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UnternehmerTUM leads €10m series-A for 3YourMind
VC firms Coparion and AM Ventures, and machine tool manufacturer Trumpf, also take part
Triton floats Befesa in €954m IPO
IPO prices at the bottom of the €28-38 range set by the company on 20 October
Battery Ventures leads $75m series-D for Getyourguide
KKR, Spark Capital, Highland Europe, Sunstone Capital and Nokia Growth Partners also take part
VC firms in €21m funding round for Thermondo
Dutch energy company Eneco and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft also take part in the financing
Rocket Internet floats HelloFresh in €1.7bn IPO
HelloFresh will raise €318m in expansion capital to fund continued growth and further acquisitions
IK buys Debitor Inkasso
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap I Fund, a €277m vehicle that held a final close in 2016
Berlin Innovation nearing first close for €40m seed fund
Berlin Innovation Ventures will make approximately 40 initial seed investments of €250,000
Consortium backs €40m round for Ada Health
Cumberland VC, the June Fund and Access Industries all take part in the funding round
Q3 Barometer: Market pauses for breath
European dealflow slows down compared with previous quarter but remains at historically elevated level
Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
Project A invests in 3i-backed Lampenwelt
Project A will contribute digital and strategic operational capabilities on top of its investment
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating
VC firms sell Invendo Medical to Ambu for €225m
Selling shareholders include Xeraya, TVM, Wellington, 360 Capital and Heidelberg Innovation
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
Capnamic, Grazia in $8m round for Zageno
Fresh capital will be used to expand the sales, marketing and technical integration teams
HQ Equita sells Rovema to Haniel
Rovema reports double-digit growth percentages in the two years since HQ acquired it
Endeit leads $10m series-B for Tourradar
Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures also take part in the round
VC firms invest €3.6m in Blickfeld
Fluxunit, HTGF, Tengelmann and UnternehmerTUM all take part in the funding round
Brockhaus eschews fund model and plans IPO
Firm will raise €50m initially, with a longer-term target of €150m, and is hiring a CFO