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TravelHorizon is an online tour operator providing an online reservation system and information on resorts and activities. The company organises holiday packages with mountain, sea, countryside, spa, and wellness themes.

It is the only diversified, international company in its sector, being already established in 7 countries, and features such brands as SkiHorizon, Totemvoyages, Halloween, Snowrental. Now part of Sunweb Group.

The funding will enable TravelHorizon on its way to becoming the number one group in the mountain holiday business in Europe. The financing round included the acquisition of Sportura, its Dutch competitor and specialist in ski-related trips.

Secunia is a leading provider of IT security solutions which help businesses and private individuals globally manage and control vulnerability threats and risks across their networks and endpoints.

Secunia is the preferred supplier for enterprises and government agencies worldwide, counting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 businesses among its customer base. It has operations in North America, the UK, and the Middle East.

Secunia is now part of Flexera Software.

The investment will enable the company to further develop its services following its product development roadmap and continue its international expansion.

Kalidea CE (previously Canalce) A ticketing and e-commerce platform providing access to thousands of cultural, leisure and daily shopping offers throughout France at reduced prices, accessible online or by phone.

It is the leading online platform of employee benefit schemes in Europe. Now part of Up Group.

Banexi and CM-CIC completed a €7m funding round in Kalidea. While a proportion of the funds were used to buy out historical shareholders, the main share was an increase in capital to accelerate growth.

Three years later, the staff had more than tripled and Kalidea consolidated its leadership through the acquisition of six competitors.

Smaato is a mobile advertising company which helps publishers to monetise their content through mobile applications. The company currently serves more than 11,000 publishers on an aggregation of 50+ leading ad networks and manages about 20 billion ad requests a month in 220+ countries.

The $7 million round of funding was led by Singapore’s EDBI, together with existing shareholders including Aeries Capital.

The funds will help Smaato to expand internationally, in particular to extend its presence in Asia from its Asian headquarters in Singapore. The mobile ad company is also looking to expand its team of 55 to improve their reach and foster product innovation.

Founded in 2001, LPDR Ingénierie is an e-recruitment software provider, specialising in the integration of modular recruitment, e-recruitment and job board software based on a SaaS model. It is used by 600 professional recruiters at 100 firms and companies and manages 40 recruitment sites and job boards.

Founded in 2010, Horizontal Software is a specialist publisher of human capital management software in SaaS and App mode, based on an ecosystem model of open partnerships with integrators, value-added resellers and software publishers.

The acquisition allows Horizontal Software to expand its range of product offerings and accelerate its transformation towards a Cloud-SaaS business model.

Telenabler (previously Telogic) operates with more than 35 active Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Poland, Germany, Sweden and Denmark to deliver services within mobile telephony, land-based telephony and broadband. Telenabler has had an average growth of over 90 percent during the last three years.

French investor BNP Private Equity provided €3m, joined by Scandinavian Payex. We acted as sole advisor in this cross-border fundraising and M&A focused on international expansion and growth, in particular through the acquisition of Vistream GmbH.

This funding allows the company to further accelerate its expansion in the German and Polish markets and to consider further strategic acquisitions.

Caviar de Neuvic is a range of high-quality products in the field of caviar made in Dordogne. The Neuvic en Périgord estate combines a breeding farm, head office, logistics warehouses and a shop. Caviar de Neuvic has a store in Paris and is sold in 28 countries around the world.

The transaction was one of the most prominent rounds of private capital financing in gastronomy in France that year, attracting luxury-focused funds from Dubai, Ireland and France. We engaged Olma as part of the investment round.

The investment will enable the company to build out its distribution network to supply its own Caviar de Neuvic brand both in France and abroad.

Videoplaza's ad server helps premium publishers manage, display, track advertising and monetise their online video audience. The company developed and marketed a video ad-server enabling broadcasters and media publishers to advertise alongside their video content on the internet and on all sorts of video devices (PC browsers, smartphones, tablets, IPTV, connected TVs).

The company has more than half of all the broadcasters in Europe running their advertising businesses on its Karbon platform. Now part of Ooyala (Telstra).

This infusion of new venture capital will enable the company to further develop its technology platform and expand its geographic reach.

