DACH
Ex-Earlybird partner O'Leary launches new VC
The new venture firm, BlueYard Capital, will invest in European early-stage startups
Ratos's Euromaint takes hit after German divestment
Partial exit and performance to negatively impact company's value
DBAG exits Spheros
DBAG sells company for more than double its initial investment sum
3i's Geka completes €95m refinancing
Move sees GP reap a €40m dividend recap, having invested in 2012
Summit Partners invests €31m in Signavio
Deal marks Summit Partner's third investment in a software company this year
Main's Regas bolts on Daarwin for merger
Add-on comes two years after GP bought Regas
MS Ventures backs Inthera Bioscience's €3.4m round
MS Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of healthcare business Merck
DBAG buys minority stake in Mageba
DBAG scores its first ever Swiss deal, also plans capital increase for the company
Chequers buys Spandex from Gilde
Gilde scores 3x money on the sale of the Swiss sign-making and printing business
Target Partners leads Navvis's €7.5m series-B
Startup receives funding from Germany and US
Capnamic hires additional partner
Olaf Jacobi joins the Berlin office as partner after leaving Target Partners
Speedinvest closes $100m second fund
Austrian VC originally targeted $50m for its early-stage vehicle
Blackstone raises $18bn for latest flagship fund
GP and its employees contribute $500m to the vehicle, pushing it beyond its hard-cap
Auctus exits Career Partner to Apollo Education for €96m
GP held the education company for eight years prior to trade sale
Z Capital buys Swiss hotel Waldhaus Flims
Hotel went into administration earlier this year
Capiton buys LAP Laser
GP plans bolt-ons for new portfolio company
Challenging 2015 for Switzerland and Austria
A look back over 2015 activity in the DACH region
General Atlantic offloads Axel Springer Digital Classified stake
Springer regains full ownership following the transaction
Goldman Sachs et al. back GoEuro's $45m series-B
Company is backed by European and US investors
Mountain Cleantech buys 44% stake in Entecco
Company made four bolt-ons in as many years
Paua Ventures holds first close on $45m
Vehicle is targeting a final close on $65m in Q2 next year
General Atlantic promotes Nikolay and Elchahal
JУЖrn Nikolay and Roni Elchahal promoted in Munich and London offices
Nestpick extends series-A to $13m
Startup backed by Rocket Internet
Palatine's Chase Templeton bolts on Avanti Healthcare
Palatine has owned Chase Templeton since 2013