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Lincoln International appoints two managing directors
Christian Schwarzmueller will join the DACH team while Florus Plantenga joins the London office
DBAG announces 20% fall in portfolio NAV
Portolio NAV has fallen by around 20%, but the GP's telecoms companies are largely unaffected
Novum Capital closes second fund on €150m
Final close includes all investors from the GP's debut fund plus €40m in commitments from new LPs
MVM Partners leads $62m round for SkyCell
Investors including the Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund also back the pharmaceutical containers producer
BPE 4 holds final close on €135m
Vehicle held a first close on €122m in December 2019 and the vehicle has made its first investment
BPE backs Dätwyler Sealing Technologies MBO
MBO is the first investment from BPE 4, which held a final close in March 2020 on €135m
Silver Investment Partners appoints two partners
Promotion of Matthias Loos and Daniel Schmitz brings the Germany-based GP's partner team to five
VR Equitypartner-backed Kälte Eckert buys Gartner Keil & Co
Deal is the second add-on for the Germany-based cooling systems and cold storage specialist
Adcuram-backed Poggenpohl files for insolvency
Kitchen furnishings retailer plans to continue its restructuring and will seek new investment
German GPs weigh up portfolio damage and rescue packages
Nature of Germany's industrials-weighted economy has caused problems for some GPs when it comes to liquidity needs
Speedinvest leads €8m round for Schüttflix
B2B construction material delivery company plans to expand beyond Germany in 2021
Felix Capital et al. back €15m series-B for YFood
Foodtech company has increased its revenues by 300% in the past year, according to a statement
HCS sells AGO to RheinEnergie
Sale ends a six-year holding period for HCS and was conducted via a competitive auction process
FSN's Fellowmind bolts on ProActive
Add-on follows the GP's acquisition of the IT consultancy in November 2019 via FSN Capital V
Half of GPs prepared to hire based on video interviews - survey
Survey conducted by PER shows that 52% of participants could make offers from video interviews
Anders Invest buys 50% stake in Topvorm Prefab
GP sees a positive future for the residential construction sector in spite of short-term challenges
Ardian buys minority stake in Euro 4x4 Parts
Auto parts retailer also announced the bolt-on of B2B-focused market peer Japocat
Paragon buys Castolin Eutectic
Acquisition of the industrial equipment protection and repair specialist is Paragon's first in 2020
Q&A: SHS's Alilovic on healthtech investing
New managing partner Sascha Alilovic talks to Unquote about the healthtech investor's plans
Maxburg Capital Partners buys stake in Saracus Consulting
GP deployed equity from its third fund to acquire the Germany-based IT consultancy
GP profile: Silverfern
Managing directors Robert Spittler and Alexander Zucker discuss the strategy for the new fund and the GP's track record
CGS-backed EoL bolts on BSM Maschinenfabrik
GP is seeking add-ons in the packaging sector since acquiring Germany-based A+F in 2017
Bayern Kapital, CD-Venture in series-C for TriOptoTec
Company has seen increased demand for its disinfectant Dryphox and plans to scale up production
SHS appoints Sascha Alilovic as managing partner
Alilovic has been a partner at SHS since 2018 and will succeed SHS founder Reinhilde Spatscheck