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Hannover Finanz buys Zeeh Design
Company's 82-year-old founder Klaus Zeeh retains a minority stake in the business
Capvis holds final close on €1.2bn
Significant increase on Capvis IV, which launched with a €600m target in February 2013
Idinvest appoints Machdi-Ghazvini as IR director
Machdi-Ghazvini will be responsible for building Idinvest's German investor base
Emeram sells Hussel to Arko
Group will employ 2,000 people at 450 locations in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Portugal
VC firms back Uberall's bolt-on of Navads
Total round now amounts to $50m, after HPE, Project A and Holland Private Equity invested $25m
Blumberg backs $30m series-B for Wunder
Round is led by family office KCK Group with participation from other undisclosed investors
Afinum buys Ventomaxx
Founder Hans Schorsch and his sons Philipp and Florian remain invested alongside Afinum
CVC hires ESO's Nowak
In her new role, Nowak will focus on European investments, primarily in the DACH region
VC firms lead $17m series-B for Asana Rebel
Greycroft Partners and EVentures co-lead the funding round alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds
Investcorp buys minority stake in Swiss bank
Bank will be renamed Banque Pâris Bertrand SA, and will remain operationally independent
Waterland opens new office in Zurich
Opening of the Swiss base follows the inauguration of offices in Manchester and Copenhagen
Onex-backed SIG to float in €1bn IPO
Primary offering would target proceeds of approximately €1bn, going towards deleveraging
Oakley Capital expands into Germany with Munich office
New office is led by Ralf Schremper, a partner who joined the firm in 2017
BWK backs Just Spices
Just Spices plans to continue the course of growth that it embarked on in the food retail sector
VisVires New Protein Capital et al. back Mitte
Three VC firms in $10.6m seed round for Mitte, a water purification system developer
Blockchain startup Dfinity attracts $102m round
Startup, which uses blockchain for cloud computing, already raised $61m earlier this year
Aslanoba Capital et al. back Colendi
Turkey- and UK-based VC firms inject $2.5m into the Zug-based credit scoring platform
Quadriga's Ipsen in dividend recap
In total, 20 banks and 12 debt funds were involved in the auction process for the recap
Argos Wityu acquires AktivOptik
GP draws capital from its seventh vehicle to buy the optician and hearing care chain
Capricorn invests in C-Lecta
Capricorn draws capital for the investment from Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund
VC firms invest in Freeletics
VC firms Causeway, Jazz, Courtside, Elysian Park and Ward.ventures invest in the round
Spark leads $14m round for Homelike
Existing investors Cherry Ventures, Lürssen and Coparion also take part in the round
Leo buys Deinzer
Acquirer introduces Oliver Segendorf, who will join the company’s management team
Softbank leads €10m round for Bepro
Softbank leads the round with capital from its Vision Fund, alongside Altos Ventures