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Battery Ventures buys IHS from Kings Park Capital
Kings Park Capital has exited German marketing company IHS to a newco backed by Battery Ventures, reaping a 3.8x gross money multiple.
XAnge leads series-B round for Studitemps
French GP XAnge has invested €3.5m in Cologne-based recruiting agency Studitemps as part of the company's series-B funding round.
Montagu to sell Host Europe for £400m
Montagu Private Equity is preparing its portfolio company Host Europe, a hosting and domain service provider, for a £400m sale that has attracted other private equity buyers.
Cerberus acquires 10 shopping centres in Germany
Cerberus Capital Management has bought a portfolio of 10 German shopping centres through an auction, according to reports.
Oakley's intergenia acquires German web hosting company
Oakley Capital Equity Partners’s (OCEP) portfolio company intergenia has bought web hosting provider Internet24.
Terra Firma's Deutsche Annington reattempts IPO
PE-owned German residental real estate company Deutsche Annington Immobilien has renewed its IPO plans.
SüdKB sells MSC-Gruppe to Avnet
Süd-Kapitalbeteiligungs-Gesellschaft (SüdKB) has sold its holding in MSC Investment to Avnet.
EdRip in CHF 18m OncoEthix series-B round
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) has participated in a series-B funding round totalling CHF 18m for Swiss oncology drug development firm OncoEthix.
Corona Equity Partners restructures management
Private equity firm Corona Equity Partners (CEP) has restructured its management, appointing a new CEO and a new supervisory board member in the same week.
PE firms circle Deutsche Telekom internet portal
Scout24, the internet portal owned by Deutsche Telekom, has attracted the interest of PE firms looking to buy a minority stake in the company.
Deutsche Boerse leads $20m Zimory investment
Berlin-based cloud management software business Zimory has secured $20m in funding led by new investor Deutsche Boerse.
Halder acquires Wback in MBO
Halder Beteiligungsberatung has backed the management buyout of German bun producer Wback.
Terra Firma’s Deutsche Annington holds off on IPO
German housing company Deutsche Annington Immobilien (DAI), which is backed by Terra Firma Capital Partners, has reportedly postponed its €1.1bn IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange due to low investor demand.
Nord Holding exits Goebel
Nord Holding has sold German paper manufacturing business Goebel Schneid-und Wickelsysteme (Goebel) to engineering group IMS Deltamatic.
Montana closes debut secondaries fund on €80m
Montana Capital Partners, a firm focusing on the smaller end of the secondaries market, has closed its annual programme on its hard-cap of €80m.
Phenomen Ventures backs Delivery Hero
Russian VC Phenomen Ventures has led a $30m series-D financing round for Delivery Hero, an online food ordering platform.
Index leads $38m NumberFour funding round
Index Ventures has led a $38m series-A funding round for business software company NumberFour.
Balderton Capital et al. back Contentful
Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital have provided seed funding for Contentful, a Berlin-based content management platform for web and mobile applications.
HTGF et al. in €3.5m series-B for evocatal
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Sirius Venture Partners have invested €3.5m in German chemical company evocatal alongside HTGF fund investor Lanxess and NRW.Bank.
Innogy, Aqton, HTGF invest in Kiwigrid
Innogy Venture Capital and Aqton, alongside existing investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), have jointly invested in energy management start-up Kiwigrid.
Springer Science: EQT opts for €3.3bn sale to BC Partners
EQT Partners and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) have agreed to sell German media publisher Springer Science to BC Partners for €3.3bn.
ECM sells Kadi to Paragon
ECM Equity Capital Management has sold its majority stake in Kadi AG, a Swiss frozen food manufacturer, to Paragon Partners and the company’s management team.
LGT Capital Partners wins £100m mandate
Swiss alternative asset management company LGT Capital Partners has been awarded a £100m mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme.
Point Nine and Heilemann back Scondoo
Berlin-based mobile shopping deals app Scondoo has raised seed funding totalling almost €1m.