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Redalpine invests in Trekksoft
Swiss venture firm Redalpine has invested $800,000 in Trekksoft, an online tour and activity marketplace.
Creathor Ventures backs Toroleo
Creathor Ventures has co-invested in online car equipment comparison platform Toroleo, a portfolio company of Project A Ventures.
St Jude Medical acquires PE-backed Endosense
Medical device company St Jude Medical has wholly acquired Endosense, a medical technology company backed by several private equity firms, for CHF 159m.
German Startups Group et al. back sporTrade
German Startups Group (GSG) has invested in online sport equipment marketplace sporTrade alongside IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and private investor Hans-Dieter Lochmann.
Adveq promotes Arnaboldi and Knauer
Gaia Arnaboldi, Adveq
Foodpanda makes Brazilian acquisition
Foodpanda, an online food delivery platform backed by Investment AB Kinnevik and Phenomen Ventures, has acquired Brazilian competitor MegaMenu.
Private equity firms eye Quadriga's AHT
Several private equity firms are said to be bidding for Quadriga Capital's AHT Cooling Systems.
CMS Hasche Sigle hires Clifford Chance's Thomas Brunn
Thomas Brunn, CMS Hasche Sigle
Star Capital sells Alloheim to Carlyle for €180m
Star Capital has sold Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen, a provider of residential care for elderly people in Germany, to fellow private equity house Carlyle for €180m.
German GPs cautious on venture
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and BVK, the German private equity and venture capital association, have published a survey revealing decreased confidence in early-stage investments from local deal-doers in Q2.
EQT backs Swiss Smile
EQT has invested CHF 44m in a later stage growth funding situation involving Switzerland-based dental chain Swiss Smile.
Bregal buys proAlpha from Beaufort Capital
Bregal Capital has bought a majority stake in excess of 70% in proAlpha, a manufacturer of enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) software.
Ambivalence or adapting to ever-changing climate?
While the Springer Science and Deutsche Annington exits are expected to deliver positive results when completed, the indecisiveness displayed does little to help the asset class’s historically troubled relationship with the public markets.
HTGF backs siOptica
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed siOptica, a manufacturer and provider of special optics.
Rocket Internet exits Zalando
Start-up incubator Rocket Internet has transferred its stake in online fashion retailer Zalando to Swedish investment company Kinnevik.
eCapital et al. sell Novaled for €260m
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners and other backers have sold 40% of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) specialist Novaled to Samsung Electronics, as well as a further 50% of the business to its subsidiary Cheil Industries, in a transaction valued at...
Triton buys Alpine-Energie
Triton has wholly acquired Austrian energy firm Alpine-Energie Holding from Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
HTGF and Creathor back Roombeats
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Creathor Venture have injected €500,000 into Roombeats, a Berlin-based affiliate marketing and image-based content provider.
Peppermint Venture Partners et al. back CAP-CMV
Peppermint Venture Partners has led a €800,000 seed financing round for CAP-CMV, a German medical start-up, alongside other investors.
Finatem buys 40% stake in FMW Industrieanlagenbau
Finatem has bought a 40% stake in FMW, an Austrian manufacturer of industrial plants, from private equity house Hannover Finanz and FMW’s management.
Switzerland to increase start-up support via new fund-of-funds
The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (Seca) has teamed up with Swiss investment platform CTI Invest to set up a CHF 500m fund-of-funds to support local start-ups.
Riverside exits Capol
Riverside Company has sold Capol, a German confectionery coating specialist, to Freudenberg Chemical Specialities.
BayBG invests in puracon
Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) has bought a minority stake in puracon, a supplier of packaging for medical products.
Unbegeistert: German turnaround deals disappoint
Despite a growing number of insolvencies recorded in the first half of 2013 driven by recent changes to insolvency laws, German turnaround deals remain few and far between. Is the tide beginning to turn or will cultural issues around bankruptcy continue...