INFOSOLUTIONS SVERIGE acquired by CARASENT

The founders of Rivalis-Henrri have bought back the 20% stake held by Ardian Growth. This transaction is a classic sponsorless management buyout, marking the complete exit of the private equity fund that had supported the company since its delisting several years prior. The founding management team effectively leveraged a comprehensive senior debt package, syndicated by a consortium of historical banking partners, to repurchase all outstanding externally held shares and regain total corporate control. Crucially, the carefully structured debt facility simultaneously secures vital capital reserves specifically earmarked to trigger the company's inaugural inorganic growth phase. While reclaiming full independence today, the leadership remains open to future capital partnerships once their upcoming acquisition roadmap matures.

Wonderful has raised €129.8 million ($150 million) in a Series B funding round, valuing the company at €1.7 billion ($2 billion). The round was led by Insight Partners, with significant follow-on participation from existing investors including Index Ventures, IVP, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Vine Ventures. The strategic rationale for the deal is to fund Wonderful's aggressive global expansion and the scaling of its "forward-deployed" workforce, which is projected to grow from 350 to 900 employees by the end of 2026. This funding follows a €86.5 million Series A in November 2025, highlighting the company's hyper-growth trajectory since emerging from stealth in mid-2025. The fresh capital will be used to further invest in the agentic platform and serve a growing list of multinational enterprises across Europe, the Middle East, APAC, and Latin America.

Verto Growth acquired Reflexion Capital's minority stake in MyTower, becoming the new reference minority shareholder behind the majority management team. The sale process was managed by Rothschild & Co. Reflexion Capital exits with a gross money-on-money multiple of 4x and a net IRR of 38.7%, representing its first-ever portfolio exit. Verto's investment thesis centres on MyTower's modern technology stack, its strong positioning in the growing shipper TMS market, and its potential to become a reference European software platform through an active build-up strategy. Verto may take a controlling stake if a transformative acquisition is finalised in the coming months. Crystal Group retains a small residual minority position.

Cision acquired 100% of Trajaan to integrate advanced search intelligence and LLM analysis into its media intelligence suite. The deal follows a competitive process involving three potential buyers. The transaction provides an exit for the founders and business angels (who invested EUR650k in 2023). Trajaan will retain operational autonomy within Cision to leverage the group's massive distribution network. The valuation includes performance-based earn-outs over the coming years.

Doctrine's acquisition of Maite.ai represents a programmatic execution of its European market consolidation strategy, acquiring proprietary local data access and localized artificial intelligence capabilities to capture the fragmented Spanish legal services market. The transaction occurs at a critical operational inflection point for the target, which increased its annualized recurring revenue twentyfold over a twelve-month period under its founding team, exhausting its early-stage standalone capacity to efficiently service enterprise-grade law firms and public administrations. By incorporating the asset into its platform, Doctrine mitigates the substantial customer acquisition costs and linguistic barrier constraints of entry into Southern Europe, while providing Maite.ai with the institutional stability and product infrastructure developed over a decade of operational history in France. The integration thesis depends on scaling Maite.ai's local market penetration via joint engineering efforts, utilizing Doctrine’s superior balance sheet and data engineering resources to fund rapid localized headcount expansion while retaining the existing brand identity and corporate headquarters in Spain. Post-closing priorities focus on deploying Doctrine’s core analytical modules across Maite.ai's customer network, streamlining technical infrastructure to resolve multi-jurisdictional data storage scrutiny, and executing further cross-border bolt-on acquisitions to expand the combined platform’s addressable audience across the European civil law ecosystem.

Extens structured a majority MBI to merge Orthalis and Dentalsoft into a new holding entity called SignalSoft Developpement. The project is led by Laurent Urien (CEO), who takes over from the exiting founders. The merger aims to create a dominant French platform with over EUR20M in revenue, focused on product innovation and international expansion into Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

Corilus acquired Sofia Developpement. This strategic cross-border merger creates a leading Franco-Belgian player with 70,000 users. The transaction marks a successful exit for IK Partners, which nearly doubled the company's valuation in two years through organic growth and key acquisitions (LogicMax, ComptaSante).

Pennylane raised EUR175M in a Series E funding round led by TCV and Blackstone. This round valued the company at approx. EUREUR3.5B. The funds are earmarked for product innovation (notably AI features) and accelerating market penetration among accounting firms.

The founders of Hipto bought back their independence from Olyn (Gimv-backed holding). The transaction values Hipto at ~EUR20M. Concurrently, Hipto completed its first build-up by acquiring Zone ADSL&Fibre, a telecom comparison platform. The goal is to reach EUR100M in revenue within 2 years by shifting value toward intentional and qualified leads in a post-cold calling era.

Siemens acquired ASTER Technologies to create a comprehensive "shift-left" design-to-manufacturing flow for printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA). By integrating ASTER's DFT and test coverage analysis tools, Siemens enables customers to detect defects earlier in the design cycle, reducing costs and accelerating time-to-market. The move addresses the growing complexity of 5G and automotive electronics, where safety and reliability standards are increasingly stringent. ASTER will be integrated into Siemens' EDA (Electronic Design Automation) business unit.