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H&F, Blackstone's offer for Scout24 rejected by shareholders
Scout24's management and supervisory boards supported the consortium's offer of €46 per share
SHS invests in Betterguards
Betterguards is SHS's third investment from SHS V, which held its first close in 2018 on €90m
VCs exit Greenergetic
Innogy's owner, RWE, first became invested in the company in 2015 and invested again in 2016
Yabeo-backed CommitMed merges with Prosenio
Prosenio, the merged company, will generate more than €16m in sales and will employ 60 people
Arcus Capital, BE acquire Sendmoments
Management has retained a 35% stake, BE has taken a minority stake and Arcus has taken the majority
Buy-and-build drives consolidation in DACH
Last year saw the second highest volume of bolt-on deals in the DACH region in the post-2008 era
VCs sell Therachon to Pfizer for $810m
Pfizer will acquire Therachon for $340m with $470m in additional, conditional payments
Notion Capital leads $12m series-A for HeyJobs
Notion Capital typically leads funding rounds with a first investment of $3-5m in startups
KGAL to invest in private equity and expand investor base
KGAL has 72,000 investors from Germany, the UK and France, of which 211 are institutional investors
Afinum exits Sinnex in trade sale
Afinum has already realised two investments from its Fünfte vehicle: CaseKing and D&B
Maxberg acquires Starface
Maxberg invests €10-100m in companies in the DACH region and has a total fund volume of €600m
Panakès Partners in CHF 9.5m round for SamanTree
Panakès Partners is using equity from its Fund I, which invests €5-6m in European startups
Sequoia, Spark Capital lead $47m series-C for Tourlane
Existing investors in Tourlane include NFQ Capital, DN Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Capvis-backed Wer Liefert Was bolts on Gebraucht.de
Business angels including Peter Schmid, Kai Hansen, Marcus Börner and Jan Kemper were investors
Capiton Acquires GPE Group
GPE Group is the ninth company in Capiton V's portfolio, which includes BWTS and Ispin
IK-backed Schema acquires Tid Informatik
As a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Schema, the company will operate as an independent business
VC firms in $30m series-B for logistics specialist Freighthub
Maersk Growth, Northzone, Unbound, GFC and Cherry Ventures also take part in the investment
DBAG invests in Cloudflight
DBAG has co-invested approximately €8m from its balance sheet, for a 12% stake in Cloudflight
H&F, Blackstone's take-private of Scout24 stalls – reports
Shareholders resist a voluntary takeover offer following a rise in Scout24's share price
EQT exits Avenso in management buy-back
EQT acquired a majority stake in Avenso in 2013 and has expanded the company's product portfolio
Marondo Capital acquires stake in Oxid eSales
Current shareholders in Oxid eSales include IBG, Marondo Capital and the company's CEO
Consortium invests CHF 12.5m in Alentis
BioMedPartners, BB Pureos Bioventures, BPI France, Schroder Adveq and HTGF participate in the deal
DPE invests in Massenberg
DPE is currently investing from DPE Duetschland III, which held a final close on €575m in 2017
VCs sell Parlamind
Investors include Motu Ventures, Asgard Capital, Angelfund.vc and business angels