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Capvis makes final exit from VAT Group
Capvis placed the shares with institutional investors through an accelerated book-building
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
BayBG backs German RepRap
BayBG will acquire a minority stake in the company, which remains majority owned by its founders
Speedinvest backs $2m round for Playbrush
Swiss racing car driver Harold Primat also invests in the round along with Hansi Hansmann
DBAG hires Robert Schmidt as partner
Schmidt will provide support to the DBAG investment team in selecting and reviewing investments
Waterland holds €2bn final close
Dutch buyout private equity firm closes its seventh fund two months after launching in July 2017
HTGF leads seed round for DeviceTrust
Deal for software developer is the fifth German investment made by the VC in August 2017
EQT Ventures leads €3m seed round for Home
EQT Ventures has invested around 90% of its Europe-focused maiden fund to date
HTGF backs WhatsBroadcast in €5m series-A
Investors include Müller Medien, Media + More Ventures, Wessel Management and minority shareholders
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
Macro Ventures backs G2 Esports
FC Barcelona player André Gomes is also participating in the round alongside family office Everblue
B-to-V leads €6.5m series-A for Seven Senders
Reno Kohler, founder of Internetstores, also participated in the round alongside existing investors
Sun European's Bösenberg joins Quadriga
Bösenberg left Sun European Partners in late June, triggering the closure of the GP's Frankfurt office
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
Politics and private equity – the revolving doors
François Fillon is the latest in a long line of politicians to make the move to private equity
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
AlpInvest hires Bagijn as primaries business head
New managing director is joining from her previous role at Axa Investment Managers
Heliad in CHF 6m series-B for Muume
Lead investor is an anonymous Swiss VC firm, while unnamed business angels also invested
HTGF, MBG sell majority stake in Compositence to GON
ZFHN Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn also sold its stake in the company after investing in 2013
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