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VCs in $50m round for Maps.Me
Navigation and travel app was bought by Parity.com subsidiary Daegu for around €16.65m in 2020
Partech sells stake in Once Dating to trade
French VC first invested in the dating app in 2015 via its first Partech Entrepreneur fund
Blue Horizon Ventures closes debut fund on €183m
Food-technology-focused VC was founded in 2018 and has so far made 18 investments
Sequoia Capital to invest in Auto1 prior to IPO – report
IPO of used car trading website could generate proceeds of €1bn, the company said in a statement
Rhein Invest buys majority stake in Spiegel Institut
Investment in the consumer research consultancy is part of a succession solution
Index Ventures leads $125m round for Personio
VCs including Meritech Capital also back the round, which values the HR software at $1.7bn
Partners in Equity leads €25m round for Quin
Netherlands-based digital health platform has now raised €36m, the company said in a statement
DACH small-cap deals weather the storm
Small-cap dealflow remained fairly stable in the DACH region in 2020, despite the coronavirus crisis
Fidelium Partners acquires RET
Parent company Reiff Group said in a statement that the sale is part of its ongoing realignment plan
Heal Capital closes debut fund on €100m
Healthtech-focused VC sees opportunities in the developing European market, managing director Christian Weiß tells Unquote
Redalpine leads series-A for Felmo
Redalpine has led a series-A funding round for Germany-headquartered pet healthcare startup Felmo.
WMS backs FruchtExpress MBI
GP is deploying equity via WMS III and is investing with future managing director Holger Schmitz
VCs in $160m series-D for Sennder
Funding round brings the freight and logistics startup's valuation to more than $1bn
Valar Ventures leads €21m round for Moss
Cherry Ventures and Global Founders Capital also back the corporate credit card startup
SHS sells stake in Single Use Support
SHS invested in the pharmaceutical liquid transportation business in November 2019 via SHS V Fonds
Idinvest backs refinancing of Quadriga's Kinetics
Quadriga acquired Kinetics in August 2011 - unitranche will in part to finance growth projects
Goodwin appoints Kayser as partner
Joachim Kayser joins the law firm's private investment funds team in Frankfurt from Dechert
ArchiMed acquires Zyto Group
ArchiMed has acquired a majority stake in Germany-based Zyto Group, a company that develops cancer diagnostic tests and equipment.
Afinum acquires SanderStrothmannn
Cosmetics and healthcare products developer is the 11th investment from Afinum's eighth fund
Insight Partners leads $100m round for Jedox
Investment of more than $100m has also generated returns for early investors including eCapital
Redalpine promotes Laska to partner
Aleksandra Laska joined the Swiss venture capital firm in 2020 as an investment director
PSG and Verdane's Hornetsecurity bolts on Altaro
Providence Strategic Growth joined the IT security company's shareholder base in July 2020
QVM Privatkapital acquires Aachener Maschinenbau
Sale of the industrial machinery producer was managed by Sonntag Corporate Finance
Inflexion exits Bollington Wilson to trade
GP formed the company by merging two insurance brokers in 2017, investing via Inflexion Buyout IV