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Orange Growth backs Legalbase’s seed round
Orange Growth Capital and Norselab back a seed round for legal platform Legalbase
Target Partners backs Datapath.io’s €965,000 round
Munich-based Target Partner and Swiss VC Speedinvest provide €965,000 for Datapath.io
HTGF backs Baimos's seven-digit round
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Capital and HCS take part in Baimos's third funding round
General Atlantic names Achim Berg as operating partner
Berg is former CEO of Bertelsmann subsidiary Arvato, a media and business services company
Target Global opens Berlin office
General partners Yaron Valler and Shmuel Chafets run the new Berlin branch
Ardian backs Gantner MBO
French investor Ardian acquires Austrian electronic hardware company Gantner from Identec Group
Payleven raises $10m series-D from Seventure et al.
Seventure, Holtzbrinck and other investors have backed a $10m series-D for Payleven
Smartfrog raises $10m round from Target et al.
German home security business Smartfrog raises $10m from Target Global and e.ventures
Mountain Cleantech rebrands as Jadeberg, invests €6m in MCS
Jadeberg invests €6m in software developer MCS alongside family office PE Group
MIG-backed Brain lists on FSE
MIG's biotech business Brain reached an issue volume of €31.5m on its flotation
MIG et al. lead $6m Hemovent series-A
Other investors include WCTI, KfW Bank and more
Deal in Focus: EQT’s EEW exit is largest ever Sino-German trade sale
A look back at how EQT scored one of the largest sales of a German company to Chinese buyers
LGT closes Crown Europe Middle Market III on €500m hard-cap
LGT's third-generation European mid-market fund-of-funds is already close to 50% deployment
Q4 Barometer: Record value in 2015 despite end-of-year dip
Fewer deals but higher aggregate value in 2015 meant the average deal value jumped by a whopping 53%
Adveq closes funds on €323m and €102m
Double closings are first vehicles raised by fund-of-funds since 2013
Ambienta buys SF-Filter
SF-Filter's Germany head Jochen Zähringer will take over as CEO following buyout
Redalpine backs Jodel
Latest round marks Jodel's third successful fundraising within the space of a year
Holtzbrinck backs Lamudi’s €29m round
Holtzbrinck, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Tengelmann back Lamudi's €29m round
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
VR exits Janz IT to ACP
VR Equitypartner sells its stake in IT service Janz to ACP in a trade sale
Watchmaster raises $8m from Cherry Ventures et al.
Watchmaster completed its third funding round within less than one year
EQT in €1.44bn EEW exit to Beijing Enterprises
Deal is largest Chinese direct investment in a German company to date, GP said
Golding Private Debt VIII holds €413m final close
German investor Golding Capital Partners exceeds €300m target for eight fund