Germany
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
VR Equitypartner acquires minority stake in Votronic
VR Equitypartner writes equity tickets of up to €20m and invests from an evergreen fund
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
Waterland exits Zentrum Gesundheit to Nord in SBO
Vendor has also launched sale processes for Median Kliniken and fertility group VivaNeo
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 €75-200m
Argand-backed Oase bolts on Söll
Argand acquired Oase in a tertiary buyout for 9x its €24m projected EBITDA in 2017
Dubag acquires Räuchle
Willi Gaule will remain CEO during Dubag's acquisition and the restructuring until mid-2019
Finexx acquires Sicko
Finexx used its Finexx Fund I, which closed on €35m in November 2018 and invests €5-20m per ticket
Equistone hires four for investment team
Hubert van Wolfswinkel and Julia Brunswicker join the Munich office from Montagu and DBAG
HQ Equita acquires Ebertlang in SBO
Beyond Capital acquired Ebertlang in 2017 when it sold for 1.5-2x its €10m turnover
Triton-backed Eqos acquires Bilfinger FRB
Eqos is a Triton Fund IV portfolio company with revenues of €246m and 1,500 employees
Beechbrook opens DACH office with new hire
Gottron previously worked for Mainzer Volksbank and Bank of Scotland – Lloyds Banking Group
Castik invests in AllDent
Co-founders will retain a significant stake in the business and continue to manage the chain