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Lea Partners' Landwehr acquires Prosoft
Acquisition is part of Landwehr's buy-and-build strategy in the HR and recruitment software space
Digital+ Partners leads $28m series-B for Quantilope
Dawn Capital, Senovo and Surplus also invest, while Silicon Valley bank provides a debt component
Capiton buys CNP Group
Acquisition of the pharmaceutical company marks the first deal from Capiton's sixth fund
Gilde's Gundlach Automotive sells Goodwheel to trade
Deal sees the B2B-focused tyre and auto parts company sell its B2C online retail division
Auctus Capital Partners invests €30m in BlinkLane
Deal is a combination of a buyout plus growth capital and aims to support add-on acquisitions
Waterland's Netgo makes two bolt-ons
Berlin-based Commehr and Workbees mark the third and fourth bolt-ons for the IT service
Silver Lake in exclusivity to acquire Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs
Deal follows Silver Lake's acquisition of France-based HR software Silae in July 2020
McTrek acquired by GA Europe and CM Solutions
Outdoor clothing brand filed for insolvency in April and was formerly owned by PAI's AS Adventure
BlackRock et al. back €50m round for Scalable Capital
HV Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann also back the digital asset manager's largest funding round yet
GP Profile: Emeram Capital Partners
DACH-focused GP anticipates the launch of its second fund following a portfolio assessment and digital AGM
QIA et al. invest $162m in CureVac
mRNA vaccine developer is valued at $1.6bn and also secured backing from the KfW and GlaxoSmithKline
BioMed Partners and HTGF lead €10.7m round for Tubulis
Seventure Partners, Coparion, Bayern Kapital and Occident also back the pharmaceutical company
BIVF et al. back CHF 25m round for T3 Pharmaceuticals
Reference Capital and multi-family office Wille Finance also backed the cancer therapy developer
Montagu's Universal Investment buys CapInside
Montagu acquired the asset manager from Berenberg and Bankhaus Lampe in 2016 via its fifth fund
HV Holtzbrinck promotes Masemann to partner
Jasper Masemann joined the VC firm in 2015 and specialises in software and AI investments
Aurelius to acquire majority stake in DetailM
Arcus Capital is the advertising company's majority owner, while Aheim Capital owns a minority stake
Bridgepoint's Cyrus Group buys V2A Patrimoine
Bridgepoint bought a minority stake in the asset and wealth management consultancy in March 2020
Carlyle-backed Euro Techno Com buys Comtec
Acquisition of the UK-based market peer is the first bolt-on during Carlyle's investment period
Roland Berger makes three DACH hires
Stephan Hartmann, Jan Maser and Markus Held join the firm's restructuring and debt advisory services
Silverfleet hires Süß as partner
Süß joins Silverfleet's DACH-focused team from TowerBrook Capital Partners
Willkie hires Abrar as partner
Kamyar Abrar joins from Weil Gotshal & Manges' PE team and also has experience in corporate deals
Auctus-backed PharmaLex buys Regulis Consulting
Deal is the consultancy's second bolt-on in 2020; it expects to generate 2020 revenues of €120m
Aurelius's Zim Flugsitz in self administration
Aurelius intends to make contributions to the airline seat producer's proposed restructuring
Market sentiment improving but dealflow likely to remain bifurcated – Baird
Baird MDs Vinay Ghai and Paul Bail discuss deal-making amid the pandemic and emerging trends for the months ahead