DACH
Lakestar closes second venture fund on €350m
Vehicle surpasses VC's €135m first fund
Earlybird and Pinova sell Hemoteq
Trade sale sees Earlybird exiting after 17 years
Deal in Focus: Allianz et al. buy Tank & Rast from Terra Firma
Terra Firma's sale of Autobahn Tank & Rast marks the largest buyout recorded in Germany in nearly 10 years
Alexandra Hagelüken joins Latham & Watkins
Law firm poaches partner from Clifford Chance
Earlybird, HTGF lead €1.1m EBS Technologies round
Company planning expansion into the US
KKR acquires minority stake in Software One
Founding partners and management retain control of the business.
LifeCare Partners and LSP lead CHF 15m round for Kuros
Deal marks third investment in Swiss biotech sector this year
VR and BIP buy Leuna Tenside
Backers secure majority stake in business
DBAG leverages Gienanth buyout
DBAG bought the business in late 2014
Capiton exits RTS to Media-Saturn
Trade sale comes six years after acquisition
Media Ventures et al. in $14.5m round for Spotted
Social dating app to launch in new territories
TA Ventures leads €2.3m Style Lounge series-A
Metasearch engine launched in January 2015
Bain's Wittur merges with Sematic
Bolt-on comes eight months after Bain acquired Wittur from Triton
Windeln bolts on Bebitus
Acquisition is part of Windeln's European expansion
CD&R’s Mauser to raise $100m in IPO
Mauser Group, a packaging manufacturer owned by Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) since 2014, is looking to raise $100m in its upcoming listing on the Nasdaq.
Mountain Cleantech exits Grünspar to EWE
Exit comes two-and-a-half years after GP firsted backed company
European PE funds: top 5 closes of 2015 so far
Looking back on the five largest European fund closes of 2015 so far
Ribbit et al. in €20m series-B for SavingGlobal
Startup received €7.5m from Index Ventures in June 2014
VC-backed HelloFresh mulling IPO
Company was valued at €623.8m after last funding round in February
Capnamic et al. in $6.4m series-A for Zeotap
Startup received $1.3m in seed funding in November 2014
Allianz et al. buy Tank & Rast from Terra Firma
The transaction is understood to value the company at around €3.5bn
Q2 Barometer: dealflow slips as aggregate value swells
Latest figures show total deal volume falling while overal value rises
PAI sells Swissport International for CHF 2.7bn
Chinese trade buyer HNA Group picks up asset from PAI
Deutsche Beteiligungs injects €42m over two bolt-ons
Bolt-ons add to three acquisitions by DBAG earlier this year