DACH
One Equity buys GKN subsidiary from Melrose
Melrose also announced the sale of a minority stake in French aerospace company Sabca
Nordic GPs set their sights on the DACH region
Nordic buyout houses are increasing their presence in the region, both in terms of deal activity and boots on the ground
Mubadala Ventures invests in $125m funding round for Wefox
Fresh capital will be used to expand into Spain, France, Italy and the Benelux region
Pureos Bioventures leads CHF 10m series-A for NovaGo
Swiss clinical-stage biotech company Neurimmune also takes part in the investment
Greenbriar exits Frauscher
Greenbriar acquired a majority stake in Frauscher for approximately €90m in 2016
Advent acquires Evonik's methacrylates business for €3bn
GSO offered bidders a unitranche of €1.5bn and Barclays offered an all-loan structure of €1.25bn
Tiger Global invests €50m in Flaschenpost
Other investors include Cherry Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, Discovery Ventures and Larix VC
ASC Investment acquires Canon Business Services
ASC Investment will retain all current employees and bring in a new management team
Global Founders Capital in $2.8m series-A for Sviper
Round was led by Modern Times Group, a Sweden-based digital entertainment company
Consortium of VCs exit Indoo.rs
Speedinvest, Tecnet Equity and Techinvest backed Indoo.rs across four venture and seed rounds
Aberdeen Standard Investments, DIF acquire Unitank
Two investors wholly acquire the oil storage business, each taking a 50% stake for an undisclosed sum
Invision closes sixth flagship fund on €375m
Invision VI's predecessor, Invision V, closed on €285m and has made its final acquisition
Redmile Group invests in Hookipa's €33.2m series-D
Hookipa's previous investors include Sofinnova Partners, Takeda Ventures and Forbion
Syncona leads CHF 35m series-A for Anaveon
Anaveon initially received seed funding from the UZH Life Sciences Fund and BaseLaunch
UVC, BtoV lead €10m series-A for I2x
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and new investors MS&AD Ventures and Asgard also take part
KKR acquires Universum Film
Fred Kogel, CEO of the independent audiovisual content platform, has hired Markus Frerker as COO
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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
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