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GERMANY – Ventizz invests EUR 48m in Ersol Thin Film GmbH
Ventizz has acquired a minority stake in German solar cell maker Ersol's thin film unit for EUR 48m. Ventizz Capital Fund III LP has bought a stake of nearly 50% in Ersol Thin Film GmbH through a cash capital increase. In addition to this, Ventizz will...
GERMANY - H.I.G Europe hires Jens Alsleben as managing director
H.I.G Europe, the European arm of H.I.G Capital, has hired Jens Alsleben as managing director of H.I.G European Capital Partners GmbH, based in Hamburg. This brings the German H.I.G. team to 9 investment professionals covering the whole spectrum of investments,...
GERMANY – Virgin Green Fund leads EUR 61m series-B in Odersun
Virgin Group-baked Virgin Green Fund has led a series-B financing round for Odersun AG, a company which designs and manufactures flexible solar products using a proprietary thin-film technology. Further investors included Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures,...
GERMANY – Investcorp renews interest in former portfolio company Utimaco
Investcorp Technology Partners has become former portfolio company Utimaco’s anchor investor with an approximately 25% shareholding in the business. The company’s current market capitalisation of Utimaco values Investcorp Technology Partners’ stake...
GERMANY - Argantis acquires majority of W.I.S. in MBO
Argantis has, together with the management, acquired the majority of the shares of W.I.S. Holding GmbH & Co. KG for an undisclosed sum. The former shareholders retain an interest in the company.
GERMANY - BWK GmbH acquires 40% stake in Betec Electronic
BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart (BWKU), a subsidiary of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Wüstenrot & Württembergische-Gruppe and Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank has acquired 40% of Betec Electronic GmbH...
European LPs: optimism, naivety or realism?
Despite the recent credit crisis, there appears to be relative optimism among European LPs compared with their North American and Asian counterparts. Would the immaturity and naivety of the European private equity industry be the cause of this so called...