DACH
Alpina Partners buys CrossLink Faserverbundtechnik
GP acquired the business via its subsidiary, industrial holding company CFH
MPM in iOmx Therapeutics' €40m series-A
Proceeds will be used to develop proprietary product candidates
Rocket Internet’s Foodpanda sells Russian business for $100m
Foodpanda's Russian business recently accounted for 10% of its global revenues
Ardian's Ionisos bolts on Leoni Studer Hard
Deal marks the first acquisition in Ionisos's pan-European buy-and-build growth strategy
Keen holds first close for maiden fund on €90m
New pan-European venture firm was launched by former heads of BT, TomTom and Prime Ventures
KPCB in $24m Relayr series-B
Munich Re invested via its equipment breakdown insurer Hartford Steam Boiler
Invision buys TonerPartner
GP will implement a Europe-focused international expansion strategy for the e-commerce business
IK acquires ZytoService from Capiton
GP hopes to build on its previous experience in the healthcare sector
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
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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