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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
SoftBank leads $484m series-E for GetYourGuide
Temasek, Lakestar, Korelya Capital, Heartcore Capital and Highland Europe also participate
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
Buy-and-build drives consolidation in DACH
Last year saw the second highest volume of bolt-on deals in the DACH region in the post-2008 era
Notion Capital leads $12m series-A for HeyJobs
Notion Capital typically leads funding rounds with a first investment of $3-5m in startups
KGAL to invest in private equity and expand investor base
KGAL has 72,000 investors from Germany, the UK and France, of which 211 are institutional investors
Quartum Kapital acquires Polywest
Quartum Kapital focuses on companies with turnovers of less than €50m in the DACH region
Maxberg acquires Starface
Maxberg invests €10-100m in companies in the DACH region and has a total fund volume of €600m
Sequoia, Spark Capital lead $47m series-C for Tourlane
Existing investors in Tourlane include NFQ Capital, DN Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Capvis-backed Wer Liefert Was bolts on Gebraucht.de
Business angels including Peter Schmid, Kai Hansen, Marcus Börner and Jan Kemper were investors
Capiton Acquires GPE Group
GPE Group is the ninth company in Capiton V's portfolio, which includes BWTS and Ispin
IK-backed Schema acquires Tid Informatik
As a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Schema, the company will operate as an independent business
VC firms in $30m series-B for logistics specialist Freighthub
Maersk Growth, Northzone, Unbound, GFC and Cherry Ventures also take part in the investment
DBAG invests in Cloudflight
DBAG has co-invested approximately €8m from its balance sheet, for a 12% stake in Cloudflight
H&F, Blackstone's take-private of Scout24 stalls – reports
Shareholders resist a voluntary takeover offer following a rise in Scout24's share price
EQT exits Avenso in management buy-back
EQT acquired a majority stake in Avenso in 2013 and has expanded the company's product portfolio