Austria
Affiris raises €10m from MIG et al.
Affiris has raised €130m of funding to date, of which half comes from licences and grants
SHS invests in Tyromotion
SHS's first investment in Austria follows a collaboration agreement with AWS
Cherry Ventures backs TourRadar's $6m series-A
Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures join existing backers AWS and Speedinvest
Sportvideos365 raises €800,000 from Clever Clover et al.
Sportvideos365 is a tool for amateur sports clubs to upload match highlights online
Up to Eleven backs Nuki's €2m seed round
Startup raised €385,000 via crowd funding platform Kickstarter last year
Crate raises $4m seed round from Dawn Capital et al.
Austrian database developer Crate raised a $4m seed round from Dawn Capital et al.
iSeed Ventures backs Anyline's €1.5m round
Text recognition tool Anyline raises €1.5m from US VC iSeed Ventures and other backers
Ardian backs Gantner MBO
French investor Ardian acquires Austrian electronic hardware company Gantner from Identec Group
Speedinvest closes $100m second fund
Austrian VC originally targeted $50m for its early-stage vehicle
Challenging 2015 for Switzerland and Austria
A look back over 2015 activity in the DACH region
Speedinvest backs Hitbox's $4m series-A
Company attracted fresh capital from international investors
Kizoo boosts Prescreen
Company received initial financing from business angel
Ardian acquires two business units from DPX Holdings
Businesses had combined sales of around €200m in 2014
Lead Equities exits Weidinger & Partner
Revenues have grown from €18m to €30m since 2011 purchase
SpeedInvest holds first close for second fund
Firm raises target to €70m; holds €58m first close
Hannover Finanz divests Schrack Technik Group
Management team buys company back
OEP divests Duropack Group in €300m trade sale
Purchase price represents 5.7x EBITDA
AWS Gründerfonds backs TourRadar
Travel comparison site also raised funds from business angels
AWS Gründerfonds invests in Mobile Pocket
€5-9m raised to help fund European expansion and new retail partnerships
Quadriga takes majority stake in Alicona
Imaging company manufactures optical 3D surface metrology systems
Quadriga acquires M&R Automation in MBO
Quadriga and management team purchase stake from former owners
DACH region suffers activity slump in 2014
DACH deal volume has dropped to its lowest position since 2002
WCAS acquires Aim Software
New York-based firm invests in information and healthcare sectors
Gain Capital promotes new CEO
Andrea Hofer was previously managing director at the company