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HTGF et al. in Rigontec's €15m series-A extension
All previous backers reinvested in the third closing of the startup's series-A
Arnulf Keese joins E.Ventures as partner
New partner is a former PayPal executive and was hired for his fintech expertise
Oakley reaps 3.6x return on Parship partial exit
Transaction values the business at €300m, with an IRR of 150% for Oakley
Star Capital buys Globalways
Star Capital plans to inject an additional €60m of growth capital in the future
Aurora’s Alltub takes over Karl Höll
Combined group will have annual sales of €150m and 650 customers globally
Thiermann joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath
Thiermann joined the firm's private equity team in Munich on 1 September
BlackFin hires Creuzé and Mandin to head fintech fund
BlackFin Capital Partners hopes to raise €120m for its maiden fintech vehicle
Verdane invests in Searchmetrics
Verdane simultaneously acquires shares in German startups Smava and Hornetsecurity
Target Partners backs Senic’s seed round
Senic was founded within the Y Combinator programme, a US-based seed accelerator
Equistone’s Vivonio acquires Leuwico
Vivonio hopes Leuwico will enter a cooperation with Maja, another company in the group
Beyond capital: winning over Germany's Mittelstand vendors
Increased competition for family-owned assets means investors must be flexible and willing to veer away from textbook strategies
Quadriga buys GBA from Adiuva
Acquirer invested via Quadriga Capital Private Equity Fund IV, which closed on €529m
Equistone acquires fire proofing business Roth
During Ufenau's ownership, Roth made four add-ons in different Swiss regions
HTGF provides seed funding for Raidboxes
High-Tech Gründerfonds usually invests €600,000 at seed stage in its portfolio companies
Sonya Pauls leaves KWM for Clifford Chance
Pauls will join Clifford Chance as a partner in the investment funds team on 1 October
DPE sells Westfalia to Horizon Global for €125m
Following the deal, DPE will become the largest shareholder in Horizon Global with a 10% stake
Earlybird holds first close for health tech fund
VC targets €120m for the North Rhine-Westphalia-based vehicle
Unigestion holds €177m first close for secondaries fund
GP hopes to hold a final close for its fourth secondaries vehicle at €300m
Foresight invests £2.75m in Euxton BIMBO
Euxton is the first investment made from the Foresight Regional Investment Fund
DACH managers benefiting from fundraising tailwinds
The DACH region has enjoyed a busy first half in terms of fundraising, particularly in the venture space
Deal in Focus: Waterland sticks to buy-and-build strategy with Median
The post-acute clinic business has made its 15th acquisition under the GP's tenure, with its latest bolt-on of AHG being one of the largest
IBB and Hasso Plattner sell OpenSynergy to Panasonic
Hasso Plattner Ventures was invested since 2008, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft since 2010
Littlerock in FinTecSystems’ series-A
FinTecSystems claims one in five consumer loans is now being processes online
DBAG secures majority stake in Frimo
DBAG said it will invest up to €15m from its balance sheet as part of the buyout