Germany
Project A backs auto parts retailer kfzteile24
Project A Ventures backs German car parts retailer kfzteile24 with a a seven-digit sum
HTGF in Pulsar Photonics seed round
HTGF provides €600,000 in seed funding for German laser developer Pulsar Photonics
Axa backs Medlanes
Axa Strategic Ventures and Rheingau Founders invest in digital health startup Medlanes
Point Nine backs accounting tool Candis
Point Nine Capital and business angels invest €1m in fintech startup Candis
Seven Ventures leads Auxmoney's series-D
Seven Ventures, Index Ventures and others back the series-D of German lending platform Auxmoney
Capiton exits Fruitwork
German investor Capiton sells fruit and nut distributor Fruitwork in a management buy-back
Duke Street leads MBO for Medi-Globe Corporation
DB Private Equity, Atnahs Capital, Brederode and Harwood also joined the buyout
Chequers nets 50% IRR on €275m Metabo exit
Chequers Capital made a cash-on-cash return just below 5x on sale of tool producer Metabo
Global Founders Capital and Index invest in Pets Deli
GFC has partnered with Index and Project A to invest in the natural pet food producer
Ardian completes tertiary buyout of d&b Audiotechnik
German audio equipment company finds a fourth private equity owner in Ardian
HTGF and Bayern Kapital invest in Casavi round
Company claims the property market has significant potential for digital transformation
Passion Capital backs Vicampo's €5.3m series-C
Online wine seller Vicampo raised €5.3m from Passion Capital, e.ventures and others
Project A et al. in seven-digit series-A for Loopline
Loopline held a second closing on its seven-digit series-A from VCs and business angels
Seafort acquires Avedo from Auctus
Seafort buys majority stake in Avedo, while Onics reduces its stake and Auctus fully exits
Demeter exits Födisch
French investor Demeter exits cleantech business Födisch to management and WMS
Refinancings surge in Germany
Is the surge in German refinancings – outpacing new deals in 2015 – the sign of a weakening exit market?
Halder's Klingel Medical Metal acquires Josef Ganter
Halder provided no additional capital for Klingel's acquisition
Argos Soditic recruits four for its new Frankfurt office
Paris-headquartered GP's new German office will be staffed by team of five
Orange Growth backs Legalbase's seed round
Orange Growth Capital and Norselab back a seed round for legal platform Legalbase
Target Partners backs Datapath.io's €965,000 round
Munich-based Target Partner and Swiss VC Speedinvest provide €965,000 for Datapath.io
HTGF backs Baimos's seven-digit round
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Capital and HCS take part in Baimos's third funding round
General Atlantic names Achim Berg as operating partner
Berg is former CEO of Bertelsmann subsidiary Arvato, a media and business services company
Target Global opens Berlin office
General partners Yaron Valler and Shmuel Chafets run the new Berlin branch
Payleven raises $10m series-D from Seventure et al.
Seventure, Holtzbrinck and other investors have backed a $10m series-D for Payleven