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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
VC-backed SumUp and Payleven to merge
Newly merged mobile payments company will have a presence in 15 countries
Tado raises €20m from Inven Capital
The startup raised €15.2m from Siemens, Statkraft and other backers in October 2015
CVC acquires majority stake in Tipico
International betting group is aiming to benefit from CVC's experience in the industry
Former German politician Guttenberg joins Mountain Partners
Former minister of defence joins the Swiss venture capital firm's supervisory board
HTGF backs Se M Labs' €780,000 seed round
MBG Baden-Württemberg and an unnamed business angel invested alongside HTGF
Heliad appoints Thomas Hanke as CEO
Thomas Hanke is named as new CEO, while Gunter Greiner is promoted to investment director
HTGF and MBG recommit to Eyefactive
Funding comes after business launched app platform for interactive signage software
Konux raises $7.5m from US VCs
Munich-based Konux produces sensor solutions for industrial companies, including Deutsche Bahn
Linklaters appoints new partners
PE-focused Will Aitken-Davies and Jann Jetter are promoted to partners
Corporate finance firms Capitalmind, EquityGate to merge
Business will operate under the Capitalmind brand out of six European offices
Tengelmann et al. lead $5m series-A for CareerFoundry
Online school for web development CareerFoundry raised a $5m series-A
Gimv et al. lead €36m series-A for G-Therapeutics
Listed buyout house Gimv invested €6m in the funding round led by LSP and Inkef
HomeToGo raises $20m from Insight et al.
US VC Insight Ventures joins previous backers Acton Capital Partners and DN Capital
Gilde buys Amor from 3i in secondary MBO
Overall, the jewellery business generated €197m in proceeds and a 2.3x return for 3i
DBAG and Redwood exit Clyde Bergemann
Sale of Clyde Bergemann marks the last exit for DBAG's fourth vehicle
Capvis buys Hennecke from Adcuram
Investor Adcuram acquired the company in 2008 in a spinout from Bayer