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Quadriga buys GBA from Adiuva
Acquirer invested via Quadriga Capital Private Equity Fund IV, which closed on €529m
Equistone acquires fire proofing business Roth
During Ufenau's ownership, Roth made four add-ons in different Swiss regions
HTGF provides seed funding for Raidboxes
High-Tech Gründerfonds usually invests €600,000 at seed stage in its portfolio companies
Sonya Pauls leaves KWM for Clifford Chance
Pauls will join Clifford Chance as a partner in the investment funds team on 1 October
DPE sells Westfalia to Horizon Global for €125m
Following the deal, DPE will become the largest shareholder in Horizon Global with a 10% stake
Earlybird holds first close for health tech fund
VC targets €120m for the North Rhine-Westphalia-based vehicle
Unigestion holds €177m first close for secondaries fund
GP hopes to hold a final close for its fourth secondaries vehicle at €300m
Alpina acquires Cimdata to merge it with Oxaion
Deal marks the first bolt-on as part of a buy-and-build growth strategy in the ESP space
DBAG in secondary buyout of R&M from Nord Holding
German ships interiors business has expanded via an international acquisitive strategy
DACH buyout dealflow hits 15-month high in Q2
Buyout volume and aggregate value were up by 43% and 155%, respectively
ProteoMediX raises CHF 5m from Altos Venture et al.
Altos has been backing the Zurich-based diagnostic tests company consistently since 2012
Akina holds interim closes on three Euro Choice funds
All three funds are expected to hold a final close by the end of the year
HQ Equita exits Windstar Medical in trade sale
German GP exits over-the-counter drugs maker less than two years after acquisition
DACH managers benefiting from fundraising tailwinds
The DACH region has enjoyed a busy first half in terms of fundraising, particularly in the venture space
Equistone acquires United Initiators from Vision and Speyside
Vision Capital had acquired a majority stake in the group from Speyside in 2011
Alpina exits Via Optronics in €47.4m trade sale
Alpina had been a shareholder in the screen technology business since 2010
Avedon Capital exits Tesch Inkasso
GP acquired the business in 2012, aiming to implement a buy-and-build strategy
Octopus Ventures leads $22m round for Outfittery
Existing backers including Northzone, Highland and Holtzbrinck also take part in the round
DBAG exits Broetje-Automation
DBAG became a majority shareholder in the group in 2012, investing through DBAG Fund V
IBB and Hasso Plattner sell OpenSynergy to Panasonic
Hasso Plattner Ventures was invested since 2008, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft since 2010
Littlerock in FinTecSystems’ series-A
FinTecSystems claims one in five consumer loans is now being processes online
DBAG secures majority stake in Frimo
DBAG said it will invest up to €15m from its balance sheet as part of the buyout
Bayern Kapital provides €2m for Numares Health series-C
Regensburg-based company has so far gathered an estimated $29.5m through venture funding
Earlybird backs Movinga’s €5m round
The business previously made headlines with layoffs and police investigations