Smaato is a mobile advertising company which helps publishers to monetise their content through mobile applications.

Mobile publishers and app developers partner with Smaato to maximise their mobile advertising revenues with the aggregation of 50+ leading ad networks. Smaato has a unique offering to the market with relevant local ads made available globally. The company currently serves more than 11,000 publishers on an aggregation of 50+ leading ad networks and manages about 20 billion ad requests a month in 220+ countries.

The investment will enable the company to build out its development team, range of services and expand internationally.

Since 2005, Formaeva has become the benchmark for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of training. It provides software and consulting to measure the quality of training courses and their impact on the performance of employees and the company.

Founded in 2010, Horizontal Software is a specialist publisher of human capital management software in SaaS and App mode.

The acquisition allows Horizontal Software to expand its range of product offerings and at the same time accelerate the transformation of its business model towards Cloud-SaaS. With Formaeva, the group will now generate recurring revenues of more than €3 million annually, an increase of 40%.

Founded in 2007, Widespace provides a platform for mobile advertising. It integrates ads seamlessly within publisher content using machine learning to predict the most relevant ads for every user, all in a brand-safe environment. It has 230m unique users in Europe, the US, Brazil and the MENA region every month.

It employs 230 people in 10 countries, and was #8 on Inc.com’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in 2016. It is part of the Azerion group.

The investment will enable the company to build out its development team, range of services and expand internationally.

Serious Factory is a publisher of innovative learning solutions for training purposes. It differentiates itself by offering solutions based on the idea of immersive learning.

Initially positioned in the field of 3D product and space simulators, Serious Factory has developed quickly in the field of professional training simulators dedicated to sales and marketing.

The investment will enable the company to develop its technology, build out its development team and expand internationally.

MountVacation.com is an online booking system with the largest database of mountain destinations in Europe.

Its database offers more than 300,000 different choices across 400 destinations, while its cloud boking platform is used by more than two thousand partners and allows the owners of smaller accommodation facilities and service providers to make their offers available to customers.

With a capital increase, MountVacation.com will be better positioned to tackle the growing European ski market, with a total addressable market of more than €15 billion and 35 million ski travellers travelling to the Alps alone.

Founded in 2007, Tehms designs and publishes Talent Management solutions across the employee lifecycle in SaaS mode, specialising in sectors such as distribution, services, healthcare and industry. Notable clients include Cyrillus, Proplast, and La Redoute.

Founded in 2010, Horizontal Software is a specialist publisher of human capital management software in SaaS and App mode, based on an ecosystem model of open partnerships with integrators, value-added resellers and software publishers.

The acquisition allows Horizontal Software to expand its range of product offerings and accelerate its transformation towards a Cloud-SaaS business model.

Vertical M2M is an Internet of Things / M2M software developer founded in 2008. The company’s product, CommonSense IoT Platform, enables solution providers, system integrators, industrial players, telcos or device makers to build and deploy end-to-end IoT solutions with ease.

The fundraising round brought together 20 Business Angels from the Business Angels Investessor and CBAI associations, with NCI / WaterStart Capital fund also participating.

The funds raised will make it possible to strengthen the sales organisation, recruiting new salespeople and engineers to deploy the solution developed by Vertical M2M.

Videoplaza's ad server helps premium publishers (such as broadcasters, newspapers and magazines) manage, display, track advertising and monetise their online video audience.

The company developed and marketed a video ad-server enabling broadcasters and media publishers to advertise alongside their video content on the internet and on all sorts of video devices (PC browsers, smartphones, tablets, IPTV, connected TVs).

Videoplaza is now part of Ooyala (Telstra).

The investment will enable the company to develop its technology platform and expand its team.

Netco Sports is an international company which designs and develops multi-platform applications and OTT solutions for sport and media companies, with more than 100 clients worldwide. It is at the forefront of technology, integrating virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things to offer innovative solutions at any step of the value-chain from video-recording to end-user applications. It owns one of the largest databases of sport fans in the world, and apps made by Netco Sports keep millions of fans sticky with their sport or club. The company is now part of Euro Media Group.

The investment will enable the company to continue to develop its services as part of its product development roadmap.