Germany
Ambienta buys Mikrotron
Company reported revenues of €9m and double-digit EBITDA margins for 2015
EQT Ventures makes first investment with €5m Holidu series-A
Holidu joins crowded market, competing with companies such as HomeToGo and Hundredrooms
Target promotes new partner
Münnix replaces Olaf Jacobi, who left the firm in October last year for Capnamic
Acton backs Mambu’s €8m series-B
Mambu's series-A raised $2m from Runa, Point Nine et al. in Febuary 2013
Silver acquires Schüschke
Buyout of Schüschke marks Silver's first deal since the acquisition of Elmi in 2012
Onex exits KraussMaffei to ChemChina for €925m
German plastics machinery producer reported revenues of €1.1bn for 2014
HTGF backs LifeTime’s seven-digit round
Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg and business angels also take part in the round
Emeram invests in Diva-e
Six-way merger in Germany is Emeram's fourth investment since inception in 2013
Howzat backs €2m round for Travelcircus
Howzat focuses on the digital sector, with previous investments in Academia and Trivago
Robert Bosch backs Emperra’s $3.1m series-B
Company's series-A reached €2.6m and was led by Peppermint and Goodvent
DBAG secures €50m debt facility
The GP has more than €1.2bn in assets under management and made eight investments last year
Index Ventures backs Movinga’s $25m series-B
Index closed its latest fund, Index Ventures Growth III, on €650m in April 2015
Ex-Earlybird partner O’Leary launches new VC
The new venture firm, BlueYard Capital, will invest in European early-stage startups
Ratos’s Euromaint takes hit after German divestment
Partial exit and performance to negatively impact company's value
DBAG exits Spheros
DBAG sells company for more than double its initial investment sum
3i’s Geka completes €95m refinancing
Move sees GP reap a €40m dividend recap, having invested in 2012
Summit Partners invests €31m in Signavio
Deal marks Summit Partner's third investment in a software company this year
Main’s Regas bolts on Daarwin for merger
Add-on comes two years after GP bought Regas
Target Partners leads Navvis’s €7.5m series-B
Startup receives funding from Germany and US
Capnamic hires additional partner
Olaf Jacobi joins the Berlin office as partner after leaving Target Partners
Auctus exits Career Partner to Apollo Education for €96m
GP held the education company for eight years prior to trade sale
Capiton buys LAP Laser
GP plans bolt-ons for new portfolio company
Challenging 2015 for Switzerland and Austria
A look back over 2015 activity in the DACH region
General Atlantic offloads Axel Springer Digital Classified stake
Springer regains full ownership following the transaction