Germany
Carlyle exits VWD for €130m
VWD was a Carlyle Europe Technology Partners II portfolio company
HQ Equita closes fifth fund on €308m
Equita Fund III closed on €315m in 2007 and the firm raised another €135m in a complementary fund
Afinum-backed Liftket acquires Movecat
Acquisition follows Liftket's purchase of Chainmaster in 2018, which was also supported by Afinum
HTGF et al. exit Medineering
In 2014, HTGF, Bayern Kapital, Born2Grow and business angels
VR Equitypartner and SuedBG look to exit Duo Plast
VR Equitypartner and SuedBG acquired a majority stake in Duo Plast in November 2013
S-UBG acquires minority stake in Sato
S-UBG has acquired a third of the shares, while the remaining shares are owned by management
Main Capital buys Hype Innovation in SBO
Main Capital is currently investing via Main Capital V, which closed on €236.5m in 2017
Lea Partners acquires Landwehr
Lea Partners expects to launch a buy-and-build strategy with the management team
Battery Ventures-backed AED-Sicad acquires Geocom
Geocom and AED-Sicad will merge and the combined company will operate under a new brand
KKR acquires Wiedemann & Berg Film
KKR also buys Germany-based media groups Tele München Gruppe, Universum Film and I&U TV
Nordic hires co-head for DACH, promotes three
Nordic promotes Christian Gylling, Christof Ratjen and Thomas Vetander to partner
Capvis-backed Felss Group acquires HMP
In 2017, Capvis purchased a majority stake in Felss using its 2013-vintage Capvis Equity IV
Oaktree Capital exits Railpool
Oaktree wholly acquired the company in 2014 and partially exited the company in 2016 to GIC
Waterland-backed Rehacon bolts on Anita Brüche
Waterland acquired a majority stake in Rehacon, a physiotherapy provider, in January 2019
Emeram completes €50m capital increase for first fund
Buyers include Arcano Capital, Schroder Adveq, Unigestion and Lombard – all new investors
Redalpine backs $30m series-B for Taxfix
Round was led by existing investor Valar Ventures with participation from Creandum
Inception sells Penta to Finleap
Penta claims to have more than 5,500 customers including AirHelp, Bepro11 and Global Digital Women
Ardian's Trigo bolts on QSSL Industrieservice
Ilkin Bananyarli, a court-appointed administrator of Germany-based QSSL, brokered the deal
CatCap launches in Copenhagen with acquisition of DMC
Dansk Merchant Capital will contribute M&A capabilities and experience in raising equity
VR Equitypartner acquires Informatik Consulting
VR Equitypartner writes equity tickets of up to €20m and acts as an evergreen fund
VCs in €10m series-A for Fliit
Fresh capital will be used for international expansion and the development of the Fliit platform
Subversive Capital in $43m series-B for Atai Life Sciences
Other investors in the round include Aperion Investment Group and Bail Capital
Novalpina holds €1bn final close for debut fund
Novalpina Capital Partners I intends to make between seven and nine equity investments of тЌ75-200m
Argand-backed Oase bolts on Söll
Argand acquired Oase in a tertiary buyout for 9x its €24m projected EBITDA in 2017