Austria
AWS Gründerfonds completes funding round in VisoCon
Austrian state-backed fund launched in 2013
Wellington in triple-deal close
Investments come from Wellington V Digital Fund
Sunstone and DFJ Esprit back Crate Data
VCs inject $1.5m into data business
DACH: Growth capital value up as traditional buyouts suffer
Growth capital deals are proving more popular with businesses in the region
Cinven completes Heidelberger Leben acquisition
Deal follows joint buyout of Skandia Germany and Skandia Austria
KKR backs ELL with early-stage funding
Capital to be used for company's new rolling stock
Cinven in €220m Skandia Austria and Skandia Germany purchase
Life insurance companies will merge with Hannover Re
Large-cap segment boosts DACH deal totals
Buyout activity was buoyed by a handful of large-cap deals in 2013. But is there hope for a brighter future further down the value scale? Amy King reports
Sigma leads $2.6m round for Codeship
Sigma Prime Ventures has led a $2.6m funding round for Codeship, an Austrian provider of continuous integration and deployment as software-as-a-service (SaaS).
Waterland appoints new German MD
Dutch firm Waterland Private Equity Investments has appointed Carsten Rahlfs as a principal and managing director of the German office.
MCP takes minority stake in LMF
Metric Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik (LMF), an Austrian industrial company.
Syntaxis appoints Coull as ESG consultant
Austrian mezzanine provider Syntaxis Capital has hired Rupert Coull as consultant for the firm's environmental, social and governance activities.
Silverfleet acquires Competence Call Center from Ardian
Silverfleet Capital has purchased Competence Call Center Holding (CCC) from Ardian in a secondary buyout, four years after the vendor took the business’s reins.
Emeram Capital Partners buys Boards & More
Recently founded Emeram Capital Partners has acquired surfing equipment provider Boards & More for €39m via its maiden fund Emeram Fond I.
Buy-Out Central Europe sells Chemson Group
Buy-Out Central Europe has sold Chemson Group, an Austrian producer of polymer additives, to Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu Industry Group (OYAK).
Sofinnova, Forbion lead €20m round for Hookipa
A consortium of investors led by Sofinnova Partners and Forbion Capital Partners has invested €20m in a series-B funding round for Austria-based Hookipa Biotech.
OEP's Constantia Flexibles confirms IPO
Austrian packaging manufacturer Constantia Flexibles, backed by One Equity Partners (OEP), has confirmed plans to float before year-end.
OEP's Constantia Flexibles to float
Packaging manufacturer Constantia Flexibles, owned by JP Morgan's private equity arm One Equity Partners (OEP), is planning its flotation, according to reports.
Uniqa sells private equity portfolio
Austrian insurance group Uniqa has sold its entire private equity portfolio to international investors.
Bridgepoint buys AHT Cooling in €585m SBO
Bridgepoint has acquired AHT Cooling Systems, an Austrian manufacturer of refrigerators, from Quadriga Capital and Partners Group for €585m.
Triton buys Alpine-Energie
Triton has wholly acquired Austrian energy firm Alpine-Energie Holding from Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
Austrian politician praises mezzanine to support SMEs
Sonja Zwazl, president of the federal economic chamber of lower Austria, has called for more mezzanine financing to support local SMEs, according to local press reports.
Uniqa to sell $665m private equity portfolio
Austrian insurance company Uniqa Versicherungen is planning to offload $665m of private equity positions ahead of Solvency II.
DACH unquote” May 2013
CVC’s €3bn buy-back of Ista in April caused much excitement for German private equity in 2013, though a deeper look at the figures reveals that the asset class had got off to a bad start this year.