DACH
Star Capital sells Alloheim to Carlyle for €180m
Star Capital has sold Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen, a provider of residential care for elderly people in Germany, to fellow private equity house Carlyle for €180m.
German GPs cautious on venture
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and BVK, the German private equity and venture capital association, have published a survey revealing decreased confidence in early-stage investments from local deal-doers in Q2.
Hengeler Mueller PE partner relocates to London
German law firm Hengeler Mueller has transferred one of its private equity partners, Steffen Oppenländer, to its London office.
EQT backs Swiss Smile
EQT has invested CHF 44m in a later stage growth funding situation involving Switzerland-based dental chain Swiss Smile.
Bregal buys proAlpha from Beaufort Capital
Bregal Capital has bought a majority stake in excess of 70% in proAlpha, a manufacturer of enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) software.
Ambivalence or adapting to ever-changing climate?
While the Springer Science and Deutsche Annington exits are expected to deliver positive results when completed, the indecisiveness displayed does little to help the asset class’s historically troubled relationship with the public markets.
HTGF backs siOptica
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed siOptica, a manufacturer and provider of special optics.
Rocket Internet exits Zalando
Start-up incubator Rocket Internet has transferred its stake in online fashion retailer Zalando to Swedish investment company Kinnevik.
Sector focus: can UK manufacturing catch up with Germany?
Germany has long set the standard for manufacturing in Europe but, as the continent picks itself up from the financial downturn, does the UK have the potential to knock Germany off its top spot? Alice Murray investigates
eCapital et al. sell Novaled for €260m
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners and other backers have sold 40% of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) specialist Novaled to Samsung Electronics, as well as a further 50% of the business to its subsidiary Cheil Industries, in a transaction valued at...
Triton buys Alpine-Energie
Triton has wholly acquired Austrian energy firm Alpine-Energie Holding from Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
HTGF and Creathor back Roombeats
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Creathor Venture have injected €500,000 into Roombeats, a Berlin-based affiliate marketing and image-based content provider.
Peppermint Venture Partners et al. back CAP-CMV
Peppermint Venture Partners has led a €800,000 seed financing round for CAP-CMV, a German medical start-up, alongside other investors.
Finatem buys 40% stake in FMW Industrieanlagenbau
Finatem has bought a 40% stake in FMW, an Austrian manufacturer of industrial plants, from private equity house Hannover Finanz and FMW’s management.
Switzerland to increase start-up support via new fund-of-funds
The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (Seca) has teamed up with Swiss investment platform CTI Invest to set up a CHF 500m fund-of-funds to support local start-ups.
Riverside exits Capol
Riverside Company has sold Capol, a German confectionery coating specialist, to Freudenberg Chemical Specialities.
BayBG invests in puracon
Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) has bought a minority stake in puracon, a supplier of packaging for medical products.
Unbegeistert: German turnaround deals disappoint
Despite a growing number of insolvencies recorded in the first half of 2013 driven by recent changes to insolvency laws, German turnaround deals remain few and far between. Is the tide beginning to turn or will cultural issues around bankruptcy continue...
Nord Holding buys Jumpers Group
Nord Holding has bought a 65% stake in German fitness chain Jumpers Group.
Target Partners appoints Michael Kowalzik
Michael Kowalzik, Target Partners
Equita sells Karl Eugen Fischer to Equistone
Equita has sold its majority stake in Karl Eugen Fischer (KEF), a German provider of cutting systems for tyres, to fellow private equity house Equistone Partners Europe.
PE-backed GetYourGuide acquires IGottaGuide
GetYourGuide, backed by Spark Capital and Highland Capital Partners (HCP), has bought IGottaGuide, a platform that connects tourists with local guides.
HTGF backs exelonix in seed round
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has provided seed funding to exelonix, a provider of internet-based assistance systems for elderly people.
HTGF's CorTec receives €3m series-A funding
KfW Banking Group and seed investor M-Invest have injected €3m into High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) portfolio company CorTec.