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Berliner Volksbank launches venture capital arm
Vehicle will focus on digital startups
Pathena backs TNI’s second round with €3m
GP has €50m under management
Battery-backed 90min raises $15m
Investment marks fourth funding round
Petroleum Equity and RAG launch partnership
RAG plans to invest in European onshore oil and gas market
EQT buys kfzteile24
Company was founded in 2001
HTGF et al. sell Sunhill to Volkswagen Financial Services
Company develops mobile payment software
Bright future: Investment opportunities in Estonia
Success of Estonian startups could see larger deals and funds for the Baltic countries
Blackstone-backed Scout24 lists in €3.2bn IPO
IPO raises €1.16bn in proceeds
Exponent scoops 14.5x for Quorn exit
Sale comes four years after buyout
Hendrik Brandis of Earlybird on strength of Germany’s startups
Hendrik Brandis of Earlybird discusses hot sectors and his wishes for European venture
MML acquires Energy Medical Services
GP plans on following buy-and-build strategy
HTGF backs Cloudplan
Company was founded in 2014
Sofinnova backs Asceneuron’s CHF 30m series-A
Company is a spin-off from Merck Serono
Sun acquires Flabeg Deutschland
First acquisition for new Sun office
Kreditech raises €82.5m series-C
Company is an IPO candidate
Paragon to acquire Balda’s operating business for €62.9m
Paragon has offered to acquire the operating business of cleanroom injection molding producer Balda in a take-private, paying €2 per share.
German tax U-turn to bolster domestic startup scene
A recent U-turn by the government on tax spells good news for German startups and VCs
HTGF backs Kukimi’s seed round
Statup is backed by Atlantic Labs
Hannover Finanz acquires Frey&Winkler
GP hopes for good returns from medical engineerer
Mountain Cleantech backs Pessl Instruments
VC injects between €1-5m
Mary Kerr joins Advent Life Sciences as operating partner
Kerr worked with GSK for 14 years
Ogier appoints new partner in Guernsey office
Reed first joined Ogier in 2005
Gowlings team joins WLG ahead of merger
Law firms announced merger this summer
SHS and BWK buy minority stake in NDD Medizintechnik
Company operates in Europe, the US and Asia