Germany
HTGF et al. invest in Conceptboard
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg have provided funding for cloud software provider Conceptboard.
BayBG invests in Prevero
BayBG has backed software company Prevero with a mezzanine structure in the form of a silent partnership.
BayBG invests in Rosner Fashion
BayBG has taken a 43.5% stake in clothing retailer Rosner Fashion as part of a capital increase.
Dechert opens in Frankfurt; poaches Mayer Brown partner
Private equity specialist Dr. Benedikt Weiser will join Dechert next month from Mayer Brown, where he was head of the firm’s German Private Investment Funds group.
DBAG acquires Brötje-Automation
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has taken over industrial machinery provider Brötje-Automation from CLAAS Group for an undisclosed amount.
Deutsche unquote" January 2012
The EU is proposing changes to the directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) that would impose Solvency II-like capital requirements on funds of occupational retirement schemes.
BPE-backed VTN acquires EFD
BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen has acquired 100% of the shares of EFD Härterei Fritz Düsseldorf through its portfolio company VTN Beteiligungs.
BayBG invests in BMI
BayBG has invested an undisclosed amount in dairy company BMI Bayerische Milchindustrie in the form of a silent partnership.
Matlin Patterson exits Securlog
Matlin Patterson has sold cash transport provider Securlog to Spain-based security solution provider Prosegur for €22.7m.
Bayern LB backs nfon
Bayern LB Capital Partner has joined a further funding round of €4m for telecommunications provider nfon AG.
Tyrol Equity acquires RSN Sihn
Tyrol Equity has taken a 50.1% stake in automotive industry supplier RSN Sihn for an undisclosed amount.
Soundcloud raises $50m in Series-C funding round
German online music platform Soundcloud has received an estimated amount of $50m in a funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Maven exits Applied Language Solutions
Maven Capital Partners, manager of the Capital for Enterprise Fund A (CfE Fund), has realised its £1.5m mezzanine investment in Applied Language Solutions (ALS) following its sale to the Capita Group.
HTGF backs Eyesight & Vision
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have funded a first round of financing for Eyesight & Vision.
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 and Bayern Kapital back GME
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested €750.000 in laser and light systems provider German Medical Engineering (GME).
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.