DACH
Regent acquires fashion brand Escada
US GP will aim to grow the fashion house, which has struggled to make a profit in recent years
BtoV closes Industrial Technologies Fund on €100m
Fund has reached its target and will invest in industrial technology startups
TA-backed Thinkproject acquires Conclude
Deal is the company's second acquisition this year, expanding its client base
KKA Partners back on road for Fund II
Firm was founded by Dominic Faber and fellow partner Kaspar Hartmann in 2018
DBAG to acquire Leinberger Bau
GP will also acquire three further companies owned by the Leinberger Group
Nordic Capital-backed Conscia buys XevIT
Conscia intends to boost its expansion across the DACH region and further consolidate its market position
Rhein Invest acquires majority stake in CVS
Durch GP aims to enable the German engineering company to expand to new markets
Ashurst appoints Gütle as partner
Gütle joins from the Munich office of Linklaters where she was a counsel in tax and fund advisory
Adiuva acquires Fachklinik St Georg
Infrastructure investor Captiva has agreed to acquire the clinic's 6,000m2 of rental space
Finatem acquires Food & Service Group stake from Steadfast
Stake was acquired by Steadfast in 2015 as part of a management succession plan
Halder acquires majority stake in Suvema
Further growth is expected to come from the production of CNC high-precision tools
Mutares acquires Q-Logistics
Listed private equity company Mutares has acquired a division of Austrian Federal Railways
Corsair Capital backs $40m round for IDNow
ID verification platform will grow its product offering and expand abroad
KKR sells partial stake in SoftwareOne IPO
SoftwareOne has a market capitalisation of CHF 2.8bn following the initial public offering
One Peak, Goldman Sachs lead $32m series-C for Coople
Swiss online staffing platform seeks to expand abroad and develop its software platform
Mountain Partners et al. back €10m round for Myos
Berlin-based merchant finance business Myos will refinance loans and develop its AI software
BWK acquires stake in Kreyer
Construction trader looks to strengthen market position via minority stake sale
HIG to acquire Meyra and Alu Rehab
HIG has acquired the two mobility products manufacturers, with the intention of merging them
Carlyle closes fifth Europe Partners fund on €6.4bn
Fund invests in European upper-mid-market companies across a wide range of sectors
GFC et al. back $2.3m round for Demodesk
Web conferencing software company draws funding from German and Silicon Valley investors
Waterland-backed Schönes Leben acquires Mediko
Waterland began its care home buy-and-build strategy in 2017 with the acquisition of Compassio
Eight Roads backs €13m series-B for Thinksurance
Frankfurt-based insurance technology company plans to use funding to grow and expand abroad
HTGF et al. in €2.3m round for HQS Quantum Simulations
HQS will use the capital to develop its partnerships in the chemical industry
Kartesia expands DACH presence via new Munich office
Firm's Munich expansion incorporates new hire Giuseppe Mirante, previously of HIG Capital