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Waterland-backed Rehacon bolts on Fysioconcept
Waterland acquired a majority stake in physiotherapy provider Rehacon in January 2019
Triton-backed AVS bolts on Fero
Triton bought AVS from Steadfast Capital in 2017, drawing equity from its €3.3bn vehicle Triton IV
DPE to exit First Sensor for approximately €117m
DPE, Teslin Capital Management and other shareholders have agreed to sell their shares
KKR, Axel Springer could target Scout24, Mobile.de – reports
KKR confirmed it is in negotiations to acquire a minority stake in Axel Springer
Ampersand to acquire Vibalogics
Ampersand typically invests $10-50m in companies with $10-100m in annual revenues
Steadfast Capital to buy W Söhngen
Steadfast will use its fourth vehicle for the investment in the medicine products manufacturer
DACH manufacturing slump puts strain on deal-doing
With confidence hitting a low point in DACH's manufacturing sector, PE investors have to navigate a winding road to find opportunities
KKR in talks to acquire minority stake in Axel Springer
Axel Springer's largest shareholder, Friede Springer, and CEO Mathias Döpfner will not sell their stakes
Mutares acquires Keeeper
Keeeper generated revenues of €65m in 2018, mainly from German and Polish customers
Riverside backs Actineo
Riverside is currently investing from Riverside Europe Fund V, which closed on $340m in 2017
Gimv acquires Smart Battery Solutions
Gimv typically invests between €5-50m in companies with enterprise values of up to €200m
New investor Fond Of contributes to HTGF III
HGTF's third vehicle, High-Tech Gründerfonds III, held its final close on €316.5m in May 2018
BM-T exits Hasec in trade sale
Scanfil has wholly acquired Hasec for €10.25m worth of Scanfil shares and liquid assets
DMH acquires WT Systems
WT Systems filed for insolvency in February 2019 and Scultze & Braun was appointed administrator
One Peak Partners et al. invest €15m in Quentic
One Peak Partners and Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital invested €22m in Quentic in 2017
IK-backed Questel acquires Brandstock
Following the transaction, the combined company will have sales of €150m and will employ 700 people
Consortium invests in seed round for Kiutra
High-Tech Gründerfonds writes equity tickets of €500,000-3m and Apex Ventures invests €500,000
Auctus buys QuinScape with new fund
QuinScape plans to implement a buy-and-build strategy and will geographically expand
MIG in $25m series-C for Cynora
Investors include family office Wecken & Cie, SBI, Dboled and SRF Partners Group
H&F, Blackstone's offer for Scout24 rejected by shareholders
Scout24's management and supervisory boards supported the consortium's offer of €46 per share
SHS invests in Betterguards
Betterguards is SHS's third investment from SHS V, which held its first close in 2018 on €90m
VCs exit Greenergetic
Innogy's owner, RWE, first became invested in the company in 2015 and invested again in 2016
Yabeo-backed CommitMed merges with Prosenio
Prosenio, the merged company, will generate more than €16m in sales and will employ 60 people
Arcus Capital, BE acquire Sendmoments
Management has retained a 35% stake, BE has taken a minority stake and Arcus has taken the majority