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TGFS and Madsack Mediengruppe in €2m series-A for Dipat
Company will use the fresh capital to expand its services across Germany, and will also move to Leipzig
ECM-backed Wieners+Wieners bolts on Apostroph
Bolt-on is continuation of ECM’s buy-and-build strategy in the German-speaking language services market
NEA leads $16m series-A for Konux
New funding will be used for the development of new product features and further European expansion
Bayern Kapital backs Terraloupe
New capital will be used to build the product platform and expand the business internationally
Bain and Cinven to take Stada private
Offer of €66 per share values the German pharmaceutical company at €5.3bn EV
3i invests €200m for majority stake in Hans Anders
Optical retailer was bought by Alpha Private Equity and Alpinvest in 2011 for an estimated €230m
BlueGem acquires Sirdar to create DMC Group
Sirdar will be merged with GP's portfolio companies DMC and Wool and the Gang to create the new group
LDC hires two investment directors
Duo will oversee £1.2bn of equity investments in British companies over the next three years
HTGF to hold €200m first close for third venture fund
Consortium of 15-20 investors will provide €60m, with the remainder coming from the German government
Committed Advisors closes third secondaries fund on €1bn
Strategy will focus primarily on mature private equity assets in North America and Europe
Waterland’s Atos bolts on Orthoparc
Acquisition will increase Atos's number of beds by 20%, raising the total to more than 300
UnternehmerTUM, Coparion in $5.5m series-A for Vimcar
Additional capital will be used to develop further fleet management features for the application
83North holds $250m close for tech VC fund
Fund hopes to take advantage of the UK's exit from the EU by accelerating activity in other European cities
DBAG invests €80m to acquire Abbelen and Oscar Mayer
Deal is the start of a buy-and-build strategy in which more add-on acquisitions are planned
IBB, WestTech et al. in €1.5m seed round for Fliit
Company plans to adapt its distribution system to expand into other areas
Golding holds €331m first close for private debt fund
Fund has raised more than half of its €600m target after five months of fundraising
HTGF and IFH sell 51% stake in Bentekk to Dräger
HTGF and IFH invested in a six-figure seed funding round for Bentekk in May 2016
Redalpine leads €3m series-A round for Zenjob
Extra capital will be used to expand Zenjob's operations out of the capital and across Germany
Advent and Bain acquire Ratepay
Ratepay will be integrated with Concardis, another joint acquisition by Advent and Bain earier this year
Speedinvest backs Bikemap
With the new investment, Bikemap will attempt to accelerate its growth through further internationalisation
Nordwind acquires B2B
GP will take a majority stake in the buyout along with the company's founders and management
Hannover Finanz exits Astyx to ZF Friedrichshafen
Exit from ultra-high-frequency sensors business follows a 17-year holding period for the GP
CVC acquires Corialis from Advent International
Corialis has expanded its workforce by more than 40% under the ownership of Advent
Earlybird leads $10.5m series-A for Shapeshift
New capital will be used to expand the team with a view to releasing two more exchange products in 2017