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Bayern Kapital in €5.5m round for ProGlove
Intel Capital and German VC firms Gettylab and DIVC also take part in the financing
Silverfleet buys PE-backed Prefere Resins
Deal is Silverfleet's eighth investment from Silverfleet Capital Partners II, which closed in 2015
Digital+ Partners invests $15m in Starmind
Digital+ Partners is investing from its Digital Growth Fund I, a VC fund targeting €300m
Hg buys Medifox from ECM
Sale ends a five-year holding period for ECM, which acquired the business in May 2013
VC-backed NFon prices €166m IPO
In total, 6,708,331 shares were placed, including an overallotment of 874,999 shares
Nord Holding hires Bösenberg
German investment company appoints the former Quadriga Capital partner as head of direct investment
Golding announces nine promotions
Matthias Reicherter has been promoted from partner to the newly created role of CIO
VC firms back $24m series-C for Simplesurance
Round was led by corporate venturing arm Allianz X, with participation from Rheingau Founders
Finatem buys Gothaer Fahrzeugtechnik
Fifth investment from the GP's latest buyout fund, Finatem IV, which held a final close in 2014
BC-backed Springer Nature pulls IPO
Company was expected to float on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a market cap of up to €3.6bn
Princeville Global leads $55m series-E for Dreamlines
Existing investors, including HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Hasso Plattner Ventures and Target Global, also take part
Berlin mulls stricter rules on foreign takeovers
Bundesrat suggests that the government expands its powers for reviewing foreign investments, with likely implications for PE activity in the country
Ambienta generates 50% IRR on sale of Oskar Nolte
Original acquisition of Oskar Nolte in 2015 was Ambienta's first investment in Germany
Gimv buys Laser 2000
First German investment that Gimv has made since it expanded its presence in Munich in March
VC-backed NFon lowers IPO price range
IPO would now result in an expected market capitalisation of €165-185m, down from €200-239m
Verium buys Ceposa
Founder Hanspeter Baer and his wife will continue to support the company
CGS invests in Innolas Solutions
GP says it plans to use bolt-ons to transform the company into a global player in the sector
VC firms invest €5m in Eversports
Fresh capital will be used to improve the software and roll it out to more sport studios
HQIB buys Mincam
First investment from Harald Quandt family's direct investment arm since its establishment
DWS hires Mayfair's Mehta as private equity CFO
Mehta will lead the fund finance and accounting functions at Deutsche Bankтs asset management arm
Montana hires Adveq's Lidén as COO
Lidén resigned from his post at Adveq in September 2017 after it was acquired by Schroders in April
HQ Capital holds $503m final close for secondaries strategy
Asset manager simultaneously announced the final close of its Asian secondaries strategy
VC firms back $58m financing for Frontier Car Group
Balderton Capital, TPG Growth, Fraser McCombs Capital and AutoTech Ventures provide $41m in equity
Baird hires Societe Generale's Meyer
Meyer will be responsible for continuing to grow Baird's DACH investment banking business