Articles by Oscar Geen
DPE sells Elevion to ČEZ group
Sale was based on EBITDA of €19m from €256.9m in sales for the financial year ending June 2016
Shortcut et al. sell Mediakraft to Gamigo
Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital are among the company's previous investors
Xing buys Kizoo-backed Prescreen for €17m
Purchase price could rise by €5-10m from earn-out payments based on 2020 targets
Main Capital raises €100m towards fifth fund
Vehicle has a target size of €200m and a €225m hard-cap, which the GP expects to hit before the end of the year
Gimv buys stake in Snack Connection
Food production investor Trophas first acquired an interest in Snack Connection in February 2016
Gimv invests €15m in Arseus Medical
GP will draw capital for the transaction from its €150m Health & Care Fund, closed in March 2014
Project A, Creandum lead €8.5m series-A for Comtravo
New funding will be used to accelerate product development and facilitate future international expansion
HIG buys medical supplies provider SLPA
SLPA plans to use HIG's backing to accelerate its European expansion plan
IK buys minority stake in Third Bridge
Growth capital investor Beringea first invested in Third Bridge in 2012 and will sell its stake to IK
Gimv sells stake in RES to Ivanti
Deal ends a seven-year holding period for Gimv, which initially invested in the company in April 2010
Unigestion holds final close for UDO 2015 on €200m
Unigestion began fundraising in October 2015 and held a first close on €100m in April 2016
Mirabaud holds first close for first PE fund on €50m
Vehicle's second and final close is scheduled for the end of the year with a target of €150m
Bain, Cinven to bid again for Stada as CEO resigns
Stada CEO Matthias Wiedenfels has resigned today and will be replaced by Engelbert Coster Tjeenk Willink
Tecnet, EQVenture sell NXT Control to Schneider Electric
Austrian VC firm Tecnet Equity purchased a 38% stake in the company for €2m in October 2009
Cipio holds final close for Fund VII on €174m
Fund will make primary and secondary growth capital investments in expansion-stage technology companies
Deal in Focus: Ufenau reaps 6x on NRW sale
Divestment of building refurbishment company follows a tenure of less than three years
Danske integrates PE unit as two partners step down
Michael NУИrgaard will take over as CEO of the company, which remains a legally separate entity
HTGF, Media Ventures et al. in $8.5m round for Make.tv
Corporate venture players Voyager Capital, Microsoft Ventures and Vulcan Capital also back the round
Target Partners leads €4.2m round for ArangoDB
Deal is the final tranche of the series-A funding round, which first closed on €2.2m in November 2016
VCs back digital insurance merger
Previous Knip investors Route 66 Ventures, Red Alpine and QED are also providing funding to support the merger
iSeed exits MySugr in trade sale to Roche
Mysugr was backed by US VC iSeed Ventures as well as Roche Ventures, Allianz Ventures and XLHealth
Findos sells Gabo to Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Bregal plans to work together with management to focus on internationalisation, sales and new products
Bösenberg leaves Sun European, triggering Frankfurt office closure
Sun European has completed 12% of its deals in the DACH region, according to unquote" data
ECI reaps 3.3x on sale of Kelvin Hughes to Hensoldt
Sale price has not been disclosed but ECI is reporting a return of 3.3x on its original investment

























