DACH Unquote
3L leads €30m series-D for Lesara
Existing investors Mangrove Capital, Northzone and Vorwerk Ventures all take part
Halder sells Aqua Vital to trade
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Halder, which used its second fund for the buyout
SHS V holds first close on €90m
Vehicle was launched in March 2018 with a target of €150m, a 20% increase on SHS IV
Seven Ventures in $300m funding round for About You
Fresh capital is injected at a valuation of more than $1bn, making it Hamburg's first unicorn
Afinum sells Copytrend
Sale is an exit for the GP's fourth buyout fund, Afinum Siebte Beteiligungsgesellschaft
Capiton sells EMS Schwanenmühle
Sale ends a holding period of almost six years for Capiton's €350m fourth buyout fund
VC firms in $25m round for Polares Medical
Earlybird Venture Capital, Wellington Partners and Endeavour Vision also take part
Palamon acquires FairConnect
Company expects to double its user base this year and accelerate expansion across verticals
Aurelius expands management team
Albrecht will be responsible for acquisitions and sales across all business areas in his new role
Equistone sells Caseking to Gilde
Equistone makes the divestment from its fourth fund, which closed on €1.5bn in 2013
Pinova buys WMD Group
GP draws equity from Pinova Capital Fund 2, a €180m vehicle that held a final close in January
VC firms sell Nu3 to trade
Shop Apotheke finances the acquisition with the issuance of 54,470 new shares and additional cash
Elvaston buys Futura Retail Solutions
Management has retained a substantial stake and operational control of the business
Cinven merges Viridum with Generali Lebensversicherung
Transaction is an exit for Fifth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on €5.3bn in 2013
Paragon buys stake in Asic Robotics
Shareholders STS Management and Renaissance Anlagenstiftung will remain invested alongside Paragon
BWK buys Rasselstein Raumsysteme
Two unnamed private investors co-invested alongside BWK, taking 20% and 10% stakes
Nord Holding sells Parador to trade for €82.8m
Total cash consideration is €72.3m, which includes a payment of €53m to Parador's shareholders
VC firms back CHF 13.7m series-A for Allthings
Round is led by Earlybird and Idinvest Partners with participation from Kingstone Capital
Premium buys Clarus from Pinova
Clarus's management team led by Norman Thom and Markus Mondani will remain invested
PE-backed FNZ Group buys EBase for €151m
Sale is expected to generate a positive non-recurring income before tax of €85m for Comdirect
EQT sells Sportradar to CPPIB and TCV for €2.1bn
EQT will reinvest a portion of the sales proceeds and CEO Carsten Koerl will retain his stake
Triton closes smaller mid-cap fund on €448m
Fund was initially launched in January 2017 with a €350m target and a €400m hard-cap
HQ Equita buys R2P and Open Access
Management teams of both companies will remain in their roles and retain significant stakes
Waterland buys Hansefit
Waterland will invest in expanding the company's service portfolio and digitalising its services