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Elliott demands €74.4 per share to support Stada takeover
Hedge fund Elliott Management held a stake of 11.43% in the company as of 28 August
Cherry Ventures in €4m round for Homelike
Existing investor Coparion has also participated in the round, which will fund recruitment
VC firms back €10m seed round for Coya
Angel investors Mato Peric, Rolf Schrömigens, Elvir Omerbegovic and Marco Knauf also invest
Indufin sells Preflex Group to Wienerberger
Sale ends a 12-year holding period after a management buy-in worth around €10m in 2005
BayBG backs German RepRap
BayBG will acquire a minority stake in the company, which remains majority owned by its founders
Gilde, PGGM buy Mercachem-Syncom
GP initiated the merger of Mercachem and Syncom simultaneously with the buyout
DBAG hires Robert Schmidt as partner
Schmidt will provide support to the DBAG investment team in selecting and reviewing investments
Bain and Cinven nearing deal completion for Stada
Five members of Stada's supervisory board have resigned as a result, stating their task is complete
B-to-V leads €6.5m series-A for Seven Senders
Reno Kohler, founder of Internetstores, also participated in the round alongside existing investors
US VC firms invest $7m in Breadwallet
DAS Capital, East Ventures, Globe Advisors and Liberty City Ventures invested in the round
Capvis buys engine insulation business Thermamax
Capvis will draw equity from Capvis Equity IV, which held a final close on €720m in 2014
Aerospace investments taking off for PE
As evidenced by the recent VistaJet and Pattonair deals, PE is increasingly looking at the aviation and aerospace sectors for opportunities
Heliad in CHF 6m series-B for Muume
Lead investor is an anonymous Swiss VC firm, while unnamed business angels also invested
Halder-backed Aqua Vital buys Kalimba
Acquisition solves a succession problem for the company's founders, who started the business in 1996
HTGF, HIF in €800,000 round for Rodos Biotarget
Otto Gies previously invested in the company via crowdfunding platforms Seedmatch and Aescuvest
Startup300 in €1.5m round for Techbold
VC firm draws capital from Capital300, which held a first close on €20m in June 2017
Bain and Cinven takeover of Stada gets over the line
Bain, Cinven secured more than 63% of outstanding shares during the acceptance period
Standout, Tesi back BCB Medical
Backstage Invest also takes part in the round, while other shareholders retain their stakes
Permira rejects low PE bids for Teamviewer
Bids valued the company at €1.8-2.1bn, short of Permira's targeted valuation of up to €2.3bn
HTGF, IFH sell Custom Cells to P3 Group
Altana also made a financial exit but will continue to cooperate with Custom Cells operationally
Bencis-backed Prinsen-Buisman buys Gustav Berning
Bencis will become the largest shareholder in the new group, with management taking minority stakes
Cornerstone sells Infoniqa SQL back to management
Deal ends a five-year holding period for Cornerstone, which acquired Infoniqa SQL in 2012
Bain and Cinven still 17% short on Stada offer
Acceptance period ends at midnight tonight, with no plans for another extension
BayBG, Vito Ventures back €1.3m round for VR-On
Vito and entrepreneurs Andreas Perreiter and Carsten Erdt also invested in the round