DACH
Ufenau buys Altano to consolidate equine clinics market
Fund manager says it has already started exclusive negotiations with several regional competitors
Delivery Hero announces intention to float
Company will target gross proceeds of around €450m from the sale of newly issued shares after costs
VC firms in €13m round for Alphapet Ventures
Heliad Equity Partners, Venturestars, Reimann Investors and Mountain Partners invested €10m of equity
Waterland-backed Median buys two rehab clinics
Waterland injected a seven-figure sum of extra capital into Median to finance the transaction
Speedinvest leads €1m round for Timeular
Company will use the new money to expand its operations to the US and other international markets
Afinum sells Alfmeier stake to Elber
Turnover increased by 35% to €269.9m and EBIT quadrupled to €16.9m since Afinum's investment in 2012
Auctus backed-Fernao Networks buys VonRoll Itec
Management will acquire a significant stake in the company, which is now part of Fernao Networks
Merck leads CHF 10.5m series-A for Inthera Bioscience
Aglaia Biomedical Ventures and Novo Seeds also participated in the round alongside an unnamed private investor
Startup300 holds first close on €20m
Fund has a target of €40-60m and has the stated aim of funding the first Austrian unicorn
Hannover Finanz announces CEO appointment
Goetz Hertz-Eichenrode will take the lead of the firm from November 2017
Summit Partners backs Market Logic in €45m round
Investment firm Genui and Berlin-based Sycamore, a previous backer, also take part in the round
HTGF holds first close for third fund on €245m
Fund has a target of €300m and will begin making early-stage investments in Q4 2017
VC firms back Exporo
Fresh capital will be used to develop new products, including the launch of bonds for larger projects
EQT closes mid-market fund on €1.6bn hard-cap
Northern Europe-focused vehicle adds to the firm's AUM following the close of its infrastructure fund in February
VR Equity-backed Ostertag acquires Euromicron Deutschland
IT technology provider Ostertag buys out Euromicron's telecommunications division
Helvetia Venture Fund leads funding round for Baimos
HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Berendsen Holding, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital also invest
Orlando closes fourth special situations fund on €320m
Fund will invest in special situations in the DACH region's Mittelstand as well as in the Nordic countries
EQT exits Roeser after seven-year holding period
PE house sells the German distributor of medical supplies to private hospital firm Sana Kliniken
HTGF, Kima exit eWings.com in trade sale
Hogg Robinson Group enters into an agreement to acquire the digital business-travel service
Deal in Focus: Quadriga Capital sells M&R to PIA
Vendor sells its majority stake in the automation business after a holding period of less than two and a half years
Balderton leads $22m funding round for Frontier Car
EchoVC+, TPG/Satya, NEA and Partech Ventures also took part in the funding round
VC backers fuel DACH's tech-driven transport boom
Venture-backed startups are capitalising on the slow progress made in the region by corporate giant Uber
VC-backed Flixbus buys Hellö
Flixbus is owned by a consortium of VC firms, with General Atlantic holding around 35%
Brockhaus acquires minority stake in Peakwork
Brockhaus will acquire the stake through its cross-industry fund Brockhaus Private Equity III