DACH Unquote
Arcus, Aheim acquire minority stake in Milch & Zucker
Arcus could increase its share to a majority stake in future, the GP said in a statement
HQIB, Cadence Growth back merger of Horn & Cosifan, PK Office
GPs intend to support a buy-and-build growth strategy for the IT service companies
Bid Equity's XClinical acquires Carenity
GP is currently following a buy-and-build strategy for the Germany-based clinical software platform
VC-backed Mister Spex buys Tribe
Online optician has previously received VC funding from investors including Grazia Equity and Goldman Sachs
IBB, Picus-backed Getsurance sold to trade
Insurtech company raised €2m in 2017 from Picus Capital and IBB but filed for insolvency in 2020
VC-backed Ubitricity sold to Shell
Investors including Earlybird and IBB previously backed the electric vehicle charging startup
Toscafund leads €25m round for Elinvar
Existing investors Goldman Sachs Growth, Ampega and Finleap also back the round
EMH sells stake in Native Instruments
SBO to Francisco Partners sees EMH and Native Instruments' management retain a minority stake
InfraVia's Celeste acquires PE-backed VTX Telecom
Exiting their stakes, Iris and Siparex first invested in the telecoms service in 1999 and 2005 respectively
VCs in $50m round for Maps.Me
Navigation and travel app was bought by Parity.com subsidiary Daegu for around €16.65m in 2020
Partech sells stake in Once Dating to trade
French VC first invested in the dating app in 2015 via its first Partech Entrepreneur fund
Blue Horizon Ventures closes debut fund on €183m
Food-technology-focused VC was founded in 2018 and has so far made 18 investments
Sequoia Capital to invest in Auto1 prior to IPO – report
IPO of used car trading website could generate proceeds of €1bn, the company said in a statement
Rhein Invest buys majority stake in Spiegel Institut
Investment in the consumer research consultancy is part of a succession solution
Index Ventures leads $125m round for Personio
VCs including Meritech Capital also back the round, which values the HR software at $1.7bn
DACH small-cap deals weather the storm
Small-cap dealflow remained fairly stable in the DACH region in 2020, despite the coronavirus crisis
Fidelium Partners acquires RET
Parent company Reiff Group said in a statement that the sale is part of its ongoing realignment plan
Heal Capital closes debut fund on €100m
Healthtech-focused VC sees opportunities in the developing European market, managing director Christian Weiß tells Unquote
Redalpine leads series-A for Felmo
Redalpine has led a series-A funding round for Germany-headquartered pet healthcare startup Felmo.
WMS backs FruchtExpress MBI
GP is deploying equity via WMS III and is investing with future managing director Holger Schmitz
VCs in $160m series-D for Sennder
Funding round brings the freight and logistics startup's valuation to more than $1bn
Valar Ventures leads €21m round for Moss
Cherry Ventures and Global Founders Capital also back the corporate credit card startup
Idinvest backs refinancing of Quadriga's Kinetics
Quadriga acquired Kinetics in August 2011 - unitranche will in part to finance growth projects
Goodwin appoints Kayser as partner
Joachim Kayser joins the law firm's private investment funds team in Frankfurt from Dechert