DACH
Carlsquare appoints Leckert
Steffen Leckert joins from Houlihan Lokey as a partner and head of industrial technology
Herter & Co hires Hofmann
Björn Hofmann joins the Frankfurt-headquartered debt advisory firm from IKB Deutsche Industriebank
eCapital leads growth investment for Kendaxa
Germany-based automation software company also announces the appointment of a new CRO and CMO
ECM buys majority stake in YellowFox
GP is investing in the telematics software company via its €325m German Equity Partners V vehicle
Rigeto Unternehmerkapital buys majority stake in Crusta Nova
GP plans to support the Germany-based seafood and fish retailer in growing its B2B and B2C channels
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VCs sell stakes in Rhebo to trade
eCapital, TFS, Montan-Ventures-Saar and VNG Innovation previously backed the cybersecurity company
VCs in €15m funding round for Compeon
Iris Capital, NRW Bank and the Qatar Development Bank led the round for the SME financing platform
Apax, DTCP, Summit exit Signavio
Apax Partners, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) and Summit Partners have sold their stakes in Germany-based business process management software business Signavio to SAP.
Blue Horizon hires Köktentürk
Sedef Köktentürk joins as a managing partner and chief operating officer and will focus on areas including impact
Arcus, Aheim acquire minority stake in Milch & Zucker
Arcus could increase its share to a majority stake in future, the GP said in a statement
Lauxera Growth I holds €100m first close
Fund is dedicated to financing and accelerating the commercial growth of promising healthtech companies
HQIB, Cadence Growth back merger of Horn & Cosifan, PK Office
GPs intend to support a buy-and-build growth strategy for the IT service companies
Bid Equity's XClinical acquires Carenity
GP is currently following a buy-and-build strategy for the Germany-based clinical software platform
VC-backed Mister Spex buys Tribe
Online optician has previously received VC funding from investors including Grazia Equity and Goldman Sachs
IBB, Picus-backed Getsurance sold to trade
Insurtech company raised €2m in 2017 from Picus Capital and IBB but filed for insolvency in 2020
VC-backed Ubitricity sold to Shell
Investors including Earlybird and IBB previously backed the electric vehicle charging startup
Xplorer Capital, Futury Venture lead $22m round for Wingcopter
Germany-based delivery drone developer is also backed by Hessen Kapital via Hessen Kapital III
Toscafund leads €25m round for Elinvar
Existing investors Goldman Sachs Growth, Ampega and Finleap also back the round
EMH sells stake in Native Instruments
SBO to Francisco Partners sees EMH and Native Instruments' management retain a minority stake
InfraVia's Celeste acquires PE-backed VTX Telecom
Exiting their stakes, Iris and Siparex first invested in the telecoms service in 1999 and 2005 respectively
VCs in $50m round for Maps.Me
Navigation and travel app was bought by Parity.com subsidiary Daegu for around €16.65m in 2020
Partech sells stake in Once Dating to trade
French VC first invested in the dating app in 2015 via its first Partech Entrepreneur fund
Blue Horizon Ventures closes debut fund on €183m
Food-technology-focused VC was founded in 2018 and has so far made 18 investments