DACH
Premium Equity Partners acquires IC! Berlin
Co-founders Ralph Anderl and Jörg Reinhold retain a minority stake in the company
Auven leads $200m round for ADC Therapeutics
Hedge fund Red Mile, the Wild Family Office and VC Astrazeneca also back the round
VC firms sell Miflora to Blume 2000
Selling shareholders include Atlantic Capital, HR Alpha Ventures, Heilemann Ventures and BayBG
Alpina acquires Syncos
GP invests via holding company that acquired ERP software providers Oxaion and Cimdata
Equistone's TriStyle bolts on Basler
TriStyle intends to strengthen Basler’s position in the German market
Rocket Internet-backed Hellofresh sets price range for IPO
Hellofresh will raise €243-357m in expansion capital to fund continued acquisitive growth
Kartesia closes latest fund on €870m hard-cap
Alternative lender says it was on the road for nine months, raising тЌ360m more than for Fund III
Triton's Befesa sets IPO price range
Environmental services provider announces a €28-38 share price range for its upcoming IPO
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LDC exits Nexinto in trade sale to Plus Server
Transaction is a bolt-on acquisition for Plus Server, acquired by BC Partners in July 2017
German VC firms back €19m series-C for Global Savings
Rocket Internet, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Deutsche Telekom Venture Funds, Ru-Net and Deutsche Bank take part
Danube and Fidura sell Mechatronic to Accuron
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for the GPs, which backed the company in October 2008
EMH invests €50m in Native Instruments
Deal is the third investment for the EMH Digital Growth Fund, which closed on €350m in June
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay acquires Startec
AnaCap supports the transaction with equity from AnaCap Financial Partners III
Capital Dynamics holds $383m final close for co-invest fund
Vehicle surpasses its $350m target after holding an interim close on $200m in May 2017
3i hires three in private equity team
Bruchmann joins as director, Supple as senior associate and van der Voorden as associate
Just rewards: Crowdfunding for German VC-backed startups
Rewards-based crowdfunding is not only more popular among VC investors, it is beneficial to startups too
Bain Life Sciences co-leads $55m series-D for Inflarx
US-based Cormorant Asset Management and RA Capital Management co-led the round with Bain
Coparion backs €2m seed round for Vehiculum
Insurance company Schneider Golling and Russian entrepreneur Oskar Hartmann also take part
Nordwind leads $6m round for DriveLock
DriveLock intends to expand its product range and grow its presence in existing markets
Aurelius opens private debt business
Firm will target European companies and provide funding across the capital structure
Rocket Internet leads series-C for HomeToGo
Insight Venture Partners, Acton Capital Partners and DN Capital also invest
Tengelmann leads €12m series-B funding round for Compeon
Existing investors BtoV Partners and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures also take part
Initiative & Finance invests in Bel Air Fine Art
GP is currently investing from Initiative & Finance FPCI II, a €168m fund launched in 2015