DACH Unquote
HTGF backs recreation booking platform Bookingkit
Startup plans expansion in its existing markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Bain Capital sells FTE Automotive to Valeo for €819.3m
Purchase price represents an estimated entry multiple of 8x 2016 EBITDA
EQT buys Bilfinger's real estate service for €1.4bn
EQT paid partly in cash and partly via a deferred fixed-interest facility
Capnamic in €2m series-A for Staffbase
Startup plans to expand to the US by opening a New York office in 2016
Co-investing with corporate venture is not without its pitfalls
Venture capital firms can benefit from cooperation with CVCs but must be wary of those that value strategy over returns
Point Nine et al. back Eversport with €800,000
Startup hopes to continue expansion across Europe after launching in three countries
IK-backed SVT buys AIK Flammadur
SVT hopes to benefit from AIK's existing customer network in the shipping industry
Global Founders backs Thermondo's €23.5m series-C
Thermondo aims to turn from a manufacturing business to an energy company
OpCapita buys AppelrathCüpper from Advent
AppelrathCüpper was part of Douglas Holding, which Advent has not yet fully exited
3i invests €181m in Schlemmer
Hannover Finanz acquired Schlemmer in 2012 and claims the exit is one of the largest in its history
Invision buys Parkresort Rheinfelden
Business recorded revenues of CHF 14.8m for the financial year 2014
Benchmark in Contentful's $13m round
Contentful will use the fresh capital to open a San Francisco office this year
Cherry Ventures backs TourRadar's $6m series-A
Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures join existing backers AWS and Speedinvest
Gamaya raises CHF 3.2m from VI Partners et al.
Startup is a spinout from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
KKR sells WMF to Groupe SEB for €1.59bn
Deal value is based on a purchase price of €1bn and a €565m debt package
VR Equitypartner invests in Schwa-medico
GP aims to support the business by continuing its buy-and-build strategy
Cevotec raises €1.75m from HTGF et al.
Software business span out of Technische Universtität München last year
Dojo Madness raises $4.5m from March et al.
Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners joins a group of European investors
LSP and Versant back Nouscom's €12m series-A
Founders collaborated on an earlier venture, Okairos, which was exited to GlaxoSmithKline
Cinven's Synlab completes €190m refinancing
Laboratory analysis company will repay capital drawn from its revolving credit facility
Menlo Ventures backs Dedrone's $10m round
Lead investor Menlo Ventures invests from a $400m fund and has backed Uber in the past
Auctionata bolts on Paddle8
Auctioneering startups Auctionata and Paddle8 had combined revenues of €132m in 2015
Digital+ Partners backs Orderbird's €20m series-C
Orderbird will collaborate with wholesaler Metro and aims for expansion into France
Riverside promotes Schaich to European principal
Patrick Schaich will oversee Riverside's deal origination in the DACH region