DACH
Capvis acquires Rena
Private equity house chosen to turn insolvent business around
LGT’s Crown Co-investment Opportunities fund holds final close
Vehicle has already completed 11 co-investments
CVC-backed Sunrise lists in €3.06bn IPO
IPO is the largest in Switzerland since 2006, with €3.06bn market cap
Latham poaches Clifford Chance’s Germany head
Oliver Felsenstein joins from Clifford Chance as partner
Target injects €2.5m into GPredictive
SaaS company actively sought VC backers to fund expansion
Callista acquires Kress-elektrik
Turnaround specialist to restructure failing family-owned company
SHS backs AOT
Growing market for robot-guided surgical systems prompts investment
Equistone divests avocis to Capita for €210m
Capita to use acquisition to grow its business in DACH region
Halder acquires Prae-Turbo in MBO
German PE house will use investment in CCN as model for international expansion
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Equistone's Bretèche Industrie buys IsernHäger
Bolt-on executed with backing from the GP
Equistone buys Polo from Paragon
Company went bankrupt in 2011 and was rescued by Paragon et al.
Quadriga takes majority stake in Alicona
Imaging company manufactures optical 3D surface metrology systems
Quadriga acquires M&R Automation in MBO
Quadriga and management team purchase stake from former owners
BMT backs Oncgnostics series-A
HTGF initially provided seed funding in 2012
Oakley acquires Damovo Europe
GP buys operations in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland and Belgium
bmp invests in Rivalfox
Berlin-based company receives €1m
VC-backed Wirkaufens raises €11m
Existing and new investors committed to the funding round
HTGF backs fodjan
Agricultural SaaS model accounts for livestock feed and arranges feeding programmes
BayBG backs Trans Tech Hysek MBI
New management brought in to solve succession planning problem
Highland Capital backs Finanzcheck
Loan comparison service raises in excess of €10m
HTGF backs bookingkit
Growth investor commits €500,000 alongside business angel
HTGF and KfW exit Kimeta
HTGF held a stake in the company for nine years
Insight invests in DaWanda
US private equity house reportedly buys out Holtzbrinck and Vorwerk stakes