DACH
Silverfleet hires Süß as partner
Süß joins Silverfleet's DACH-focused team from TowerBrook Capital Partners
Willkie hires Abrar as partner
Kamyar Abrar joins from Weil Gotshal & Manges' PE team and also has experience in corporate deals
Auctus-backed PharmaLex buys Regulis Consulting
Deal is the consultancy's second bolt-on in 2020; it expects to generate 2020 revenues of €120m
Aurelius's Zim Flugsitz in self administration
Aurelius intends to make contributions to the airline seat producer's proposed restructuring
Market sentiment improving but dealflow likely to remain bifurcated – Baird
Baird MDs Vinay Ghai and Paul Bail discuss deal-making amid the pandemic and emerging trends for the months ahead
Zeotap raises $42m in series-C round
Company has raised around $62m since being founded in 2014
Riflebird-backed Piller Entgrattechnik acquired by SFO
SFO specialises in the takeover and further development of mechanical and plant engineering companies
Apax invests in $65m series-C for PriceFX
Apax Digital Fund closed on $1bn in December 2017 and was deployed 23% in December 2019
Kindred and Capnamic lead €2.47m seed round for How.FM
Also participating in the round were angel investors including the founders of Just Spices
Munich Private Equity closes third buyout fund-of-funds
Mid-cap buyout-focused fund-of-funds closed on €162m and has made 14 of its 20 planned investments
Ufenau's Swiss IT Security buys Keyon
IT security firm has made 13 add-on acquisitions since Ufenau's investment in November 2017
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Fundraising engine stalls
This week, the Unquote Podcast examines the fundraising market amid the challenges of Covid-19
Blackstone Life Sciences V closes on $4.6bn
Fund invests in late-stage rounds of established life science companies and emerging businesses
Energize Ventures backs $10m Beekeeper series-B extension
Latest round for Switzerland-based remote working software brings its series-B total to $60m
Borromin’s ProFagus completes refinancing
Charcoal and natural additives company saw final bids from two banks and one direct lender
Five Seasons et al. back €10.1m round for Yamo
VCs including the Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund, BtoV and Ringier Digital Ventures also participated
HIG Capital launches HIG European Capital Partners III
Fund will invest in buyouts, recapitalisations and carve-outs of both profitable and underperforming businesses
Great Point’s MLM Medical Labs buys CirQuest
Acquisition of US-based laboratory services provider is part of MLM's international expansion strategy
Pictet closes Monte Rosa V on $1.164bn
Earlier funds have generated a net IRR of more than 13% and a TVPI of 1.65x
Nauta Tech Invest V holds €120m first close
Fund deploys tickets of €1-5m in seed and series-A rounds to support European B2B SaaS startups
Goldman Sachs Growth leads $80m series-D for LeanIX
Insight, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Capnamic and Iris Capital also participate
EQT's Suse buys Rancher Labs
Acquisition of the US-based company comes two years after EQT backed Suse's LBO via its eighth fund
Forbion holds first close for Growth Opportunities Fund
New strategy focuses on pre-IPO capital and capital for undervalued listed life sciences companies
Oddo BHF Private Equity Secondaries Fund closes on €358m
Oddo BHF Private Equity Secondaries Fund has a focus on secondary transactions ranging from €5m to €50m