Deals of the Week February 8 to February 12, GrowthBusiness roundup 12 Feb 2021 Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week, February 8 to 12, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note EQT grooms petcare provider IVC for float IVC Evidensia, Europe’s largest veterinary care provider, has closed a €3.5bn (£3.1bn) funding round ahead of a potential initial public offering in London. Silver Lake, an American private equity investor, has taken a “substantial minority stake”, while Nestlé has increased its minority stake in IVC, which is owned by private equity firm EQT. Based in Bristol, IVC, which was founded in 2011, has a network of more than 1,500 clinics and hospitals and about 22,000 employees across Europe.