Germany
Sobera buys BayTech Venture portfolio
Direct secondaries specialist Sobera Capital has acquired BayTech Venture Capital Fund I from German venture firm BayTech Venture Capital.
HIG Capital takes over Triton's Weru
HIG Capital has bought German windows and doors manufacturer Weru from fellow buyout house Triton.
BPI France's Cassiopae makes two bolt-ons
BPI France Ile-de-France and BNP Paribas Développement have supported portfolio company Cassiopae’s acquisitions of Germany-based Singhammer dtSoftware and the Crédito division of Brazil-based Disoft Solutions.
Project A exits metrigo in trade sale
German incubator Project A Ventures has sold real-time advertising company metrigo to performance advertising network zanox.
Balderton backs Lifecake launch with £700,000
Balderton Capital has backed the launch of photo and video sharing app Lifecake with ТЃ700,000.
Hellman & Friedman to take over Scout24
US private equity house Hellman & Friedman is set to buy internet portal group Scout24 from German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom, according to reports.
IBB and HTGF back Scopis in series-A
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) have supported Scopis in a series-A financing round.
HTGF exits Zim Plant Technology in trade sale
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has sold its stake in irrigation sensor technology company Zimmermann Irrigation Monitoring Plant Technology (Zim) to Yaka, a producer of fertilisers.
Ganymed Pharmaceuticals raises €45m in series-E
Biopharmaceutical company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals has raised €45m in a series-E financing round from MIG and family office ATS Beteiligungsverwaltung.
Clifford Chance promotes Peter Dieners
Peter Dieners, Clifford Chance
Gimv commits further capital to DG Infra
Infrastructure-focused investor DG Infra has secured additional financing from its sponsors, Gimv and Belfius Bank, with a plan to invest up to €400m over the next five years.
German VCs struggling to raise funds, says survey
A survey published by German bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and local trade body BVK shows that German VCs are feeling increasingly gloomy about fundraising prospects.
McKinsey appoints Cornelius Baur as head of DA region
Cornelius Baur, McKinsey
Steadfast Capital acquires AVS Group
Steadfast Capital has bought a majority stake in traffic safety provider AVS Group from the firm's owner.
Synoste raises €2.8m in seed round
High-Tech GrУМnderfonds (HTGF), Finnvera, Lifeline Ventures, Tekes and a consortium of business angels have backed medical devices company Synoste with тЌ2.8m.
German Startups Group and Ventech back TVSmiles
German Startups Group (GSG) has teamed up with Ventech and a consortium of business angels to invest in a series-A financing round for TVSmiles, an interactive advertisement application.
KKR and Permira to sell 16% stake in ProSiebenSat.1
Private equity houses KKR and Permira have announced the sale of a further 35 million shares in German media company ProSiebenSat.1.
EQT scoops up German bakery BackWerk
EQT has bought a majority stake in German bakery chain BackWerk from the company's founders.
Sequoia et al. in $19m round for 6Wunderkinder
Sequoia Capital, Earlybird and Atomico have backed 6Wunderkinder in a $19m series-B financing round, in what marks US-based Sequoia’s first investment in Germany.
BPE sells Domilens to Odewald's Polytech
BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen has sold medical devices manufacturer Domilens to fellow private equity house Odewald & Compagnie’s Polytech Gruppe, a medical equipment supplier.
HTGF backs seed round for Glamourrent
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested in a seed financing round for designer clothes rental platform Glamourrent.
Acton appoints two managing partners
Sebastian Wossagk, Acton
Q&A with EVCA's Dörte Höppner
Q&A: Dörte Höppner