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Sentica’s Citec buys TGB
Sentica portfolio company Citec, a Finnish engineering services business, has acquired German engineering company Technisches Gemeinschaftsbüro (TGB) from Siemens.
KKR scores Hertha BSC deal
KKR has bought a 9.7% stake in German football club Hertha BSC for €61.2m.
Waterland appoints new German MD
Dutch firm Waterland Private Equity Investments has appointed Carsten Rahlfs as a principal and managing director of the German office.
Sunstone invests in GetYourGuide
Sunstone Capital has invested in GetYourGuide, a Swiss tour and activity-booking platform, in a $4.5m series-A extension round led by two angel investors.
42matters secures funding
Swiss mobile app discovery business 42matters has completed a series-A funding round, supported by Project A Ventures.
Pantheon wins BVK mandate
Funds-of-funds manager Pantheon has established a new global private equity programme alongside Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest public pension group.
Runa Capital pours €1.5m into Cloudpartner.de
Runa Capital has invested €1.5m ($2m) in a series-A round for Berlin-based start-up Cloudpartner.de, which gives German SMEs access to cloud-based services.
SoundCloud raises series-D at $700m valuation
Institutional Venture Partners has led a $60m series-D round for German music platform SoundCloud.
Luminor Capital backs Next Generation Finance Invest
Singapore-based Luminor Capital has invested CHF 5.5m in Next Generation Finance Invest (NGFI), a listed social trading platform.
Invision and Hypo cut razor deal
Invision Private Equity and Hypo Equity have sold German razor blade manufacturer Feintechnik to US corporate ADKM.
Nimbus acquires Robert Bürkle
Dutch investor Nimbus has acquired a majority stake in German industrial machinery manufacturer Robert Bürkle.
KKR and Permira fully exit ProSiebenSat.1
KKR and Permira have fully exited German media company ProSiebenSat.1, selling their remaining 17% stake, valued in the region of €1-1.3bn.
MCP takes minority stake in LMF
Metric Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik (LMF), an Austrian industrial company.
Acton’s Heureka Growth Fund II holds first close
Acton Capital Partners has held a first close for its Heureka Growth Fund II on $110m.
Delivery Hero raises $88m
Insight Venture Partners has led an $88m series-E round for Delivery Hero, a German online food ordering service.
DN and Holtzbrinck lead $8m round for Quandoo
DN Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures have co-led an $8m series-B funding round for Quandoo, a Berlin-based restaurant reservation software provider.
Capvis Equity IV hits €720m hard-cap
Capvis Equity Partners has held a final close for Capvis Equity IV on its €720m hard-cap.
VC-backed plista sold to GroupM
German advertising platform provider plista, backed by several venture capital firms, has been acquired by US-based GroupM, the parent company of WPP media agencies.
Snow & Alps secures €1m
Snow & Alps, a reservation system for ski and outdoor holidays, has received €1m in funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).
Ventech supports Picanova
French investor Ventech has made a multi-million euro investment in German customised wall decor company Picanova.
Blacklane drives off with fresh investment
Berlin-based chauffeur portal Blacklane has raised a double-digit million euro funding round.
Carlyle and Vitol invest in Varo Energy
Carlyle has teamed up with Vitol Group to invest in Varo Energy, in a move to create a midstream energy business in north-west Europe.
Montagu picks up CEFS from UBS
Montagu Private Equity has acquired Corporate Employee Financial Services International (CEFS International) from UBS.
HTGF invests in makerist
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested in makerist, an online tutorial platform for arts and crafts.