DACH Unquote
Alantra hires Vukovich to head new Vienna office
Investment banking and asset management firm hires the former co-head of corporate finance at Unicredit
Genui buys Acrolinx from Kennet
Former CEO of SAP, Bernd-Michael Rumpf, also invests alongside Genui and company management
Target Partners hires Wolter as partner
Target hires TestHub founder and Applause EU managing director Jan Wolter as venture partner
1st Capital Partner leads series-A extension for Hemovent
Original funding round of $6m in February 2016 was provided by a consortium led by MIG Verwaltungs
Seligman invests €4.25m in B2X
Company expects a further financing round in the eight-digit range in the near future
May to leave Silverfleet by year-end
Partner Guido May joined the London-based GP in 2001 after three years at 3i
BNP Paribas emerges as investor in 3i's Formel D
3i also introduced Citic Capital China Partners III as an investment partner in the deal
Godaddy sells Plus Server to BC Partners for €397m
Plus Server was being marketed from a projected €36m EBITDA and posted revenues of €100m in 2016
3i sells €72m stake in Formel D to Citic Capital
3i retains an investment of €155m, having originally injected €247m with a view to bringing in co-investors
Cipio leads eight-digit funding round for 21sportsgroup
Funding will be used to support the development of the company's new logistics centre in Ketsch
Findos sells Abit to Marlin
Main Capital will also divest its stake in the business, which it acquired through Eurosystems
Alpina invests in New Solutions
Business complements Alpina's other portfolio companies in the sector, including Gefasoft and CAQ Solutions
Oakley-backed Plesk buys Xovi
Xovi will be integrated into Plesk's existing website-building software as an SEO extension
Ufenau buys Karthaus
Horse breeder and billionaire Andreas Jacobs, the duke of Croy and CEO Victor Baltus will also hold shares
EQVenture, AWS Gründerfonds back Meo Energy
New funding will be used to launch the product as a white-label offering for European energy companies
HTGF et al. sell Comnovo to Linde MH
Company's founders are the majority shareholders and will also sell their stakes in the transaction
Swiss commerce minister announces CHF 500m VC fund
Schneider-Amman states between CHF 200-300m has already been committed by Credit Suisse, Mobiliar and UBS
Battery Ventures-backed PST buys Rotronic
Company will join Battery's existing process-measurement companies Analytical Industries and Michell Instruments
1717 Life Science Ventures announces €50m venture fund
1717 will now begin fundraising and expects to hold a final close within six to eight months
Bain, Cinven in increased bid for Stada
Following a failed bid in June, the GPs launch a new offer with a 25 cents increase
Endeit Capital in €15m series-B for Gastrofix
Round was led by German brewery group Radeberger, which already provided €8m in February
HTGF in €3m series-B round for POS Pulse
Round was led by former Schleich managing director Paul Kraut along with moebel.de founder Robert Kabs
DPE sells Elevion to ČEZ group
Sale was based on EBITDA of €19m from €256.9m in sales for the financial year ending June 2016
Shortcut et al. sell Mediakraft to Gamigo
Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital are among the company's previous investors