DACH
Perpetual Ventures leads €12m series-A for Horizn Studios
Project A, Vorwerk Ventures, Monkfish Equity and U-start also take part in the financing
VC firms in $15m series-B for Nozomi Networks
Lux Capital, GGV Capital, Planven Investments and THI Investments take part in the round
HIG buys Beinbauer from Orlando
Management team, headed by Tobias Lührig and Patric Meeth, will continue to lead the group
JC Flowers, Cerberus granted exclusivity in HSH Nordbank auction
Bidders have now been given a deadline to negotiate a deal with the federal state owners
Waterland buys Swyx Solutions
Acquisition marks the first step in a new buy-and-build strategy in the IT sector
Capital D buys Invincible Brands
Invincible Brands projects revenues of €30m for 2017 and describes its profit margins as "healthy"
DBAG buys Netzkontor Nord
DBAG made a €4.6m co-investment from its balance sheet alongside DBAG ECF First New Vintage
Endeit, Tengelmann lead $34m series-D for Chronext
Existing investors Octopus Ventures, Partech Ventures and Capnamic also take part
Softbank invests €460m in Auto1
Softbank draws capital from the $93bn Vision Fund, which held a first close in March 2017
Cross Equity Partners buys WDM
Cross draws equity from its second fund, which was announced in 2015 with a hard-cap of CHF 175m
Ufenau-backed Altano buys Pferdeklinik Grosswallstadt
GP draws capital from its fifth fund, Ufenau V, which held a €227m final close in October 2016
Waterland sells A-Rosa to Duke Street
Sale ends an almost nine-year holding period, following Waterland's April 2009 buyout
Gilde Healthcare opens DACH office in Frankfurt
German team will be expanded with additional investment professionals over the next 12 months
Partners Group reaches €61.9bn in AUM
Private debt is the fastest growing allocation area for the firm, with new commitments of тЌ3.5bn
Gimv sells Mackevision to Accenture
Acquisition adds further visualisation capabilities to Accenture's digital services portfolio
Eurazeo PME-backed Smile buys Virtua
First bolt-on acquisition since Eurazeo acquired the company, via its PME mid-cap arm
Deutsche Asset Management appoints Meketa's Green
Green will be responsible for capitalising on difficult-to-access secondary market opportunities
Hg buys MeinAuto.de
Investment is the first step in an initiative to build a service provider in the auto sector
Axon hires Boursetty as principal
Vincent de Boursetty leaves Ondra after five years to join the Swiss fund services firm
Intel, Investinor lead $12.5m series-B for Swarm64
Previous Investors Alliance Venture and Target Partners also take part in the round
HSH Nordbank receives final bids from PE firms
ARD's teletext service announces that confirmed and binding final offers have been received
European PE in 2018: beware the bullet
unquoteт brings together a group of leading practitioners to analyse industry developments during 2017 and discuss emerging trends heading into 2018
VC firms inject CHF 20m into Oculis
Company simultaneously announces the relocation of its headquarters from Reykjavik to Lausanne
European PE in 2017: fundraising tailwinds and growing leverage
Industry professionals look back on a resilient year for private equity during a period of turbulent geopolitics