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Brockhaus buys electronics producer IHSE
Brockhaus has acquired hardware producer IHSE together with the company's management
IT firm Nexthink raises $40m from Highland et al.
Latest investment brings Nexthink's total funding up to $65m since its creation in 2004
Capvis, Partners Group list VAT with CHF 1.56bn market cap
Vacuum valves producer lists on Six Swiss Exchange at a CHF 52 opening price
Finatem sells WST Präzisionstechnik to Cathay Capital
Finatem acquired the company in 2012
EIF backs Coparion’s €225m venture co-investment fund
EIF and KfW have set up new VC fund Coparion to invest in later-stage German startups
Project A backs Junomedical’s seed round
Project A backs medical tourism startup Junomedical, which operates in six countries
Invision sells RSD to Argos Soditic
Invision sells Swiss software company RSD to Argos after acquiring it in 2007
Golden age for debt funds in Germany?
Lighter rules for alternative lenders operating in Germany could encourage a wave of deal activity
Occident backs Cunesoft’s seven-digit series-A
HTGF, Bayern Kapital and Occident Group invest in software startup Cunesoft
Finanzcheck raises €33m series-C from HarbourVest et al.
The round was backed by HarbourVest, Acton Capital and existing investor Highland Europe
Scalable Capital raises €7m from Holtzbrinck et al.
The funding round brings the total capital raised to €11m
HTGF backs Thermosome’s €4.6m round
Biotech startup Thermosome raises €4.6m from investors and the German governement
HTGF backs Bitwala‘s €800,000 seed round
German bitcoin startup Bitwala has raised €800,000 from HTGF and Digital Currency Group
XAnge backs Sensorberg
Sensorberg raised an undisclosed amount from XAnge, WestTech, Garvest and Berlin TEchnologie Holding
VR Equitypartner backs n3k Informatik
VR provides growth capital for Heilbronn-based IT services business n3k Informatik
VC-backed Home24 raises €20m
Investors remain unnamed, but Rocket Internet and Holtzbrinck are previous backers
Capiton buys Hamm Reno
Deal sees Stefan Kaske and the Hamm family exit the German footwear business
Krumm joins HQ Equita as senior partner
Torsten Krumm, former managing director at Odewald, joins HQ Equita as a senior partner
Blum named new head of M&A for EY Switzerland
Oliver Blum joins EY from CMS, where he headed the company law and M&A team
Capvis, Partners Group set price range for VAT listing
GPs seek to exit after less than three years and hope to earn CHF 635m in the IPO
Flossbach von Storch holds €75m first close for third FoF
Tectum Private Equity III will invest in European and US small- and mid-cap funds
Data Artisans raises €5.5m series-A from b-to-v et al.
Tengelmann, b-to-v and Intel Capital take part in the round for the tech startup
HTGF backs Amal Therapeutics’ CHF 3m series-A
Round also saw participation from Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and VI Partners
KKR sells stake in Scout24 Schweiz to insurer Swiss Mobiliar
KKR sells its stake in Scout24 Schweiz after acquiring it in August 2014