DACH
Terra Firma acquires Welcome Hotels
British buyout house acquires group of 12 hotels across Germany
Target Partners in €2m Autolabs seed round
Autolabs founder Holger Weiss is also venture partner at Target Partners
LP Profile: DBPE's thirst for co-investments
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Deutsche Asset closes €260m co-investment fund
Fund closing comes one year after Deutsche Bank split its asset and wealth management unit
DACH institutional investors set sights on private equity
LPs are moving away from more liquid asset classes in search of stronger returns, with private equity's popularity on the up in the German-speaking region
Ardian buys SLV from Cinven for €800m
Cinven said the business generated a 40% increase in turnover since its acquisition in 2011
Deal in Focus: Equistone exits Hornschuch
Sale to Continental's subsidiary followed an eight-year holding period in which the company bolted on a number of competitors
Afinum hires Abdel-Hadi as investment director
Abdel-Hadi joins from Aurelius where he was managing director of a subsidiary
Permira in €700m SBO of S&B from Ardian
For 2015, the business posted an annual turnover of €300m, with €55m EBITDA
Cipio-backed 21sportsgroup raises additional €15m
Fresh funding is in addition to an eight-digit backing from a consortium of investors in May
Holtzbrinck recommits for Move24's series-B
Existing backers DN Capital, Piton Capital and Cherry Ventures also committed to the round
Adveq joins €30m AEVI funding round
Adveq invests €10m, while HPE Growth Capital provided the initial €20m in May
EQT acquires cyber security business Utimaco in SBO
Sellers reinvest part of their proceeds for a minority stake as part of the deal
Riverside buys kitchen fixtures retailer GEV
Deal marks Riverside's fifth buyout this year and its first in Germany in 2016
Equistone exits Hornschuch
During Equistone's eight-year ownership, revenues increased from €140m to €410m
E.Ventures in €20m Smartfrog round
VCs are joined by a number of family offices and a Swiss entrepreneur for the round
Bayern Kapital and BayBG back Gastfreund
Following its series-A round, the startup hopes to expand to other regions
HTGF in €5m Makerist series-A
Existing backers HTGF and publishing house OZ Verlag were joined in the round by two new backers
Founders, Vækstfonden back €2m round for Kontist
Fintech company is currently in the development stage and aims to launch its app in 2017
General Atlantic, ProSiebenSat.1 back KäuferPortal
Each investor bought a 42% stake, while 16% will be held by the company's founders
Eight Roads exits InnoGames
MTG acquired a 35% stake in the InnoGames, valuing the business at €260m
Ratos-backed TFS acquires SCIderm
Acquisition comes after TFS and SCIderm entered into a strategic partnership in 2014
Woodford in €16m series-B round for Eve Sleep
Startup held a first closing in July this year, when it raised an initial тЌ8m
Atlantic Bridge in $6m Ubimax round
It is the company's first funding round since it was founded in 2014