Germany
Lead Equities invests in MCL
Lead Equities has acquired a majority stake in hardware specialist MCL Computer & Zubehör.
HTGF invests in RevenueMax
High-Tech Gründerfonds has backed online marketing firm RevenueMax with an undisclosed amount.
HTGF provides seed for Smartblue
High-Tech Gründerfonds has backed a seed financing round for photovoltaic service specialist Smartblue.
STAR buys ThyssenKrupp's marine systems business
STAR Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Blohm & Voss's civil business from ThyssenKrupp.
Vorwerk and Piton back Dawanda
Venture capital firms Vorwerk Ventures and Piton Capital have led a €4m funding round for e-commerce platform DaWanda.
Tengelmann Ventures leads funding for Neonga
Tengelmann Ventures has joined existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and IBB in a financing round for online games publisher Neonga.
Earlybird's smava.de teams up with bank
Earlybird portfolio company smava.de has entered a strategic partnership with Fidor Bank AG.
EMBL II holds first close on €40m
EMBL Ventures has held a first close of its second fund, EMBL Technology Fund II (ETF II), on €40m.
AXA PE exits KTP in management buy-back
AXA Private Equity has sold its majority stake in German transport packaging business KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik to the company's management.
Afinum acquires Schlotterer rollcom
Afinum Management GmbH has acquired Schlotterer rollcom from its founders for an undisclosed amount.
BayBG et al. invest €3.1m in CargoGuard
BayBG, LBBW Venture, FBcon as well as M-Investar have joined the existing investors in a further financing round for CargoGuard.
Forbion's CircuLite raises $30m
Forbion Capital Partners portfolio company CircuLite has secured $30m series-D funding.
Gilde buys Eismann from ICG
Gilde Buy Out Partners has acquired frozen food home delivery company Eismann from Intermediate Capital Group.
Gilde buys Eismann from ICG
Gilde Buy Out Partners has acquired frozen food home delivery company Eismann from Intermediate Capital Group.
Hypovereinsbank appoints Thorsten Weinelt
Hypovereinsbank has appointed Thorsten Weinelt as head of personal assets management.
HTGF exits Terrawater
High-Tech Gründerfonds has sold its stake in Terrawater to strategic investor Taprogge Esaco.
HTGF sells Nanda Technologies
High-Tech Gründerfonds has sold Nanda Technologies to US-based industrial company Nanometrics for an enterprise value of approximately $23m.
Oakley Capital acquires intergenia
Oakley Capital Private Equity has taken a 51% stake in German web hosting company intergenia.
Dutch PE industry embraces regulation
While regulation is the bane of private equity associations across the continent, the Dutch industry extends a warmer welcome than most. Anneken Tappe reports
Bayern Kapital, HTGF and BayBG back commercetools
Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds and BayBG have invested less than €10m in cloud-based software commercetools.
Zouk invests in alternative fuel provider
Zouk Capital has invested in German alternative fuel provider FFK.
Deutsche unquote" out now
The latest digital edition of Deutsche unquote” is out now, packed with all the latest funds, deals and features in the region.
Permira sells Hugo Boss shares
Permira has announced the sale of 4.5 million shares in high-end fashion retailer Hugo Boss to institutional shareholders through an accelerated book building.
Deutsche unquote" November/December 2011
Around two fifths of GPs believe that their next fund will be larger than the current one, according to research from Investec.