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VCs in $20m series-C extension for Tourlane
Tourism booking platform is backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital
M Ventures, Imec Xpand lead $20m round for Ferroelectric Memory
SK Hynix, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, TEL Venture Capital and eCapital also backed the round
Inven Capital leads $50m round for Forto
Also participating in the round for the freight software platform were VCs including Iris Capital
Carlyle to explore sale options for Hunkemöller – report
GP had explored IPO options for the Netherlands-headquartered lingerie and loungewear chain in 2018
Quadriga’s Scio bolts on MFI
Industrial automation group Scio has made a series of four add-ons in 2020
Palamon-backed FairConnect buys DriveQuant
Palamon bought a majority stake in the connected insurance service provider in a €100m deal in 2018
Auctus buys majority stake in nursing home chain Mirabelle
GP founds Mirabelle Holding alongside Mirabelle Care, Thomas Zethin and Sander van Adelberg
Gro Capital invests in iPoint Systems
Investment in the product compliance software platform is the GP's first in the German market
EQT buys majority stake in Thinkproject from TA
TA Associates bought the construction software company in 2016 and has reinvested as part of the SBO
Consortium in €20m funding round for Tehtris
Cybersecurity software platform drew investment from sponsors including Ace Management
Kurma, Sunstone lead CHF 20m round for Synendos Therapeutics
Investors including HTGF also backed the central nervous system disorder therapy developer
Marlin Equity Partners to acquire majority stake in Coyo
Competition authority filing states that the GP is to invest via its Heritage Europe II fund
Capiton promotes two to partner
Alexander Zamora and Fritjof Franz have led transactions for Capiton in the healthcare sector
BWK buys minority stake in Qlocktwo
Managing director of the clock and watch producer, Jens Adamik, also takes a minority stake
Capiton's Euro Vital Pharma buys Principle Healthcare
Capiton acquired the health products manufacturer in 2018; the company continues to seek bolt-ons
Speedinvest holds first close for Speedinvest x Fund 2
VC also announced the appointment of Tier Mobilty co-founder Julian Blessin as partner
Vesalius Biocapital leads €50m round for CatalYm
VCs including Forbion, BioGeneration Ventures and Coparion also back the immunotherapy developer
Ufenau to acquire Mac IT-Solutions
Ufenau intends to build an e-commerce software platform via a buy-and-build strategy
Auctus buys Landbäckerei Sommer from SIP
SIP acquired the bakery chain in 2011 and has made returns of more than 20x its total investment
Moonfare appoints Winson Ng of UBS as CIO
Moonfare is a platform that allows private individuals to invest in private equity funds
Clipperton hires Westphal as partner
Nikolas Westphal joins the technology-focused corporate finance firm from GP Bullhound
Lea Partners sells IDL to PE-backed Insightsoftware
Lea acquired a majority stake in the financial performance enterprise software business in 2019
SoftBank leads $250m round for Tier Mobility
VCs including Mubadala Capital, Northzone and RTP Global also back the e-scooter startup
German banks and debt funds split LBO market share in Q3 – survey
GCA's Q3 2020 Mid-Cap Monitor also shows that new financing deals increased in the German market