Germany
Steadfast acquires Kempf
Kempf family retains a stake in the company and will continue to manage Kempf Group
One Equity buys GKN subsidiary from Melrose
Melrose also announced the sale of a minority stake in French aerospace company Sabca
Nordic GPs set their sights on the DACH region
Nordic buyout houses are increasing their presence in the region, both in terms of deal activity and boots on the ground
Mubadala Ventures invests in $125m funding round for Wefox
Fresh capital will be used to expand into Spain, France, Italy and the Benelux region
Advent acquires Evonik's methacrylates business for €3bn
GSO offered bidders a unitranche of €1.5bn and Barclays offered an all-loan structure of €1.25bn
Tiger Global invests €50m in Flaschenpost
Other investors include Cherry Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, Discovery Ventures and Larix VC
ASC Investment acquires Canon Business Services
ASC Investment will retain all current employees and bring in a new management team
Global Founders Capital in $2.8m series-A for Sviper
Round was led by Modern Times Group, a Sweden-based digital entertainment company
UVC, BtoV lead €10m series-A for I2x
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and new investors MS&AD Ventures and Asgard also take part
KKR acquires Universum Film
Fred Kogel, CEO of the independent audiovisual content platform, has hired Markus Frerker as COO
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay bolts on Alpha-Cash
Alpha-Cash is Heidelpay's second acquisition in 2019 and its fifth since Anacap's first investment
Ambienta-backed Safim bolts on Omni
GP intends to strengthen Safim’s position within the DACH market with the bolt-on
Triton and ADIA carve out IFCO in $2.51bn deal
Triton and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund buy IFCO plastic containers business from Brambles
KKR buys TMG
GP is bringing in media entrepreneur Fred Kogel as CEO while Herbert Kloiber joins the advisory board
Nauta Capital leads $6m round for German startup Zenloop
Piton Capital also takes part in the funding, alongside entrepreneurs including Christian Henschel
Capvis sells Rena to Equistone
Management team led by CEO Peter Schneidewind will become shareholders alongside Equistone
Ardian buys stake in SwanCap Partners from UniCredit
SwanCap combines primary investments, direct secondaries and direct co-investments
Halder makes first investment from new fund
Halder VI held a final close in January, but no further details were released by the firm
Auctus sells Valantic to DPE
Founding shareholders and management, led by Holder von Daniels, retain a stake of approximately 25%
Palamon announces roll-over investment into Ober Scharrer
GP sold Ober Scharrer to Nordic last year, generating a 3.6x return on its original investment
Universal-Investment reorganises management team
Reinhard replaces Bernd Vorbeck, who will now serve as supervisory board member
Bessemer leads €30m round for Mambu
Acton Capital, CommerzVentures, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital also take part
Ambienta hires seven
Sustainability-focused GP has made a number of hires in its Italian and German offices
Ex-HQ Capital CEO moves to Schroders
Based in London and Frankfurt, Wunderlin will report to group chief executive Peter Harrison