Germany
Redalpine backs Jodel
Latest round marks Jodel's third successful fundraising within the space of a year
Holtzbrinck backs Lamudi’s €29m round
Holtzbrinck, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Tengelmann back Lamudi's €29m round
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
VR exits Janz IT to ACP
VR Equitypartner sells its stake in IT service Janz to ACP in a trade sale
Watchmaster raises $8m from Cherry Ventures et al.
Watchmaster completed its third funding round within less than one year
EQT in €1.44bn EEW exit to Beijing Enterprises
Deal is largest Chinese direct investment in a German company to date, GP said
Golding Private Debt VIII holds €413m final close
German investor Golding Capital Partners exceeds €300m target for eight fund
Equistone buys German candlemaker Gala
Equistone acquires majority stake in candle producer Gala as founder retires
Holtzbrinck backs Spotcap’s €31.5m round
Investment firm of Russian billionaire Oleg Boyko invests alongside Holtzbrinck
Bessemer backs ZenGuard
Internet security business ZenGuard receives funding from US VC Bessemer
Berlin: A venture giant in the making
Berlin's venture scene has come a long way in recent years and is now developing into a mature ecosystem
Latham & Watkins grows Munich team
Partner appointment adds to a duo of hires for the corporate advisory team in February 2015
Senovo backs Slideflight
Slideflight is a spinout from Senovo, whose management team developed the business idea
Deutsche Private Equity buys Elatec
Deutsche Private Equity acquires German producer of radio-frequency identification systems
b-to-v backs Seven Senders
b-to-v and two business angels joined in Seven Senders' seven-digit funding round
Gores sells Unify to Atos for €366m
The transaction was leveraged with €48m, with Unify's enterprise value standing at €590m
Vasopharm raises €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund et al.
Vasopharm has raised €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund, Heidelberg Capital and other backers
Bryan Garnier & Co merges with Cartagena Capital
Put together, the two firms have been involved in more than 60 transactions in the part 24 months
Afinum invests in Schlote
Schlote marks 11th and last investment by Afinum's growth capital fund, which closed in 2011
Rocket Internet launches growth fund
Investors and Rocket Internet itself have provided $420m for the vehicle
SHS acquires insolvent Puracon
Turnaround deal saves 62 jobs after company went into administration in October last year
Project A, Capnamic and IBB back CrossEngage’s seed round
Project A also supported the company financially and operationally at inception
Carjump scores seven-digit series-A
Car sharing app's initial founders sold their shares in the company in March 2015