DACH
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
Insight invests $145m in CommerceTools
Rewe Digital, which acquired a stake in the software provider in 2014, remains a shareholder
EVentures, XAnge lead $6.6m round for Apiax
Regulatory technology startup Apiax raised its first institutional funding round in 2017
Pantheon to invest in KD Pharma in single-asset restructuring
Capiton IV has sold a stake in its portfolio company, Omega-3 producer KD Pharma
Argos Wityu makes new appointments
PE firm has made new appointments in its French, German and Italian offices
Santander InnoVentures et al. back €35m CrossLend series-B
Round also includes funding from existing investors Lakestar, ABN Amro Ventures and Earlybird
Gyrus Capital bolsters team ahead of imminent fundraise
Outfit was launched in late 2018 by two former Altaris and Argos Wityu executives
Listed Private Capital Report 2019
Listed PE is yet to see the boom that listed infrastructure has in recent years, but several trends suggest the gap may shrink
Balderton, GR invest $20m in McMakler
Balderton has used its VC secondaries fund Balderton Capital Liquidity I for the transaction
Permira hits €11bn hard-cap for seventh fund
Permira VII was launched in January 2019 with a €10bn target, which was reached in September