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TA Associates buys Amann Girrbach
TA Associates has acquired Austrian dental specialist Amann Girrbach in a secondary buyout from Alpine Equity.
Hypo Equity becomes Alpine Equity
Austrian lower mid-cap investor Hypo Equity has changed its name to Alpine Equity, following the spin out from Hypo Landesbank Vorarlberg.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. back Curefab
A consortium of venture investors led by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have provided German medical equipment company Curefab with early-stage funding.
BayBG backs noris network AG
BayBG Bayerische Beteiligugnsgesellschaft has invested an undisclosed amount in IT outsourcing service provider noris network AG.
unquote" Germany Report 2010
The latest unquote” Germany Report covers all the latest trends and issues affecting the German private equity and venture capital markets.
HTGF invests in two companies
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has announced two further investments.
Silverfleet acquires Schneider Group from Barclays
Silverfleet Capital has acquired a majority stake in German retail group Schneider from Barclays Private Equity, for an undisclosed amount.
HTGF and MAZ invest in PAS-Analytik
High-Tech Gründerfonds and MAZ level one have invested around €550,000 into laser-based photoacoustics specialist PAS-Analytik.
Winners of Deutsche unquote” awards announced
The winners of this year’s Deutsche unquote” Private Equity Awards were announced in Munich last night.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. invest €2m in Neonga
A consortium of private and institutional investors led by High-Tech Gründerfonds have invested €2m in German video games developer Neonga.
Gamma III lead early-stage funding of Mobilizy
Austrian early-stage specialist Gamma Capital Partners had advised its latest fund, Gamma III, on a first round investment in Mobilizy GmbH. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.
For sale sign goes up at IKB
Lone Star, the specialist US distressed asset investor, has appointed Perella Weinberg to sell the toubled German bank IKB, reports suggest.
High-Tech Gründerfonds backs Scopis
High-Tech Gründerfonds has provided German medical-equipment designer Scopis with a round of early-stage funding.
Deutsche unquote" October 2010
European politicians have made a “major step” forward in agreeing the final form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ (AIFM) Directive, according to Belgium’s finance minister.
Consortium exits PregLem in trade sale
A consortium consisting of Sofinnova Partners, MVM International Life Sciences Partners, NeoMed Innovation, Sofinnova Ventures and Sutrepa have sold their stakes in PregLem to Gedeon Richter Plc.
Consortium increases Silentsoft’s capital
A consortium consisting of EPS Value Plus, Venture Incubator, Zug and SVC have increased Silentsoft SA’s capital by CHF 4.85m.
IK Investment acquires Hansa Group
IK Investment Partners has acquired the sanitary fittings provider Hansa Metallwerke AG, including subsidiary KWC AG.
HBM BioVentures sells Sloning for €6.7m
Venture capital company HBM BioVentures has sold its stake in Sloning Biotechnology to German antibody specialist Morphosys for €6.7m.
German venture: A ghost town?
At the very peak of the economic boom in 2007 the German venture market looked set to take off and regain much of the ground it had lost following the dotcom crash, with large sums of capital flowing into the hands of entrepreneurial businesses. However,...
joiz receives funding from Creathor Venture
Zurich-based cross-media platform joiz has secured funding from Creathor Venture.
T-Venture invests in Intelligent Apps
T-Venture and e24 have invested the taxi booking system 1TouchTaxi, developed by Intelligent Apps GmbH.
Consortium invests €4m in Zimory
A consortium led by Creathor Venture, High-Tech Gründerfonds and VC Fonds Technologie Berlin have invested €4m in cloud computing company Zimory.
Bridgepoint sale of Rodenstock collapses
Bridgepoint’s sale of German eyeglass maker Rodenstock has collapsed, according to reports.
Augur Capital holds €70m first closing on latest fund
Augur Capital has held a first closing at €70m for its Augur FIS Financial Opportunities II fund.