Germany
Main Capital backs Onventis
Previous investors in the procurement platform include 3i, Sapphire Ventures and Heidelberg Capital
Capiton explores single-asset restructuring for KD Pharma
Park Hill is advising on the GP-led secondaries process, which is expected to close in July
Odewald acquires Artus
Both Odewald and the founding shareholders have reinvested in the restoration services company
Cherry Ventures III closes on €175m
Cherry Ventures has made several promotions alongside the closing of its third fund
IK acquires Lap in SBO
IK is using equity from IK VIII, a fund that targets deals with enterprise values of €100-500m
ECM acquires Piketec
ECM will use equity from its German Equity Partners V fund, which closed on €325m in June 2018
HIG carves out polyurethane systems business from Covestro
GP plans to develop the business into a leading independent polyurethane systems company
Partech leads €43m round for Exporo
Since its foundation, Exporo has raised approximately €16.2m from venture firms
Triton sells Cobex in €825m deal
Triton has expanded Cobex's operations in China during its holding period and grown its headcount
H2, Sherpa Capital and Auctus create Optimum Alliance
Alliance is comprised of small- and mid-cap investors with a focus on value creation
Digital+ backs Seven Senders in €16m funding round
Seven Senders will use the capital for international expansion and to promote growth
Target Global, IGP lead €50m series-C for McMakler
Previous investors include Lakestar, DN Capital, Earlybird, Warpspeed Ventures and Frog Capital
VCs invest $12m in Scoutbee
VCs HV Holtzbrinck Venture, 42Cap and Toba Capital invested $4m in the company in 2018
Eurazeo leads $227m funding round for Adjust
Firm contributes €60m towards the funding round for the German data analysis software developer
KKR launches offer for Axel Springer at €63 per share
Friede Springer and CEO Mathias Döpfner, who hold 45.4% of shares, will form a consortium with KKR
Atomico leads €88m round for Infarm
Existing investors Balderton Capital, Cherry Ventures and TriplePoint Capital participate
HTGF et al. invests in Simreka
Sap.IO, Sap's early-stage investment arm, also invested in Simreka with High-Tech Gründerfonds
Steadfast Capital backs BUK and UHB
Steadfast Capital invests in lower-mid-market companies with enterprise values of between €20-150m
Mutares to acquire Kico
Germany-based Mutares invests in companies with small profits and revenues of €50-500m
Earlybird et al. in €15m series-A for Getsafe
Earlybird is currently investing from its Earlybird Digital West Fund VI, which closed on €175m
Triton exits steel waste recycling company Befesa
Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which bought Befesa from recycling company Abengoa
Volpi appoints Investindustrial's Klasmeyer
Klasmeyer has worked at Lazard, Morgan Stanley, Pamplona Credit Mangament and Bain Capital Credit
Auctus-backed Magellan Netzwerke acquires Solit Systems
Magellan Netzwerke was acquired by Auctus in 2016 and became part of Fernao Networks
BtoV, Senovo lead €2.5m round for logistics startup Synfioo
Previous backers BFB Brandenburg Kapital and HPI Seed Fund also take part in the investment