DACH
Team spirit: the enduring appeal of co-investment
This year, €7.87bn was collected across seven co-investments funds, breaking Unquote Data records
Acton Capital Partners closes fifth fund on $215m
Firm has made six investments from the fund so far, with two more in the pipeline
Insight invests $8m in Hundred
Hundred offers a portfolio of 34 vitamins that consumers can access through a subscription model
Statkraft Ventures leads €3m series-A for Betterspace
Statkraft Ventures is the venture arm of German energy company Statkraft
Lindsay Goldberg sells VDM to Acerinox for €532m
GP acquired the German metal alloy business in 2015 and had made one previous exit attempt
Eurazeo Growth makes new appointments
PE firm recruits two MDs and an associate across its UK, German and French offices
Q3 Barometer: deal volume hits new record with mid-market push
Buyout market has been strengthening consistently and was only four deals away from hitting 300 in the third quarter
Aurelius-backed Office Depot Europe sells CEE business
Sale supports the portfolio company's efforts to consolidate its European operations
Naxicap acquires Alwitra
French GP will expand Alwitra's international presence via French portfolio company Onduline
Endeit leads €21m series-B for travel platform Comtravo
Deutsche Bank, AER Ticket and previous backers Project A, Creandum and BtoV also invest in the round
Verdane opens Berlin office
GP aims to invest in German consumer internet and software companies
KKR European V closes on €5.8bn
KKR European V held an interim close on €4.7bn in April 2019 and has a six-year investment period
Waterland-backed Tineo acquires Nexellent
Deal is part of the GP's buy-and-build strategy in the Swiss IT sector
Mid Europa sells Walmark to PE-backed Stada
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for the GP, which invested in the company via its third fund
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
CMP to acquire Selux
Transaction remains subject to approval from the German Competition Authority
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