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Point Nine backs accounting tool Candis
Point Nine Capital and business angels invest €1m in fintech startup Candis
Union Square backs Jobbatical's €1.9m series-A
Jobbatical, an Estonian platform for global tech jobs, has raised €1.9m from Union Square Ventures, Local Globe and SmartCap.
Seven Ventures leads Auxmoney's series-D
Seven Ventures, Index Ventures and others back the series-D of German lending platform Auxmoney
Capiton exits Fruitwork
German investor Capiton sells fruit and nut distributor Fruitwork in a management buy-back
Chequers nets 50% IRR on €275m Metabo exit
Chequers Capital made a cash-on-cash return just below 5x on sale of tool producer Metabo
3i reaps £52m on partial sale of Eltel shares
Infrastructure network service Eltel was floated in February 2015
Passion Capital backs Vicampo's €5.3m series-C
Online wine seller Vicampo raised €5.3m from Passion Capital, e.ventures and others
Project A et al. in seven-digit series-A for Loopline
Loopline held a second closing on its seven-digit series-A from VCs and business angels
Seafort acquires Avedo from Auctus
Seafort buys majority stake in Avedo, while Onics reduces its stake and Auctus fully exits
Demeter exits Födisch
French investor Demeter exits cleantech business Födisch to management and WMS
BGF provides growth funding for RMS
Manchester-based importer RMS International receives growth funding from BGF
iSeed Ventures backs Anyline's €1.5m round
Text recognition tool Anyline raises €1.5m from US VC iSeed Ventures and other backers
Refinancings surge in Germany
Is the surge in German refinancings – outpacing new deals in 2015 – the sign of a weakening exit market?
Halder's Klingel Medical Metal acquires Josef Ganter
Halder provided no additional capital for Klingel's acquisition
Orange Growth backs Legalbase's seed round
Orange Growth Capital and Norselab back a seed round for legal platform Legalbase
Target Partners backs Datapath.io's €965,000 round
Munich-based Target Partner and Swiss VC Speedinvest provide €965,000 for Datapath.io
HTGF backs Baimos's seven-digit round
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Capital and HCS take part in Baimos's third funding round
General Atlantic names Achim Berg as operating partner
Berg is former CEO of Bertelsmann subsidiary Arvato, a media and business services company
Target Global opens Berlin office
General partners Yaron Valler and Shmuel Chafets run the new Berlin branch
Ardian backs Gantner MBO
French investor Ardian acquires Austrian electronic hardware company Gantner from Identec Group
Bridgepoint-backed Wiggle bolts on Chain Reaction Cycles
Cycling accessories retailer Wiggle acquires competitor Chain Reaction Cycles
Payleven raises $10m series-D from Seventure et al.
Seventure, Holtzbrinck and other investors have backed a $10m series-D for Payleven
Smartfrog raises $10m round from Target et al.
German home security business Smartfrog raises $10m from Target Global and e.ventures
Mountain Cleantech rebrands as Jadeberg, invests €6m in MCS
Jadeberg invests €6m in software developer MCS alongside family office PE Group