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Creathor leads CHF 2.5m round for Allthings
Number of private investors from the real estate industry also participated in the round
Bregal acquires 67.55% stake in SHD
Investment will come from Bregal's Jersey-based €550m DACH fund, Bregal Unternehmerkapital LP
EQT buys 20% stake in Ottobock
GP will use capital from EQT VII to make the investment, based on a €3.15bn EV
Hannover Finanz purchases majority stake in Widos
German GP acquires an 80% stake while Finexx and the management team will retain a 10% holding each
Ufenau reaps 6x on NRW sale to Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Swiss GP fully exits the German refurbishment company following a 32-month ownership period
BMO PE holds €60m first close for co-investment vehicle
New fund aims for net 20% return, has a target of €300m and anticipates a final close in early 2018
DBAG acquires stake in Duagon
Deal is the GP's first MBO in Switzerland and the third deal via its DBAG Fund VII in six months
BlackRock et al. invest €30m in Scalable Capital
Existing investors HV Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann join the round for the digital investment firm
Oaktree buys stake in Marlin's Coriant
Marlin Equity Partners has owned a controlling stake in the business since inception in 2013
TVM leads €25m series-A for Centogene
Backers include Deutsche Private Equity, Careventures and CIC Capital
Medicxi launches £300m late-stage fund
New vehicle will invest €10-25m in private or public European biotechnology businesses
Abry-backed Basefarm buys The Unbelievable Machine
GP originally acquired a controlling stake in the business in December 2012
CVC-backed Douglas raises €300m, reprices existing debt
New debt priced at 325bps over Euribor while the existing facility priced at 350bps
Star set to hold oversubscribed final close
Star Capital Partners is set to hold an oversubscribed final close of its third fund later this month, according to unquote" sister publication InfraNews.
Rantum carves out Montratec from Schmid Group
First investment made from Cedarlake Private Equity Fund I, a joint venture advised by Rantum Capital
Point Nine closes €75m venture fund
Vehicle was launched in Q4 2016 and has raised the majority of its commitments from existing investors
Partners Group reshuffles leadership
Stephan Schäli to become CIO, while David Layton will become head of PE and join the executive committee
Bayern Kapital backs Octimine Technologies
Numerous business angels also invested in the round to provide an amount in the seven-digit range
Fidelium Partners closes €103m special situations fund
Fidelium invests in companies that are facing significant operational challenges, as well as carve-outs
US investors lead $6m round for Jodel
Business angels the Samwer brothers and Soundcloud investor Christophe Maire also participated
VCs exit Propertybase to Boston Logic
Neuhaus Partners, HTGF, Bayern Kapital and BayBG all report a successful exit from the investment
Hamilton Lane closes secondaries fund on $1.9bn
Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund IV, the firm's largest secondaries vehicle to date, originally targeted $1.25bn
Bain, Cinven amend takeover offer for Stada
Acceptance period has been extended from 8 June to 22 June and the threshold reduced from 75% to 67.5%
Redalpine to close venture fund by end of Q2
Fund is still open for investments and has a hard-cap of CHF 100m with minimum commitments of CHF 1m