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Iris hires Capnamic principal to expand Berlin team
Berlin team expansion will continue with further appointments in the coming months
Main Capital-backed RVC buys Allgeier
Combined group will operate under the name RVC Medical IT and targets revenues of €10m for 2018
Point Nine hires in-house general counsel
Hire will allow Point Nine to execute faster on investments and save money on external legal costs
Baird hires Goldman’s von Selzam
Von Selzam will be responsible for expanding the bank’s coverage in the DACH region
HV Holtzbrinck leads €3.4m round for Productive Mobile
With the fresh seed funding, Productive Mobile intends to bring its product to a wider market
Hg launches automotive buy-and-build with Mobility Concept deal
GP will merge the company with online car marketplace Meinauto.de, creating Mobility Holding
Lakestar in €16m series-A for Nebenan.de
Round was led by Burda Principal Investments, the investment arm of Hubert Burda Media
Triton appoints Watters to debt opportunities team
In his new role, Gordon Watters will provide operational scrutiny for investments
Odewald buys Heizkurier
GP draws equity from Odewald KMU II, a €200m buyout fund closed in November 2015
VR-backed Hör Technologie buys Pichler & Strobl
Second bolt-on in quick succession after the acquisition of Neustadt-based Fischer CNC-Technik
Towerbrook-backed Gravity Media buys Genesis Broadcast
Genesis Broadcast Services will be rebranded to Gearhouse Broadcast following the deal
Partners Group launches impact fund
Move follows impact fund launches from global PE firms TPG, KKR and Bain Capital in recent months
3i sells Scandlines to First State and Hermes in €1.7bn deal
Vendor reinvests for a 35% stake in the Danish-German ferry operator after an 11-year holding
VC firms back $11m series-A for Bestmile
Road Ventures, Partech Ventures, Airbus Venture and Serena Capital also take part
Spark Capital et al. back Tourlane
Consortium of VC firms take part in a €7m series-A round for German travel planning specialist Tourlane
Mangrove in $30m funding round for Saga Foundation
Lightspeed Venture Partners, the Singulariteam Technology Group and Initial Capital also take part
Unigestion launches global fund-of-funds
Fund will be targeting mostly primary buyout funds with a small allocation to secondaries
VC firms invest €25m in Geld-für-Flug
Hannover-based Seed + Speed Ventures took part in the round alongside Luxembourg-based EPI
Triton sells stake in Befesa
Shares are valued at approximately €123.9m, based on the share price of €41.30 per share
Capnamic leads €4m series-A for Userlane
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Commerzbank's Main Incubator and FTR Ventures also take part
VC-backed N26 raises $160m
Earlybird Venture Capital, Horizons Ventures and Valar Ventures previously backed the business
VC firms sell Prexton to Lundbeck for up to €905m
Vendors include Sunstone Capital, Ysios Capital Partners and Forbion Capital Partners
BC-backed Springer Nature eyes May IPO
BC Partners owns a 47% stake in the business alongside German publisher Holtzbrinck
EQT hires Evercore for Sportradar exit
EQT has made final realisations on six of the 18 portfolio companies in EQT VI to date