DACH
MBG et al. invest €1.2m in Pumacy
Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen (MBG), Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (ISA) and private investors have invested €1.2m in software company Pumacy Systems.
3i to take over Scandlines from Allianz
3i has entered exclusive talks to take over ferry operator Scandlines from fellow co-owner Allianz Capital Partners (ACP).
Partners Group to sell non-private-equity businesses
Partners Group has announced the sale of its remaining stakes in two non-private-equity-affiliated firms.
Afinum buys Thonet
Afinum Management has acquired a majority stake in family-owned furnishings supplier Thonet.
Holtzbrinck hires new managing partner
German venture capital firm Holtzbrinck Ventures has hired Christian Saller as managing partner.
Cequr raises $27m in series-B
Swiss biotech firm Cequr has raised $27m in a series-B funding round from two new private investors and all existing backers, including Endeavour Vision and VI Partners.
HP Ventures' Davidson steps down
Eran Davidson, managing director and CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures (HP Ventures), has left after eight years at the venture capital firm.
3i invests €77m in GIF
3i has invested €77m in the management buyout of Gesellschaft für Industrieforschung (GIF), a transmission testing specialist, alongside the firm’s CEO.
PE-backed Foodpanda receives $8m for Middle East expansion
Foodpanda, backed by Rocket Internet, Investment AB Kinnevik and Phenomen Ventures, has received $8m from iMena.
PE-backed Galantos Pharma sells Alzheimer's drug
Galantos Pharma, a pharmaceutical company backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and KfW, has sold its Alzheimer's drug Memogain to Neurodyn.
Target Partners reinvests in Tado
Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures have invested €2m in heating app Tado.
Hannoverimpuls invests in CouchCommerce
Hannoverimpuls has backed CouchCommerce, a software-as-a-service (Saas) platform that converts online shops into apps, alongside angels network Venturepreneurs.
KKR and Permira sell further shares in ProSiebenSat.1
KKR and Permira have sold another stake in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, reducing their joint share to 33%.
Earlybird’s Nagel on Germany’s new stock market tier
Christian Nagel, partner and co-founder of Earlybird Venture Capital, speaks to Kim Richters about plans for the new stock market tier in Germany, proposed to aid financing prospects for start-ups
Riverside hires three for German office
Patrick Schaich, Riverside
Index Ventures backs series-B round in Mind-NRG
Index Ventures and Belgian life sciences investor LRM have injected a joint €6m into Mind-NRG, a Swiss developer of neuregulins.
PE-backed Fläkt Woods to sell subsidiary for €193m
Fläkt Woods, a global air treatment and ventilation provider backed by Sagard and Equistone, has received a firm €193m offer for its Infrastructure & Industry activity.
HTGF completes hat-trick with perora deal
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested in perora, a German biotech company – its third investment announced in as many days.
HTGF provides seed round for Somonic Solutions
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) have jointly invested in Somonic Solutions, an electroplating technology provider.
PE-backed Copytrend Group buys printing company
Constellation-backed Copytrend Group has bought a majority stake in Intelligent Printing Solution Group (IPS), a provider of outsourced document management solutions.
Constellation hires Dieter Scheiff
Dieter Scheiff, Constellation
HTGF invests in PS Biotech
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed PS Biotech, a manufacturer of special microtiter plates for the screening of micro-organisms.
JZ Capital backs Winn Group and Fidor Bank
London-listed private equity fund JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) has expanded its European portfolio with investments in the UK and Germany.
Bridgepoint buys AHT Cooling in €585m SBO
Bridgepoint has acquired AHT Cooling Systems, an Austrian manufacturer of refrigerators, from Quadriga Capital and Partners Group for €585m.