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Cinven’s indicative EUR 10 per share Synlab bid seen as below fair value
Sponsor listed the laboratory testing service provider at EUR 18 per share in 2020
EQT Growth in active deployment with EUR 100m IntegrityNext deal
Sponsor to support organic growth of Munich-based ESG software group via inhouse digital and sustainability teams
Nordic picks Jefferies for upcoming Sunrise Medical auction
German wheelchair specialist was acquired in 2015 and moved to a continuation fund in 2018
Afinum nears EUR 410m-EUR 420m fund close; mulls new fundraise
Plans for Fund 10 to be contemplated by mid-2024 “at the earliest” as GP advances on succession changes
Afinum founders kick off succession planning with two new managing directors
First step in succession preparations will also see two partners join management team later this year
Summit Partners puts RFID manufacturer ELATEC up for sale
Teasers for the German group were circulated earlier this year by sell-side adviser Goldman Sachs
Swiss sponsor Ufenau mulls fourth continuation vehicle
Recently registered in Luxembourg, new fund follows the close of a EUR 563m continuation vehicle by the firm in April 2022
GR Capital in 'active stage' of USD 50m-USD 70m fundraise
Berlin-based, Ukrainian-owned VC firm could invest up to USD 30m in 2023, targeting a range of technology subsectors
DPE to exit VTU Group in sale to Altor Capital
New sponsor will hold a majority stake in the Austrian engineering group with management reinvesting
Ardian preps Imes-icore for sale; sellside pitches ongoing
Healthcare tech company could hit the German auction pipeline later this year
Gyrus reaps 8.6x money from partial dss+ exit to Inflexion
Majority investment in Switzerland-headquartered management consultancy marks Inflexion Buyout Fund VI’s fifth deal
Argos Wityu acquires Norline in sixth deal from Mid-Market VIII
Sponsor’s EUR 450m Mid-Market VIII fund held a final close in 2022 and is almost 50% deployed
Planet A raises EUR 160m for debut greentech fund
German VC will back scaleable hardware and software startups, giving science team "veto power" in investment decisions
McDermott adds to German PE team with Noerr and Latham duo
Noerr’s Holger Ebersberger and Latham & Watkins’ Hanno Witt to join the firm’s Munich office
Capiton moves two assets to continuation vehicle; Fund V largely unrealised
Eurazeo and Unigestion among LPs in new fund for industrial tech businesses Raith and AEMtec
SoftwareONE on PE watchlist amid take-private optimism
Switzerland-listed cloud technology group has been eyed by several buyout houses in recent months
Main Capital exits Onventis in SBO to Keensight
Exit from Main Fund V comes three years after the GP acquired the Germany-based procurement technology company
German health minister’s 'locust sponsors' comments spook live healthcare deals
New entrants scared by remarks on limiting profits; existing investors expected to rush to complete bolt-ons
DBAG turns focus to proprietary dealflow as auctions slowdown
Valuations could cool off as debt availability tightens, German GP's partner Thilo-Anyas Koenig tells Unquote
Bellevue eyes Q1 2023 first close for debut secondaries fund
With USD 200m target, vehicle will primarily focus on USD 1m-30m LP stake deals
Partners Group sets fundraising guidance at USD 17bn-22bn
Private markets investor finished 2022 at the bottom of USD 22bn-26bn target for new commitments
EQT weighs options for Open Systems including partial sale
Bank of America to prepare sale of the group's secure access service edge network division
DBAG sells Pmflex following trade approach
Pre-wired electrical installation conduits manufacture sold to Hager Group following a 2.5 year investment period
Tenzing launches Munich office; hires KPMG exec as DACH head
Christian Ramme to lead local team as UK-based GP takes another step in European expansion