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GERMANY – Heliad acquires Jamba Service GmbH
Heliad Equity Partners, the listed-private equity investment company, has acquired a majority stake in specialist insurance broker Jamba Service GmbH.
GERMANY - Ganymed increases series-C financing
Biopharmaceutical company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG has announced a second closing of EUR 3.5m to its series C funding, bringing the total for the round to EUR 37.2m.
GERMANY – Granville Baird sells TEAM BS for EUR 71m
Funds advised by Granville Baird have fully exited their stake in TEAM BS Management Holding to Randstad Group for a total consideration of EUR 71m. Minority shareholder and CEO Dirk Schmitt also exited his stake.
GERMANY – European Capital strengthens Frankfurt team
European Capital Financial Services has appointed Bernd Schaessburger as an investment director to its Frankfurt-based team. Schaessburger joins the team headed by managing director Robert von Finckenstein, which has been strengthened during the past...
EUROPE - SLIPE to manage CalPERS' EUR 400m mandate
Standard Life Investments (Private Equity) Ltd (SLIPE) has been selected to manage a EUR 400m mandate focused exclusively on European private equity.
GERMANY – BWK acquires stake in BKtel-Group
BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired a 49% stake in optical systems provider BKtel for an undisclosed amount.
SWITZERLAND – AFINUM buys Pinova AG
AFINUM Management GmbH has wholly acquired Pinova AG from its founders for an undisclosed amount. The institution made the investment through its fund AFINUM Fünfte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG.
GERMANY - LSP portfolio company Idea AG signs $202m licensing deal with Alpharma
Life Sciences Partners portfolio company IDEA AG has agreed to sign a $202m licensing deal with an affiliate of American pharmaceutical Alpharma . The agreement involves the licensing of exclusive United States rights to Diractin as a prescription...
GERMANY - KPMG appoints partner to lead new transactions-focused pensions team
Graham Pearce has joined KPMG in Germany at partner level to head up a new Pensions Advisory team within its Transaction Services practice. Prior to joining KPMG, Pearce was at Mercer for 17 years. He qualified as an actuary in 1994 and has specialised...
AUSTRIA - tecnet equity invests in Senactive
Austrian venture capitalist tecnet equity has invested an undisclosed amount in real-time business performance management software provider Senactive. The new capital will be used to drive the company's European expansion.
GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners invests in Emporis
Neuhaus Partners together with KfW Bankengruppe has invested an undisclosed amount in buildings and construction projects database provider Emporis.
GERMANY - Zurmont Madison acquires Röder Group
Zurmont Madison Management AG has acquired a 75% stake in tent systems provider Röder Group from the company’s management for an undisclosed amount. Röder Zeltsysteme und Service AG is headquartered in Büdingen, near Frankfurt/Main, and focuses on developing,...
GERMANY – JC Flowers favoured to acquire WestLB stake
According to German press, US financial investor JC Flowers is currently favoured to acquire the stake in German regional lender WestLB, currently owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
GERMANY - Macquarie-led consortium snatches real-estate web portal
Australian investment group Macquarie and media business Publishing & Broadcasting have acquired 66.22% of property internet portal Immobilien Scout GmbH, in a deal valuing the business at EUR 540m.
GERMANY - Invision and TVM Capital invest EUR 9m in Netviewer
Invision Private Equity AG and TVM Capital are taking a EUR 9 million stake in Karlsruhe-based Netviewer GmbH, a web conferencing and remote access vendor.
AUSTRIA - gamma capital partners hire new mobile and internet partner
Austrian venture capital firm gamma capital partners has appointed Markus Wagner as partner.
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
EUROPE - Stoxx launches private equity index
Stock exchange monitor Stoxx today launched a new index which tracks the performance of Europe's 20 largest listed private equity firms.
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
GERMANY - LRP Capital's portfolio company makes acquisition
CS Consulting AG, a portfolio company of LRP Capital, has acquired Berlin based MDE. The acquisition is a further step in developing CS Consulting AG from a regional leader in IT consulting for banks and insurance companies, to a national leader in its...
EUROPE - Bear Stearns Private Equity seizes the moment
In an interview with unquote", Bear Stearns Private Equity director Greg Getschow explains that market upheaval can be good for business and how GPs will have to rediscover the essence of private equity. The last few weeks have been a challenging...
SWITZERLAND - Sonic Emotion receives $1.4m series A financing
VI Partners, Emertec Gestion and Züricher Kantonalbank have injected $1.4m in Zürich-based 3D sound perception solutions provider Sonic Emotion.
GERMANY - The Carlyle Group sells Personal & Informatik AG
The Carlyle Group has sold its 66.54% stake in Personal Informatik AG (P&I), a German human resources & software and service vendor provider, to 35 institutional investors in Europe and United States in a book-building process managed by Berenberg Bank....
SWITZERLAND - Molecular Partners receives EUR 11.3m funding
Swiss biotechnology company Molecular Partners has received EUR 11.3m financing from Index Ventures, BB Biotech Ventures, Endeavour Vision and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. The new funds are intended to allow the company to advance its portfolio...