Germany
VR Equitypartner invests in Schwa-medico
GP aims to support the business by continuing its buy-and-build strategy
Cevotec raises €1.75m from HTGF et al.
Software business span out of Technische Universtität München last year
Dojo Madness raises $4.5m from March et al.
Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners joins a group of European investors
HgCapital promotes two to partner and makes two senior hires
Good and Briens are promoted from director in the portfolio projects and TMT teams
Cinven's Synlab completes €190m refinancing
Laboratory analysis company will repay capital drawn from its revolving credit facility
Menlo Ventures backs Dedrone's $10m round
Lead investor Menlo Ventures invests from a $400m fund and has backed Uber in the past
Investcorp's Tyrrells bolts on Aroma Snacks
Deal marks a second international acquisition for the crisps and snacks producer
Auctionata bolts on Paddle8
Auctioneering startups Auctionata and Paddle8 had combined revenues of €132m in 2015
Digital+ Partners backs Orderbird's €20m series-C
Orderbird will collaborate with wholesaler Metro and aims for expansion into France
Riverside promotes Schaich to European principal
Patrick Schaich will oversee Riverside's deal origination in the DACH region
Capiton exits Nora to ICG
Capiton sells the business after nine years of ownership to ICG and management
Keensight merges Tecres and Aap Biomaterials
As part of the deal, French GP bought Aap for €36.6m and invested in the new holding company
Ebersberger leaves Linklaters for Ashurst
Ebersberger's departure latest in a series of leavers from Linklaters
Cherry Ventures holds final close for €150m second fund
Cherry Ventures II backs European early-stage rounds, focused on consumer and B2C
Orlando buys Innight from TNT Express
Spinout of German business Innight follows the acquisition of TNT Express by Fedex
HgCapital buys legal software firm STP
HgCapital acquired STP via its £380m Mercury Fund, which focuses on software and tech
Metropolitan buys part of German Pellets
Metropolitan Equity Partners acquires German Pellets' headquarters in Wismar
Deal in Focus: Silverfleet's sale of Kalle proves viability of SBOs
CD&R becomes the sausage casing producer's fifth institutional owner as GPs are increasingly feeling the need to deploy their dry powder
HTGF backs contaminant detectors business Bentekk
German startup Bentekk is a spinout from Hamburg University of Technology
Savedo raises $5.6m from XAnge et al.
New round brings the total capital raised by Savedo since inception in 2014 to $10m
Silverfleet, Electra sell sausage casing maker Kalle to CD&R
CD&R bought the business for around €500m, equating to a 9-10x EBITDA multiple
CMP holds final close for €250m fund
Firm's latest vehicle is €75m larger than its predecessor, which closed in April 2011
Tengelmann and IBB exit 42reports to Dilax Intelcom
VR Equitypartner and Omos Equity bought a majority stake in Dilax in early 2015
VC-backed SumUp and Payleven to merge
Newly merged mobile payments company will have a presence in 15 countries