Technology
Asgard Capital launches in Berlin
First fund, focused on digital hardware investments, being raised
Oakley Capital acquires Holtzbrinck's Parship
German online dating site and mobile app sold to UK investor
Cipio reaps 3x on Ipanema trade sale
Company was the last of the T-Venture portfolio acquired in 2004
Verdane and Nexit sell Octoshape to Akamai
Exit is Verdane's second from Nordic Venture Partners portfolio
PE-backed Drivy acquires Buzzcar
Investment marks third funding round for French company
Partech's second seed-only fund closes on €60m
Fund follows on from Partech Entrepreneur I, which closed in 2013
bmp backs Distribusion
Deal follows trend for investing in the German bus market
Inlandsinnovation invests SEK 8m in Tempus
Capital injection will be used for geogrpahical expansion and new hires
BayBG backs Nfon's series-E
New investor Milestone Venture Capital joins existing backer Earlybird
Sculpteo raises €5m from XAnge and Creadev
Transaction sees XAnge significantly increase its investment
Creathor leads Memorado's $3.3m series-A
Sunstone Capital participated in a $1.3m seed round last year
Augure raises €15m from Serena Capital et al.
New backers include Seventure and BPI France
Paua Ventures backs Kiwi.ki's €4m series-A
Paua previously injected around €1m into keyless access system company
Aleph, Crestview takes minority stake in Interoute
Aleph and Crestview struck out partnership in 2013
Capnamic and Iris inject €2.8m into Adex
Investor duo complete third transaction in the space of a month
Lakestar et al. back Helpling's €43m series-B
Rocket Internet company raised €13.5m in December
Omnes to reap 5x return on Exclusive Networks exit
Cobepa beats private equity suitors to clinch deal
Mountain Partners backs Lingoda
Online language school raises €2.5m in series-B financing round
FSN Capital sells Tactel to Panasonic Avionics
Turnover recovered slightly in recent years after steep fall
Herkules acquires Admincontrol
Acquisition is Herkules' first buyout of 2015
Nord Holding's PDS acquires TCG
GP initially purchased a 70% stake of PDS in 2006
Aurinvest leads €2m series-A round for Azalead Software
GP invests from €22m Capital 3 fund
MMC Ventures leads Reevoo round
Latest round brings total raised by reviews service provider to ТЃ6.5m
FlyCap in $2m seed round for Airdog
Investors include Base Ventures and Imprimatur Capital