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Tengelmann et al. lead $5m series-A for CareerFoundry
Online school for web development CareerFoundry raised a $5m series-A
Ardian raises $14bn secondaries vehicle
Ardian's new fund attracted 180 investors from 26 different countries
HomeToGo raises $20m from Insight et al.
US VC Insight Ventures joins previous backers Acton Capital Partners and DN Capital
Gilde buys Amor from 3i in secondary MBO
Overall, the jewellery business generated €197m in proceeds and a 2.3x return for 3i
DBAG and Redwood exit Clyde Bergemann
Sale of Clyde Bergemann marks the last exit for DBAG's fourth vehicle
Capvis buys Hennecke from Adcuram
Investor Adcuram acquired the company in 2008 in a spinout from Bayer
Brockhaus buys electronics producer IHSE
Brockhaus has acquired hardware producer IHSE together with the company's management
Capvis, Partners Group list VAT with CHF 1.56bn market cap
Vacuum valves producer lists on Six Swiss Exchange at a CHF 52 opening price
Cordet’s first direct lending fund holds first close at €200m
Cordet raises first fund from institutional investors including British Business Bank
Finatem sells WST Präzisionstechnik to Cathay Capital
Finatem acquired the company in 2012
EIF backs Coparion’s €225m venture co-investment fund
EIF and KfW have set up new VC fund Coparion to invest in later-stage German startups
Project A backs Junomedical’s seed round
Project A backs medical tourism startup Junomedical, which operates in six countries
Invision sells RSD to Argos Soditic
Invision sells Swiss software company RSD to Argos after acquiring it in 2007
Golden age for debt funds in Germany?
Lighter rules for alternative lenders operating in Germany could encourage a wave of deal activity
Occident backs Cunesoft’s seven-digit series-A
HTGF, Bayern Kapital and Occident Group invest in software startup Cunesoft
Finanzcheck raises €33m series-C from HarbourVest et al.
The round was backed by HarbourVest, Acton Capital and existing investor Highland Europe
Scalable Capital raises €7m from Holtzbrinck et al.
The funding round brings the total capital raised to €11m
HTGF backs Thermosome’s €4.6m round
Biotech startup Thermosome raises €4.6m from investors and the German governement
HTGF backs Bitwala‘s €800,000 seed round
German bitcoin startup Bitwala has raised €800,000 from HTGF and Digital Currency Group
XAnge backs Sensorberg
Sensorberg raised an undisclosed amount from XAnge, WestTech, Garvest and Berlin TEchnologie Holding
Value the individual: investing in people-led businesses
With an uptick in the number of people-led business investments, how does PE overcome the risks?
VR Equitypartner backs n3k Informatik
VR provides growth capital for Heilbronn-based IT services business n3k Informatik
VC-backed Home24 raises €20m
Investors remain unnamed, but Rocket Internet and Holtzbrinck are previous backers
Capiton buys Hamm Reno
Deal sees Stefan Kaske and the Hamm family exit the German footwear business