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Point Nine closes €75m venture fund
Vehicle was launched in Q4 2016 and has raised the majority of its commitments from existing investors
Partners Group reshuffles leadership
Stephan Schäli to become CIO, while David Layton will become head of PE and join the executive committee
Bayern Kapital backs Octimine Technologies
Numerous business angels also invested in the round to provide an amount in the seven-digit range
Albion Ventures rebrands as Albion Capital
Change follows the acquisition of Olim Investment Managers and the general expansion of the firm's remit
Fidelium Partners closes €103m special situations fund
Fidelium invests in companies that are facing significant operational challenges, as well as carve-outs
Intera-backed Silmäasema raises €35m in IPO
Company will raise €35m from the offering, while the sellers, including Intera, will reap €30m
US investors lead $6m round for Jodel
Business angels the Samwer brothers and Soundcloud investor Christophe Maire also participated
Accent buys two Swedish flower companies
Accent will take control of the newco using capital from its vehicle Accent Equity 2012
VCs exit Propertybase to Boston Logic
Neuhaus Partners, HTGF, Bayern Kapital and BayBG all report a successful exit from the investment
Bain, Cinven amend takeover offer for Stada
Acceptance period has been extended from 8 June to 22 June and the threshold reduced from 75% to 67.5%
Redalpine to close venture fund by end of Q2
Fund is still open for investments and has a hard-cap of CHF 100m with minimum commitments of CHF 1m
Pemberton arranges refinancing for Capvis-backed Ondal
Approximately 20% of the €1.2bn debt vehicle is now deployed in Germany, according to the firm
EQT sells stake in Swiss Smile to Jacobs Holding
Swiss Smile has nearly doubled its revenues from CHF 3.9bn under EQT's stewardship
Speedinvest in €2.5m round for Fincompare
Business angels and family offices from the banking and finance sectors also invest in the round
Unigestion, Union Investment close third fund-of-funds on €312m
Unigestion will manage the fund's portfolio while Union Investment is responsible for fund administration
Grazia Equity leads $4.9m seed round for Yeay
VC firm Mountain Partners also invested in the round along with well known business angels
Intera-backed Silmäasema IPO oversubscribed multiple times
Silmäasema announced a price range of €6.20-7.20 on 26 May, implying a market cap of €92-105m
Delivery Hero announces intention to float
Company will target gross proceeds of around €450m from the sale of newly issued shares after costs
VC firms in €13m round for Alphapet Ventures
Heliad Equity Partners, Venturestars, Reimann Investors and Mountain Partners invested €10m of equity
Deal in Focus: Advent buys Faerch Plast from EQT
Financial details are undisclosed but Danish media reports the purchase price was between DKK 6.5-7bn
Waterland-backed Median buys two rehab clinics
Waterland injected a seven-figure sum of extra capital into Median to finance the transaction
Speedinvest leads €1m round for Timeular
Company will use the new money to expand its operations to the US and other international markets
Adams Street hires vom Hagen to head Munich office
Vom Hagen joins the firm as a partner and will oversee the GP's investments across the DACH region
Afinum sells Alfmeier stake to Elber
Turnover increased by 35% to €269.9m and EBIT quadrupled to €16.9m since Afinum's investment in 2012