Germany
Silver Investment Partners appoints two partners
Promotion of Matthias Loos and Daniel Schmitz brings the Germany-based GP's partner team to five
VR Equitypartner-backed Kälte Eckert buys Gartner Keil & Co
Deal is the second add-on for the Germany-based cooling systems and cold storage specialist
Adcuram-backed Poggenpohl files for insolvency
Kitchen furnishings retailer plans to continue its restructuring and will seek new investment
German GPs weigh up portfolio damage and rescue packages
Nature of Germany's industrials-weighted economy has caused problems for some GPs when it comes to liquidity needs
Felix Capital et al. back €15m series-B for YFood
Foodtech company has increased its revenues by 300% in the past year, according to a statement
HCS sells AGO to RheinEnergie
Sale ends a six-year holding period for HCS and was conducted via a competitive auction process
Paragon buys Castolin Eutectic
Acquisition of the industrial equipment protection and repair specialist is Paragon's first in 2020
Maxburg Capital Partners buys stake in Saracus Consulting
GP deployed equity from its third fund to acquire the Germany-based IT consultancy
CGS-backed EoL bolts on BSM Maschinenfabrik
GP is seeking add-ons in the packaging sector since acquiring Germany-based A+F in 2017
SHS appoints Sascha Alilovic as managing partner
Alilovic has been a partner at SHS since 2018 and will succeed SHS founder Reinhilde Spatscheck
Consortium backs series-B for Leon-Nanodrugs
Investors in the biotechnology company comprise VCs and corporates, including new investor BayBG
Accel, Founders Fund back €61.6m series-B for Trade Republic
Round for the mobile broker is the fifth largest venture capital round in the DACH region in 2020
Index Ventures et al. back $65m series-C for Taxfix
Index Ventures has backed a $65m series-C round for tax filing application Taxfix, with participation from existing investors Valar Ventures, Creandum and Redalpine.
Wellington Partners makes seed investment in Sirs Therapeutics
Life science and technology investor Wellington is the majority owner of the early-stage company
Bayern Kapital, Main Incubator back seed round for Scompler
Marketing and content management firm will further develop its software platform
Silverfern holds first close for SGO Fund III
GP expects a final close in 2020 and sees market opportunities in spite of the coronavirus pandemic
Maxburg acquires Metoda from Bayern Kapital, HTGF, TEV
VCs exit the technology business having first invested in it in 2014
Callista acquires ETM from BOS
Callista intends to continue the strategic repositioning of ETM and to expand its customer base
Investcorp acquires Avira for $180m
Deal is the seventh from Investcorp Technology Partners IV, which held a final close on $400m in December 2018
Family Trust Investor buys AlphaQuest
Investment in IT consultancy firm is the third from the Munich-based GP's debut fund
EQT enters exclusive negotiations to acquire Schülke
Sale process saw EBITDA adjustments due to the hygiene product company's increased revenues
Xpension raises €25m series-C round led by HPE Growth
Company has raised more than €50m in funding so far.
Ufenau buys majority stake in Ikor
Investment in the Hamburg-based digitalisation consultancy is the second from Ufenau VI
Quantum-backed Postcon sells subsidiary Pin
GP originally acquired the Germany-based postal service operator from PostNL in 2019