Germany
HTGF et al. in Rigontec's €15m series-A extension
All previous backers reinvested in the third closing of the startup's series-A
Arnulf Keese joins E.Ventures as partner
New partner is a former PayPal executive and was hired for his fintech expertise
OpCapita raises €350m for second fund
Vehicle is more than three times the size of its 2014-vintage predecessor
Oakley reaps 3.6x return on Parship partial exit
Transaction values the business at €300m, with an IRR of 150% for Oakley
Star Capital buys Globalways
Star Capital plans to inject an additional €60m of growth capital in the future
Aurora’s Alltub takes over Karl Höll
Combined group will have annual sales of €150m and 650 customers globally
Thiermann joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath
Thiermann joined the firm's private equity team in Munich on 1 September
Verdane invests in Searchmetrics
Verdane simultaneously acquires shares in German startups Smava and Hornetsecurity
Target Partners backs Senic’s seed round
Senic was founded within the Y Combinator programme, a US-based seed accelerator
Equistone’s Vivonio acquires Leuwico
Vivonio hopes Leuwico will enter a cooperation with Maja, another company in the group
Beyond capital: winning over Germany's Mittelstand vendors
Increased competition for family-owned assets means investors must be flexible and willing to veer away from textbook strategies
Quadriga buys GBA from Adiuva
Acquirer invested via Quadriga Capital Private Equity Fund IV, which closed on €529m
HTGF provides seed funding for Raidboxes
High-Tech Gründerfonds usually invests €600,000 at seed stage in its portfolio companies
Sonya Pauls leaves KWM for Clifford Chance
Pauls will join Clifford Chance as a partner in the investment funds team on 1 October
DPE sells Westfalia to Horizon Global for €125m
Following the deal, DPE will become the largest shareholder in Horizon Global with a 10% stake
Earlybird holds first close for health tech fund
VC targets €120m for the North Rhine-Westphalia-based vehicle
Equistone-backed TriStyle bolts on Long Tall Sally
Acquisition marks first bolt-on investment since the GP invested in the fashion retailer
Alpina acquires Cimdata to merge it with Oxaion
Deal marks the first bolt-on as part of a buy-and-build growth strategy in the ESP space
DBAG in secondary buyout of R&M from Nord Holding
German ships interiors business has expanded via an international acquisitive strategy
DACH buyout dealflow hits 15-month high in Q2
Buyout volume and aggregate value were up by 43% and 155%, respectively
HQ Equita exits Windstar Medical in trade sale
German GP exits over-the-counter drugs maker less than two years after acquisition
DACH managers benefiting from fundraising tailwinds
The DACH region has enjoyed a busy first half in terms of fundraising, particularly in the venture space
Equistone acquires United Initiators from Vision and Speyside
Vision Capital had acquired a majority stake in the group from Speyside in 2011
Alpina exits Via Optronics in €47.4m trade sale
Alpina had been a shareholder in the screen technology business since 2010