DACH
Ambienta raises $150m for absolute return fund
Ambienta X Alpha is managed by a team based in London, led by chief investment officer Fabio Pecce
YielCo hires new director
Volker van Rüth joins from his role as CEO of BayerInvest and has prior experience at Warburg Invest
DC Advisory promotes five in UK and Germany teams
Promotions are across the infrastructure, debt, Asia access, and consumer, leisure and retail teams
Capvis-backed Variosystems buys Solve Engineering
Add-on of Swiss market peer is the first in Capvis's investment period and in the company's history
EQT-backed Galderma sells Bübchen
Sale of the baby's skincare brand is the first spin-out since EQT bought the company from Nestlé
Investors participate in N26 $100m series-D extension
N26 will continue to invest in growing its presence across 24 European markets and the US
Thyssenkrupp Elevator consortium seeks additional equity investors – report
Advent, Cinven and RAG Stiftung agreed to buy the company in February in a deal valued at €17.2bn
Altamar holds first close for €750m secondaries fund
ACP 4 targets the growing market for GP-led secondary transactions
Paragon Partners to acquire Weka
Acquisition of the specialised publishing company will be the third from the GP's third fund
Tech, IT and software valuations remain stable – survey
Report from GCA Altium tracks the effect of the coronavirus crisis on listed technology companies
RBB buys stake in Wurst- und Fleischwaren Bautzen
Sausage and meat products company filed for insolvency in November 2019 and was seeking new investors
Lincoln International appoints two managing directors
Christian Schwarzmueller will join the DACH team while Florus Plantenga joins the London office
DBAG announces 20% fall in portfolio NAV
Portolio NAV has fallen by around 20%, but the GP's telecoms companies are largely unaffected
Novum Capital closes second fund on €150m
Final close includes all investors from the GP's debut fund plus €40m in commitments from new LPs
MVM Partners leads $62m round for SkyCell
Investors including the Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund also back the pharmaceutical containers producer
BPE 4 holds final close on €135m
Vehicle held a first close on €122m in December 2019 and the vehicle has made its first investment
Omers Ventures Fund IV closes on $750m
Fund targets growth-orientated, disruptive technology companies based across North America and Europe
BPE backs Dätwyler Sealing Technologies MBO
MBO is the first investment from BPE 4, which held a final close in March 2020 on €135m
Index Ventures raises $2bn across two new funds
Index Ventures Growth V, which targets later-stage companies, raises $1.2bn, while Index Ventures X closes on $800m
Silver Investment Partners appoints two partners
Promotion of Matthias Loos and Daniel Schmitz brings the Germany-based GP's partner team to five
VR Equitypartner-backed Kälte Eckert buys Gartner Keil & Co
Deal is the second add-on for the Germany-based cooling systems and cold storage specialist
Adcuram-backed Poggenpohl files for insolvency
Kitchen furnishings retailer plans to continue its restructuring and will seek new investment
German GPs weigh up portfolio damage and rescue packages
Nature of Germany's industrials-weighted economy has caused problems for some GPs when it comes to liquidity needs
Felix Capital et al. back €15m series-B for YFood
Foodtech company has increased its revenues by 300% in the past year, according to a statement