DACH
Cinven's Synlab completes €190m refinancing
Laboratory analysis company will repay capital drawn from its revolving credit facility
Menlo Ventures backs Dedrone's $10m round
Lead investor Menlo Ventures invests from a $400m fund and has backed Uber in the past
Investcorp's Tyrrells bolts on Aroma Snacks
Deal marks a second international acquisition for the crisps and snacks producer
Auctionata bolts on Paddle8
Auctioneering startups Auctionata and Paddle8 had combined revenues of €132m in 2015
Q1 Barometer: Slow start across Europe despite French uptick
The European buyout segment witnessed a slow Q1 volume-wise, with the number of deals recorded being the lowest total since Q1 2014
Digital+ Partners backs Orderbird's €20m series-C
Orderbird will collaborate with wholesaler Metro and aims for expansion into France
Riverside promotes Schaich to European principal
Patrick Schaich will oversee Riverside's deal origination in the DACH region
StepStone takes over Swiss Capital
StepStone Private Debt and StepStone Hedge Funds will be launched following the merger
Capiton exits Nora to ICG
Capiton sells the business after nine years of ownership to ICG and management
Keensight merges Tecres and Aap Biomaterials
As part of the deal, French GP bought Aap for €36.6m and invested in the new holding company
Ebersberger leaves Linklaters for Ashurst
Ebersberger's departure latest in a series of leavers from Linklaters
Cherry Ventures holds final close for €150m second fund
Cherry Ventures II backs European early-stage rounds, focused on consumer and B2C
Orlando buys Innight from TNT Express
Spinout of German business Innight follows the acquisition of TNT Express by Fedex
TPG holds final close on $10.5bn
Vehicle is the first buyout fund raised by the GP since the global financial crisis
HgCapital buys legal software firm STP
HgCapital acquired STP via its £380m Mercury Fund, which focuses on software and tech
Sportvideos365 raises €800,000 from Clever Clover et al.
Sportvideos365 is a tool for amateur sports clubs to upload match highlights online
Metropolitan buys part of German Pellets
Metropolitan Equity Partners acquires German Pellets' headquarters in Wismar
Deal in Focus: Silverfleet's sale of Kalle proves viability of SBOs
CD&R becomes the sausage casing producer's fifth institutional owner as GPs are increasingly feeling the need to deploy their dry powder
Up to Eleven backs Nuki's €2m seed round
Startup raised €385,000 via crowd funding platform Kickstarter last year
HTGF backs contaminant detectors business Bentekk
German startup Bentekk is a spinout from Hamburg University of Technology
Savedo raises $5.6m from XAnge et al.
New round brings the total capital raised by Savedo since inception in 2014 to $10m
Silverfleet, Electra sell sausage casing maker Kalle to CD&R
CD&R bought the business for around €500m, equating to a 9-10x EBITDA multiple
CMP holds final close for €250m fund
Firm's latest vehicle is €75m larger than its predecessor, which closed in April 2011
Tengelmann and IBB exit 42reports to Dilax Intelcom
VR Equitypartner and Omos Equity bought a majority stake in Dilax in early 2015