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Maxberg acquires Starface
Maxberg invests €10-100m in companies in the DACH region and has a total fund volume of €600m
Panakès Partners in CHF 9.5m round for SamanTree
Panakès Partners is using equity from its Fund I, which invests €5-6m in European startups
Sequoia, Spark Capital lead $47m series-C for Tourlane
Existing investors in Tourlane include NFQ Capital, DN Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Capvis-backed Wer Liefert Was bolts on Gebraucht.de
Business angels including Peter Schmid, Kai Hansen, Marcus Börner and Jan Kemper were investors
Capiton Acquires GPE Group
GPE Group is the ninth company in Capiton V's portfolio, which includes BWTS and Ispin
DBAG invests in Cloudflight
DBAG has co-invested approximately €8m from its balance sheet, for a 12% stake in Cloudflight
H&F, Blackstone's take-private of Scout24 stalls – reports
Shareholders resist a voluntary takeover offer following a rise in Scout24's share price
EQT exits Avenso in management buy-back
EQT acquired a majority stake in Avenso in 2013 and has expanded the company's product portfolio
Marondo Capital acquires stake in Oxid eSales
Current shareholders in Oxid eSales include IBG, Marondo Capital and the company's CEO
Consortium invests CHF 12.5m in Alentis
BioMedPartners, BB Pureos Bioventures, BPI France, Schroder Adveq and HTGF participate in the deal
DPE invests in Massenberg
DPE is currently investing from DPE Duetschland III, which held a final close on €575m in 2017
Alvarez & Marsal hires two in private equity team
Howarth previously worked at Nomad Foods and Coca-Cola, while Spencer held roles at Deloitte and EY
LDC appoints two directors
Ul-Haq joins from Deloitte, while Alderson has been working at LDC since 2012 in the Yorkshire team
21 Invest France acquires FMA Assurances
21 Invest France invests in French companies providing tickets in the €20-50m range
VCs sell Parlamind
Investors include Motu Ventures, Asgard Capital, Angelfund.vc and business angels
Nord Holding sells stake in Avista Oil
Family office Bitburger Holding and entrepreneur Susanne Klatten's investment arm acquired the stake
Wagram acquires Creamy Creation
Creamy Creation will retain its management team but Wagram will bring in a managing director
Hannover Finanz acquires stake in Lacon Electronic
Hannover Finanz targets medium-sized enterprises with annual sales of at least €20m
Espira acquires Icon
Icon was acquired from the joint administrators of former energy broker Utilitywise
HV Holtzbrinck leads $19m series-A for Zencargo
Investors include Pentland Ventures, Tom Stafford, Picus Capital, LocalGlobe and Samos Investments
VCs in funding round for Cevec
Peppermint Venture, NRW Bank and Creathor Ventures raised €4.5m for Cevec in 2015
Concerning prognoses for German healthcare
Uncertainty around new regulation in the healthcare sector has caused jitters among investors
Afinum-backed Garz & Fricke acquires E-Gits
Garz & Fricke acquired E-Gits to expand the company's product and service portfolio
Vitruvian-backed Technogroup bolts on CPU Service
Vitruvian acquired Technogroup from Caldec Holding and the company's founding shareholders in 2017