DACH
LP Profile: Saranac Partners
Established in 2016, Saranac Partners is a multi-family office and financial advisory firm
Kreditech secures €20m funding round
Backers include Runa Capital and previous investors HPE Growth and Amadeus Capital Partners
Project A closes third fund on €180m
Vehicle was registered in October last year and held a first close on €106m in March
Pinova buys Sill Optics
Sill Optics managing director Christoph Sieber has taken a minority stake in the transaction
Afinum sells Avantgarde to EMH
EMH will acquire a majority stake in the business by acquiring shares from Afinum and management
Haspa buys minority stake in MT Derm
Jörn Kluge remains the majority shareholder and managing director of Haspa-backed MT Derm
EQT Credit moves in to take over Charterhouse's Bartec
EQT Credit II and EQT Credit Opportunities III have notified the Austrian regulator
CVC buys 50% stake in DFE Pharma for NZD 633m
Sale price comprises a cash payment of NZD 537m and an interest-accruing vendor loan of NZD 96m
VCs in $56m series-C for Kandou
Nine VCs have invested in a series-C funding round for semiconductors company Kandou
Riverside buys Bike24 back from Bridgepoint's WiggleCRC
Riverside sold the company to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC in October 2017 for around £100m
Blumberg et al. in $60m series-B for Wunder Mobility
Blumberg first invested in the transport services software company in 2018
Bridgepoint appoints BCG's Kratz for DACH
Kratz will work alongside Chris Brackmann who was appointed head of DACH investment this year
EMH backs Liganova
Transaction value was not disclosed but EMH makes investments between €50-150m per company
VCs in €40m series-D for Themis
US-based Farallon Capital, with Oslo- and Stockholm-based Hadean Ventures, led the round for Themis
Advent raises $2bn for tech fund
Fundraise comes shortly after the $17.5bn final close of the GP's flagship product, GPE IX
Prime leads €40m series-C for Holidu
Many of the existing investors in the vacation rental search engine also participated in this round
Anacap raises €1bn for credit fund
Vehicle was launched in November 2018 with a $750m target and raced to a first close on $600m
Advent et al. bid for ThyssenKrupp elevators division
Carlyle, CVC, KKR, and Blackstone Group are also reported to be interested in the unit
Halder buys Drumag Fluidtechnik and EPH Elektronik
Investment in the group is the second of Halder VI fund, which closed in January
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Cloudy with a chance of slowdown
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses H1 stats and looks ahead
Thayer, ZKB lead $45m series-B for Beekeeper
Existing investors participate in the round for the communications technology company
Serafin backs Covestro carve-out
Covestro says the decision was part of its ongoing portfolio optimisation process
Permira-backed TeamViewer IPO oversubscribed
TeamViewer announced its intention to float at the end of August, and recently set a pricing range
VC firms invest in $40m series-B for Anokion
Anokion simultaneously announces the acquisition of US-based counterpart Kanyos Bio