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For sale sign goes up at IKB
Lone Star, the specialist US distressed asset investor, has appointed Perella Weinberg to sell the toubled German bank IKB, reports suggest.
High-Tech Gründerfonds backs Scopis
High-Tech Gründerfonds has provided German medical-equipment designer Scopis with a round of early-stage funding.
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European politicians have made a “major step” forward in agreeing the final form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ (AIFM) Directive, according to Belgium’s finance minister.
Consortium exits PregLem in trade sale
A consortium consisting of Sofinnova Partners, MVM International Life Sciences Partners, NeoMed Innovation, Sofinnova Ventures and Sutrepa have sold their stakes in PregLem to Gedeon Richter Plc.
Consortium increases Silentsoft's capital
A consortium consisting of EPS Value Plus, Venture Incubator, Zug and SVC have increased Silentsoft SA’s capital by CHF 4.85m.
IK Investment acquires Hansa Group
IK Investment Partners has acquired the sanitary fittings provider Hansa Metallwerke AG, including subsidiary KWC AG.
HBM BioVentures sells Sloning for €6.7m
Venture capital company HBM BioVentures has sold its stake in Sloning Biotechnology to German antibody specialist Morphosys for €6.7m.
German venture: A ghost town?
At the very peak of the economic boom in 2007 the German venture market looked set to take off and regain much of the ground it had lost following the dotcom crash, with large sums of capital flowing into the hands of entrepreneurial businesses. However,...
T-Venture invests in Intelligent Apps
T-Venture and e24 have invested the taxi booking system 1TouchTaxi, developed by Intelligent Apps GmbH.
Consortium invests €4m in Zimory
A consortium led by Creathor Venture, High-Tech Gründerfonds and VC Fonds Technologie Berlin have invested €4m in cloud computing company Zimory.
Bridgepoint sale of Rodenstock collapses
Bridgepoint’s sale of German eyeglass maker Rodenstock has collapsed, according to reports.
Augur Capital holds €70m first closing on latest fund
Augur Capital has held a first closing at €70m for its Augur FIS Financial Opportunities II fund.
Consortium invests €53.8m in immatics
A consortium of investors including Wellington Partners, dievini Hopp Biotech holding, MIG Verwaltungs and AT Impf have raised €53.8m in a series-C funding round for immatics biotechnologies GmbH.
Wellington Partners sells off Aloqa
Venture capital firm Wellington Partners has agreed to sell Munich-based software company Aloqa GmbH to mobile phone giant Motorola for an undisclosed sum.
CVC acquires Sunrise in CHF 3.3bn deal
CVC Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Sunrise Communications S.A. from Danish telephone company TDC A/S.
21 Partners invests in Ethical Coffee Company
21 Partners has invested in the Swiss coffee capsule producer Ethical Coffee Company.
DN Capital and HTGF give cash boost to baby care website
High-Tech Grunderfonds and DN Capital have teamed up to invest in a baby care speciality website which is scheduled to launch this month.
Barclays close to sale of Schneider
Barclays Private Equity is close to agreeing the sale of specialty mail order business Schneider, according to sources close to the deal.
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in ConWeaver
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in German software developer ConWeaver GmbH.
IK buys GHD from Barclays
IK Investment Partners has acquired GHD Gesundheits GmbH from Barclays Private Equity in a secondary buyout.
G Square invests €15m in zahnarztzentrum.ch
Dedicated healthcare investor G Square has invested €15m in Swiss dentistry services provider zahnarztzentrum.ch.
DN Capital et al. invest €7m in Mister Spex
DN Capital has led a €7m funding round in Mister Spex, a German online retailer of eyewear.
Buse Herberer Fromm appoints insolvency partner
German law firm Buse Herberer Fromm has appointed Dr Holger-René Bruckhoff as partner to its Düsseldorf office.
AFINUM buys Caseking GmbH
AFINUM Management has acquired Berlin-based computer accessories distributor and retailer Caseking GmbH for an undisclosed amount.