Katharina Semke
Follow Katharina
Articles by Katharina Semke
Berlin: A venture giant in the making
Berlin's venture scene has come a long way in recent years and is now developing into a mature ecosystem
Latham & Watkins grows Munich team
Partner appointment adds to a duo of hires for the corporate advisory team in February 2015
Avedon promotes new partner
Gerritjan Eggenkamp has been named partner in Avedon's Amsterdam office
Senovo backs Slideflight
Slideflight is a spinout from Senovo, whose management team developed the business idea
Deutsche Private Equity buys Elatec
Deutsche Private Equity acquires German producer of radio-frequency identification systems
b-to-v backs Seven Senders
b-to-v and two business angels joined in Seven Senders' seven-digit funding round
Warburg Pincus appoints new head of European business
Daniel Zilberman succeeds Joseph Schull, who held the role since 2011
Gores sells Unify to Atos for €366m
The transaction was leveraged with €48m, with Unify's enterprise value standing at €590m
Creandum strengthens investment advisory team
Simon Schmincke and Bjarke Staun-Olsen have joined Creandum's Stockholm office
Vasopharm raises €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund et al.
Vasopharm has raised €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund, Heidelberg Capital and other backers
Bryan Garnier & Co merges with Cartagena Capital
Put together, the two firms have been involved in more than 60 transactions in the part 24 months
Afinum invests in Schlote
Schlote marks 11th and last investment by Afinum's growth capital fund, which closed in 2011
Deal in Focus: SIP wins over Mittelstand company
Silver Investment Partners' long-term approach saw it win over German aircraft supplier Schüschke's founder
VC-backed Spotify bolts on Soundwave and Cord Project
Music streaming service Spotify has raised more than $1bn in funding since inception in 2006
Rocket Internet launches growth fund
Investors and Rocket Internet itself have provided $420m for the vehicle
Catapult holds first close for GM&C Life Sciences Fund
VC firm Catapult manages funds on behalf of public and private investors
BGF invests in Grace Cole
Company has expanded to the US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific since inception in 2007
Catapult hires new investment manager
Gareth King joins as investment manager and will help launch Catapult's new life sciences fund
Index backs Morphogen’s £1.5m seed round
Index closed its latest fund, Index Ventures Growth III, on €650m in April 2015
Albion to manage new £50m UCL fund
LPs Imperial Innnovations and European Investment Fund provided vast majority of funding
SHS acquires insolvent Puracon
Turnaround deal saves 62 jobs after company went into administration in October last year
US investor Salesforce Ventures backs FinanceFox’s $5.5m round
Company claims insurance premiums under its management total CHF 15m
Project A, Capnamic and IBB back CrossEngage’s seed round
Project A also supported the company financially and operationally at inception
Constellation Capital rebrands to Ufenau
GP renamed in order to have a more unique name and highlight Swiss roots