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Doctor's orders: Avoid controversy, seek new opportunities
As GPs shy away from investment in healthcare provision, new opportunities are presenting themselves in other medically related sub-sectors
Project A backs Klara's $3m round
Funding will be used to finance further expansion in the US market
Kartesia in ProFagus debt replacement
Alternative lender provided a senior secured tranch to replace an existing lender
Montagu buys Universal-Investment
Company claims it quadrupled its assets from €70bn to €280bn in the last 10 years
IBB backs Meetrics' third funding round
IBB invested via VC Fonds Technologie Berlin, a €52m early-stage vehicle
Carlyle acquires software business Exocad
Previous backer Fraunhofer Venture completely exits the business as part of the deal
Doctor's orders: Addressing Europe's healthcare shortfall
France, Germany and southern Europe are emerging as the continent's most active markets for PE investment in healthcare provision
OEP's Duran acquires Kimble Chase
Duran acquires its American competitor in order to extend its market reach
Atomico backs Bitmovin's $10.3m series-A
Existing investors Dawn Capital, YCombinator and SpeedInvest also joined the round
Beyond Capital buys Sysob
Beyond hopes to apply a buy-and-build strategy during its time at the helm
TA sells Onlineprinters to Bregal
TA Associates sells Onlineprinters after originally backing the business in 2013
Waterland invests in Hanse Orga
Lindemann family brings Waterland on board in order to boost international expansion
DBAG buys Polytech
DBAG said in a statement it will invest up to €12m from its balance sheet
HTGF et al. in Rigontec's €15m series-A extension
All previous backers reinvested in the third closing of the startup's series-A
Arnulf Keese joins E.Ventures as partner
New partner is a former PayPal executive and was hired for his fintech expertise
OpCapita raises €350m for second fund
Vehicle is more than three times the size of its 2014-vintage predecessor
Oakley reaps 3.6x return on Parship partial exit
Transaction values the business at €300m, with an IRR of 150% for Oakley
Star Capital buys Globalways
Star Capital plans to inject an additional €60m of growth capital in the future
Aurora's Alltub takes over Karl Höll
Combined group will have annual sales of €150m and 650 customers globally
Thiermann joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath
Thiermann joined the firm's private equity team in Munich on 1 September
Verdane invests in Searchmetrics
Verdane simultaneously acquires shares in German startups Smava and Hornetsecurity
Target Partners backs Senic's seed round
Senic was founded within the Y Combinator programme, a US-based seed accelerator
Equistone's Vivonio acquires Leuwico
Vivonio hopes Leuwico will enter a cooperation with Maja, another company in the group
Beyond capital: winning over Germany's Mittelstand vendors
Increased competition for family-owned assets means investors must be flexible and willing to veer away from textbook strategies