sells Lenitudes, invests in Atrys
Sale ends a six-year holding period for MCH, which acquired a 66.5% stake in Lenitudes via its third fund
Via Equity invests in ESmiley
Deal is the GP's first from its fourth fund, which held a first close last month and is targeting €175m
Ufenau to acquire Mac IT-Solutions
Ufenau intends to build an e-commerce software platform via a buy-and-build strategy
Portobello Capital raises €350m secondaries fund
Fund is dedicated to promoting the growth of Angulas Aguinaga and Industrias Alimentarias de Navarra
MIG leads €39m series-A round for IQM
"Deep tech" startup has so far raised €71m since being founded in 2018
Auctus buys Landbäckerei Sommer from SIP
SIP acquired the bakery chain in 2011 and has made returns of more than 20x its total investment
DeA Capital buys Gastronomica Roscio
This is the first deal inked by the GP via Taste of Italy 2, which recently held a final close on €330m
Tikehau leads €150m investment in Amarenco
Pierre Devillard and Pierre Abadie from the private equity team of Tikehau will join the board
Novalpina buys majority stake in Laboratoire XO
Deal reportedly values the company at more than €300m, and unitranche debt was provided by debt fund manager Ares
Livingbridge invests in Visualsoft
Livingbridge invests through its Enterprise 3 fund, which closed on £334m in October 2019
KCP invests £7m in Darts Corner
Key Capital Partners had been tracking the company for two years prior to investment
Innova acquires stake in Bielenda Kosmetyki
Proceeds from the investment will fund the company's acquisition of two cosmetics brands from Norwegian cosmetics group Orkla
Bridgepoint buys minority stake in Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud
GP will help the company's expansion further into the Nordic region
HTGF et al. lead €2m round for All3DP
Company intends to launch an international financing round, which is scheduled for 2021
Lea Partners sells IDL to PE-backed Insightsoftware
Lea acquired a majority stake in the financial performance enterprise software business in 2019