DACH
Mirabaud Lifestyle Impact & Innovation holds €56m first close
Fund targets companies active in the ready-to-wear, cosmetics, jewellery, accessories, health and lifestyle sectors
Wellington, HBM lead €22m round for Adrenomed
Round follows the company's €24m series-D in November 2019, also backed by Wellington and HBM
Unbound Ventures leads Vaha series-B
HV Capital, Global Founders Capital, TQ Ventures and RTP Global also backed the fitness startup
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG announces annual results
While 2019-2020 saw DBAG's NAV fall by 5.8%, the GP expects to increase PE investments in the coming years
MLL auction process begins – report
Munich Leukemia Laboratory could generate a valuation of 11-12x, Mergermarket reports
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG announces supervisory board changes
Tom Alzin and Jannick Hunnecke will join, while Rolf Scheffels is to leave when his term ends
TriSpan Opportunities Fund II holds first close
Fund focuses on investment opportunities in the lower-mid-market across North America and Europe
Duff & Phelps appoints Bretag
Frank Bretag joins from Georgieff Capital Advisors and focuses on the industrial goods sector
Liberta Partners acquires Forteq Healthcare
Deal is a carve-out from Forteq Group and marks the fourth investment from Liberta Partners II
Cadence Growth Capital invests in PlusDental
Germany-headquartered dental platform is Cadence Growth Capital's third investment
PAI-backed Stella Group buys BPE's DuoTherm Rolladen
Exit ends BPE's three-and-a-half-year holding period; the add-on is Stella's second under PAI
Chequers, Paragon to acquire Silverfleet's 7days
Sale process for the medical workwear company saw interest from FSN and Gilde, Mergermarket reported
EMZ Partners acquires Assepro
Buyout of the Switzerland-based insurance broker is EMZ's third DACH region deal of 2020
SR One set to deploy $500m fund following GSK spin-out
CEO Simeon George tells Unquote that the firm is seeing early-stage and later-stage opportunities
Waterland's Athera makes three bolt-ons
Germany-based physiotherapy group has made 11 add-ons since Waterland's investment in 2019
Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5bn across two funds
VC raises $1.3bn for its seventh early-stage fund and $3.2bn for its second growth fund
VCs in $125m round for Atai Life Sciences
Mental health treatment compound developer is backed by investors including
HIG Europe Capital Partners III closes on €1.1bn
Fund invests in buyouts, recapitalisations and corporate carve-outs of European businesses
VR Equitypartner's Kälte Eckert buys SOS Kältetechnik
Refrigeration systems business has made three add-ons since VR Equitypartner's investment in 2017
Bregal Milestone to wholly acquire Greenstorm
Bregal has owned a minority stake in the Austria-based e-bike company since December 2018
Warburg Pincus invests in McMakler
Investor base of the online real estate agent and broker includes Balderton and GR Capital
Invision buys majority stake in VR Equitypartner's N3K
VR Equitypartner acquired a minority stake in N3K in 2016 and reinvests in the structure
Elevat3 Capital leads funding round for Neodigital
Germany-based digital insurance company is also backed by existing investors Coparion and Alstin
VCs in €100m round for SellerX
Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital and Triple Point Capital have backed the seed round