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Target Partners leads €4.2m round for ArangoDB
Deal is the final tranche of the series-A funding round, which first closed on €2.2m in November 2016
VCs back digital insurance merger
Previous Knip investors Route 66 Ventures, Red Alpine and QED are also providing funding to support the merger
iSeed exits MySugr in trade sale to Roche
Mysugr was backed by US VC iSeed Ventures as well as Roche Ventures, Allianz Ventures and XLHealth
Findos sells Gabo to Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Bregal plans to work together with management to focus on internationalisation, sales and new products
Bösenberg leaves Sun European, triggering Frankfurt office closure
Sun European has completed 12% of its deals in the DACH region, according to unquote" data
ECI reaps 3.3x on sale of Kelvin Hughes to Hensoldt
Sale price has not been disclosed but ECI is reporting a return of 3.3x on its original investment
VC-backed Delivery Hero readies for €4bn+ IPO
Listing is expected to raise €996m and give the company a total enterprise value of €4.4bn
Sun sells Nextpharma to Capvest
Sun says it strengthened senior management and optimised the manufacturing processes during its tenure
BIP backs Mercateo
Company will use the fresh capital for the roll-out and expansion of a new networking platform
Cherry Ventures leads €4m funding round for Infarm
VC is joined in the round by Quadia, Localglobe, Atlantic Food Labs, Ideo and Demand Analytics
Capnamic closes tech VC fund on €115m
Vehicle will make early-stage investments in technology companies in the DACH region
Cobe buys Völker from Hill-Rom
End of a five-year holding period for Hill-Rom, which acquired Völker for $85m in February 2012
VC consortium backs Planradar
Company will exploit digitalisation potential in the building industry and launch internationally
Triton buys Univativ
Second acquisition made by Triton's recently established lower-mid-cap team, according to a statement
Bain and Cinven's Stada take-private bid fails
Offer narrowly misses the minimum acceptance condition, with 65.2% of Stada shares tendered
Project A sells Contorion to Hoffmann
Steel distributor Klöckner & Co and early-stage investor Endeit Capital also sell their stakes
Debeka and VC firms in €20m round for Ottonova
Holtzbrinck, Vorwerk, Tengelmann and B-to-V reinvested in the round to the tune of €10m
Creathor leads CHF 2.5m round for Allthings
Number of private investors from the real estate industry also participated in the round
Bregal acquires 67.55% stake in SHD
Investment will come from Bregal's Jersey-based €550m DACH fund, Bregal Unternehmerkapital LP
EQT buys 20% stake in Ottobock
GP will use capital from EQT VII to make the investment, based on a €3.15bn EV
Lyceum appoints Chris Rixon as head of digital
Rixon will join the development team and work closely with portfolio companies on digital marketing
Genesis takes minority stake in Czech retail merger
Genesis will tap its vehicle Genesis Private Equity Fund III to provide financing for the new company
CVC-backed Douglas raises €300m, reprices existing debt
New debt priced at 325bps over Euribor while the existing facility priced at 350bps
Rantum carves out Montratec from Schmid Group
First investment made from Cedarlake Private Equity Fund I, a joint venture advised by Rantum Capital