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Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
Project A invests in 3i-backed Lampenwelt
Project A will contribute digital and strategic operational capabilities on top of its investment
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating
VC firms sell Invendo Medical to Ambu for €225m
Selling shareholders include Xeraya, TVM, Wellington, 360 Capital and Heidelberg Innovation
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
Capnamic, Grazia in $8m round for Zageno
Fresh capital will be used to expand the sales, marketing and technical integration teams
HQ Equita sells Rovema to Haniel
Rovema reports double-digit growth percentages in the two years since HQ acquired it
Endeit leads $10m series-B for Tourradar
Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures also take part in the round
VC firms invest €3.6m in Blickfeld
Fluxunit, HTGF, Tengelmann and UnternehmerTUM all take part in the funding round
Brockhaus eschews fund model and plans IPO
Firm will raise €50m initially, with a longer-term target of €150m, and is hiring a CFO
Premium Equity Partners acquires IC! Berlin
Co-founders Ralph Anderl and Jörg Reinhold retain a minority stake in the company
Triton buys US-based Rocore, plans merger with Germany-based Kelvion
GP will consider merging the company with its portfolio company Kelvion in the medium term
Auven leads $200m round for ADC Therapeutics
Hedge fund Red Mile, the Wild Family Office and VC Astrazeneca also back the round
CM-CIC leads €6.1m series-B for Robart
Innovacom, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and SEB Alliance also take part in the financing
VC firms sell Miflora to Blume 2000
Selling shareholders include Atlantic Capital, HR Alpha Ventures, Heilemann Ventures and BayBG
Alpina acquires Syncos
GP invests via holding company that acquired ERP software providers Oxaion and Cimdata
Equistone’s TriStyle bolts on Basler
TriStyle intends to strengthen Basler’s position in the German market
Riverside sells Bike24 to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC
Sale ends two-and-a-half year holding period for Riverside, which acquired Bike24 from its founders
Rocket Internet-backed Hellofresh sets price range for IPO
Hellofresh will raise €243-357m in expansion capital to fund continued acquisitive growth