Germany
Nord Holding acquires Bock
Deal is a carve-out from Bock's listed owner, GEA Group, which acquired the company in 2011
Ampersand Capital Partners invests in GeneWerk
Pharmaceuticals-focused GP aims to support GeneWerk's growth to meet demand for its services
Ergon's SVT Group buys Odice
Deal sees the fire protection products manufacturer expand in France and brings its turnover to €200m
Apax sells Neuraxpharm to Permira
Deal values the company at more than €1.6bn and is set to generate returns for Apax of 3.5x money
Forto raises estimated €25m from Inven, Northzone et al.
Funding comes from new investor Inven Capital and existing investors Cherry Ventures, Northzone and Cavalry Ventures.
DACH deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes
A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in DACH, courtesy of Unquote sister publication Mergermarket
Bid Equity's Myneva Group buys Swing
Bid Equity began its social care and healthcare software buy-and-build strategy in 2017
Afinum buys majority stake in Listan
Computer cooling and energy efficiency hardware company is Afinum's fourth buyout of 2020
LGT Lightstone leads €144m round for Infarm
Round for the urban farming startup is the fourth-largest of 2020 in the DACH region
Hg-backed Transporeon bolts on ControlPay
Hg acquired the Germany-based logistics software developer in 2019 in an SBO from TPG
KKR's Hensoldt sets IPO share price at €12-16
KKR acquired the sensor producer in 2016 and the IPO is set to value the company at up to €2.61bn
Main Capital buys majority stake in Mach
Public sector software company is the fifth from Main VI and the GP plans to seek add-ons for Mach
Imap appoints Hildebrand as partner
Ruta Hildebrand will join the M&A advisory firm's Munich team and will focus on healthcare deals
PAI appoints Heuwing as partner and head of DACH
Ralph Heuwing joins from his role as CFO of Knorr-Bremse and also has experience at Dürr and BCG
Lafayette acquires PPM Pure Metals' Osterwieck site
Parent company PPM had filed for insolvency in May 2020 following restructuring proceedings
Inven Capial leads Zolar series-B expansion
Household solar energy systems provider has raised €15m to expand its €10m series-B round
Crosslantic's Hakle to be bought by management – report
Crosslantic Capital invested in the business alongside managing director Volker Jung in 2019
Quadriga's Scio Automation bolts on Mojin Robotics
Add-on is the second announced by the industrial automation technology company in September 2020
IK hires Avedon's Bärenfänger
Julian Bärenfänger was previously a partner at Avedon Capital Partners and joins IK's small-cap team
Nord Holding buys Oton, Ohrwerk, creates AudiOsono
GP plans to grow the hearing care buy-and-build platform to 150 sites in Germany via add-ons
DPE acquires Mehler Vario System
Investment in the bulletproof equipment producer comes shortly after the €1bn final close of DPE IV
GP-backed PolyTech bolts-on Fos4x
Deal strengthens PolyTech's position as a blade technology specialist
Riverside-backed GermanPersonnel acquires Evint
Bolt-on is the second for the recruitment software company since Riverside's investment in 2018
Avedon's SLF acquires STI Bearings
Acquisition of the industrial ball bearings producer aims to grow SLF's client base