DACH Unquote
Consortium in $100m round for Omio
Fresh capital will be used for organic growth activities and M&A opportunities
Capvis buys Business Systems Integration
GP deploys capital from Capvis Equity V, which held a final close in September 2018 on €1.2bn
Global Brain extends series-A for Element Insurance
Global Brain is investing from its SFV GB Fund, a joint venture between Sony Financial Ventures and Global Brain Corporation
Bid acquires Pisa Sales
Bid is expected to merge Pisa with portfolio company Infopark, which it acquired in August 2020
Vangionen Capital backs Guenter Hofstetter
Vangionen is acquiring the company following its filing for bankruptcy at a court in Heilbronn in June
Waterland's Beck Et Al buys InfoWan
IT cloud service group now comprises four businesses and was formed by Waterland in May 2020
CVC's Syntegon sells Viersen-based operations to trade
CVC acquired Syntegon Technolgy in a carve-out from Robert Bosch in 2019 via its seventh fund
Adiuva-backed Konzmann acquires Trenker
Building services provider has made 12 add-ons since Adiuva Capital first invested in 2016
DACH venture and growth deals reach volume high in H1 2020
Growth and VC deal volume exceeded that of all previous half-yearly figures, although average deal size and fundraising activity declined
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG acquires Multimon
Acquisition of the fire safety systems provider is the first from the GP's €1.1bn eighth fund
Advent buys 30% stake in Aareon
Deal gives the property software company an EV of €960m, with Advent's stake valued at €260m
Debt funds making inroads in DACH amid Covid-19, says GCA
GCA's Mid Cap Monitor shows that debt funds financed 71% of German LBOs in H1 2020, with the firm expecting an activity uptick in Q4
Occident leads CHF 5.1m series-A for Hemotune
Also backing the biotech startup were the Zürcher Kantonalbank and Greencross Medical Science Corp
VCs in €5m round for Klima
EVentures, 468 Capital and HV Holtzbrinck back the round for the climate change mitigation app
La Famiglia announces second fund
B2B-focused venture capital fund has made eight investments so far and is targeting €50m
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Made in Germany
This week, the Unquote Podcast focuses on Germany, where private equity activity has remained resilient despite Covid-19
HQ Equita buys majority stake in Muegge
Microwave components producer was acquired from its parent company Meyer Burger Technology
Bid Equity buys majority stake in Infopark
Deal is the second from Bid Equity II, which held a close in November 2019 and targets B2B software
DvH Ventures launches Digital Health Fund
Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures) has announced the launch of its first Digital Health fund, which has held a first close on €60m.
Rigeto Unternehmerkapital acquires Oehm & Rehbein
Acquisition of Germany-based x-ray equipment and software was backed by senior debt from ApoBank
Triton's All4Labels buys GPS Label, Rotomet
Following the acquisition, GPS-Rotomet will operate under All4Labels, which Triton acquired in 2019
EMZ Partners invests in Ankerkraut
Founding Lemcke family will retain a majority stake in the Germany-based spice retailer
DBAG reports NAV increase in Q2 2020
GP's quarterly results also state that the investment period for DBAG VIII began in August 2020
Versant Ventures invests $30m in Matterhorn Biosciences
Versant has launched the T-cell therapy developer in partnership with the University of Basel