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Mutares sells Klann Packaging to Accursia Capital
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for Mutares and the GP is now focusing on larger investments
Travel sector assets: Seeking solutions to long-lasting woes
Unquote explores the challenges ahead, how PE-backed companies are adapting their business models, and how they can bounce back
Mutares' Q1 2020 portfolio review: two exits and three acquisitions
Two of the acquisitions were platform investments and the GP expects to complete two more in Q2 2020
Triton's AVS Verkehrssicherung announces two add-ons
Deals mark the seventh and eighth add-ons for the road traffic safety business since 2017
Herkules Capital sells sportswear retailer Odlo
Sportswear retailer was acquired by the GP in 2010 and its sale follows a process initiated in 2018
Aurelius-backed Office Depot sells Nordic operations to management
Sale follows the divestment of the office supplier's CEE-based operations in November 2019
E-Capital sells Rips Technologies to trade
Buyer is code quality management company SonarSourced, backed by Insight Venture Partners
Silver Investment Partners buys Lucien Ortscheit
GP plans to make add-ons for the pharmaceutical wholesaler, screening targets in Germany and abroad
KKR buys 5.2% stake in ProSieben
TV network is valued at less than half of its 2006 value when KKR and Permira first invested
Ardian buys majority stake in Swissbit
Investment comes from the GP's Expansion fund strategy and follows a competitive auction process
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG closes eighth fund; announces half-year results
Final close on €1.109bn comes after the fund's first close in December 2019 on €1bn
Gilde buys Corilus from AAC Capital
Sale for the healthcare software company began in November 2019 and continued in spite of coronavirus
Triton-backed Univativ buys majority stake in Opus One
GP invested in the Germany-based recruitment firm via its Smaller Mid-Cap Fund in June 2017
Capital Management Partners acquires Geti Wilba
Sale of the poultry and game specialist began in February 2020 via insolvency proceedings
Weber family in asset deal for Ardian-backed Weber Automotive
Shareholder structure is unchanged and the automotive supplier's self administration continues
Vintage Investment Partners leads €27m Zeitgold series-B
Existing backers including Battery Ventures, Saban Ventures, BtoV, and HV Holtzbrinck also take part
YielCo hires new director
Volker van Rüth joins from his role as CEO of BayerInvest and has prior experience at Warburg Invest
DC Advisory promotes five in UK and Germany teams
Promotions are across the infrastructure, debt, Asia access, and consumer, leisure and retail teams
Capvis-backed Variosystems buys Solve Engineering
Add-on of Swiss market peer is the first in Capvis's investment period and in the company's history
EQT-backed Galderma sells Bübchen
Sale of the baby's skincare brand is the first spin-out since EQT bought the company from Nestlé
Levine Leichtman backs SIPM MBO
Previous investor Fin.Co sells its majority stake in the company following its investment in 2017
Thyssenkrupp Elevator consortium seeks additional equity investors – report
Advent, Cinven and RAG Stiftung agreed to buy the company in February in a deal valued at €17.2bn
Paragon Partners to acquire Weka
Acquisition of the specialised publishing company will be the third from the GP's third fund
Tech, IT and software valuations remain stable – survey
Report from GCA Altium tracks the effect of the coronavirus crisis on listed technology companies