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Navigator-backed IT Competence Group to merge with Audius
GP sold a 51% stake in the Munich-listed IT service provider to market peer Audius in 2019
HQIB buys Zetcom Group majority stake
GP may consider add-ons for the Switzerland-based museum and collection management software company
Waterland buys Beck Et Al majority stake, forms new IT platform
GP will merge the company with Waterland VII portfolio companies Direkt Gruppe and Binary
Deimel joins YielCo from SwanCap
Manuel Deimel will take on the role of head of co-investments, having spent six years at SwanCap
EQT-backed SHL Medical buys Weibel CDS
EQT, via EQT VIII, acquired a minority stake in SHL Medical at the end of 2019
Bain & Company appoints new DACH head of PE
Alexander Schmitz will take over the role from Rolf-Magnus Weddigen from 1 April 2020
One Peak backs DataGuard with $20m investment
GP has taken a significant minority stake in the Germany-based data privacy software provider
Lone Star sells Isaria to Deutsche Wohnen for €600m
GP is selling the majority of Isaria's real estate project development platforms
HIG sells HCS Group's US oxo oils business
HIG has been building the chemical company since its acquisition of Haltermann Products in 2011
Perusa-backed restaurant chain Maredo files for insolvency
Germany-based steak restaurant chain cited financial problems due to coronavirus-related closures
Halder buys Sirag, Univer and Uniprod
Add-ons to the portfolio companies and Drumag and EPH will expand the buy-and-build Valeta Group
German VCs call for more Covid-19 startup support
Concerns centre around the profitability criteria, as well as local banks' lack of familiarity with startups' risk profile
King & Wood Mallesons appoints new counsel
Peter Polke will expand the firm's M&A and private equity practices, and joins at the start of April
Lilium raises $240m in series- C funding round
Aviation startup has so far raised more than $340m
Lead Equities to exit MCL to One Equity Partners
One Equity will wholly acquire the Germany-based IT service, ending an eight-year holding period
Waterland to buy Direkt Gruppe
GP will acquire the IT and business consultancy group subject to competition authority approval
DBAG's Ding Group bolts on Iska Schön
GP is pursuing a buy-and-build strategy in the telecoms infrastructure sector
BIP, Luxempart-backed Arwe in self-administration
Automotive services company cited uncertainty of future revenues caused by the coronavirus outbreak
HBL acquires ZWT Wasser- und Abwassertechnik
GP will seek add-ons in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, as well as promoting organic growth
BayBG backs round for EverReal
Seed round extension follows the first round in November 2019, backed by HTGF and Seed X
Capricorn Partners, Novax back Prolupin
Existing investors Munich Venture Partners and eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners also participate
Immatics acquired by sponsor-backed Arya
Immatics will receive proceeds of approximately $252m upon closing of the deal
RTP Global et al. back €18.5m round for Penta
Existing investor HV Holtzbrinck co-led the round for the Germany-based banking platform
Flex Capital buys majority stake in Egoditor
Investment in the QR code business is the first from the GP's software-focused debut fund