DACH
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay bolts on Alpha-Cash
Alpha-Cash is Heidelpay's second acquisition in 2019 and its fifth since Anacap's first investment
Ambienta-backed Safim bolts on Omni
GP intends to strengthen Safim’s position within the DACH market with the bolt-on
Triton and ADIA carve out IFCO in $2.51bn deal
Triton and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund buy IFCO plastic containers business from Brambles
KKR buys TMG
GP is bringing in media entrepreneur Fred Kogel as CEO while Herbert Kloiber joins the advisory board
Nauta Capital leads $6m round for German startup Zenloop
Piton Capital also takes part in the funding, alongside entrepreneurs including Christian Henschel
Capvis sells Rena to Equistone
Management team led by CEO Peter Schneidewind will become shareholders alongside Equistone
Secondaries in Private Equity
Unquote analysis of the secondaries market is now available for download
Ardian buys stake in SwanCap Partners from UniCredit
SwanCap combines primary investments, direct secondaries and direct co-investments
Halder makes first investment from new fund
Halder VI held a final close in January, but no further details were released by the firm
Auctus sells Valantic to DPE
Founding shareholders and management, led by Holder von Daniels, retain a stake of approximately 25%
Multiples Heatmap: winter cooldown across Europe
Latest Multiples Heatmap, published in association with Clearwater International, is now available to download
Palamon announces roll-over investment into Ober Scharrer
GP sold Ober Scharrer to Nordic last year, generating a 3.6x return on its original investment
Universal-Investment reorganises management team
Reinhard replaces Bernd Vorbeck, who will now serve as supervisory board member
Gain Capital holds €28.4m first close for third fund-of-funds
Vehicle has a target of €60m and will look to hold a final close by the end of 2019
Bessemer leads €30m round for Mambu
Acton Capital, CommerzVentures, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital also take part
Ambienta hires seven
Sustainability-focused GP has made a number of hires in its Italian and German offices
Ex-HQ Capital CEO moves to Schroders
Based in London and Frankfurt, Wunderlin will report to group chief executive Peter Harrison
PG Impact Investments holds $210m final close
Firm is independent but has access to Partners Groupтs infrastructure, expertise and resources
XAnge invests in Sunacare
XAnge makes early-stage investments of €500,000-8m in French and German companies
Strong LP appetite and creative credit to fuel DACH growth
Despite stiff competition for assets, PE firms in the DACH region hit record deal volume in 2018 and expect further growth in 2019
VC firms back €4m series-A for Kreatize
Fresh capital will be used to expand the platform and improve data evaluation methods
BMO holds fourth close for co-investment fund on €95m
Fund was announced in February 2017 and is expected to hold a final close by the end of March
B-to-v holds second close for Industrial Technologies Fund on €80m
Fund held its first close in March 2018 and is expected to have a final close in mid-2019
HTGF in seed round for 8sense
Beurer Group invested in 2018 and HGTF was joined by Thieme Group and a business angel in the round