Germany
EQT sells BackWerk to Valora for €190m
GP made the divestment from EQT Mid Market, which acquired a majority stake in the company in 2014
Auctus's Gustoso bolts on restaurants chain Ciao Bella
Auctus backed the MBO of German multi-brand restaurants chain Gustoso Group in 2015
DC Placement Advisors hires MLP's Schiebel
Schiebel will be responsible for debt capital raising in France, Benelux and the Mediterranean area
Redalpine in €8m series-A for Zenjob
Acton Capital Partners, 500 Startups and Atlantic Labs also took part in the round
Deal in Focus: Mangrove et al. in $40m round for Lesara
Investors include VC firms Paua, Cherry, Simile, Partech, Northzone and Vorwerk
Main Capital buys Evania Video
Company's management retains a minority stake and will remain in their roles at Evania
Battery, Holtzbrinck back €10m series-A for Zeitgold
Both VC firms reinvest due to a technological breakthrough after February's seed round
Capzanine opens private debt office in Germany
GP hires Bertram Schütz to head the new office and simultaneously appoints Jean-Marc Flamma in Paris
Towerbrook carves out Schweighofer Fiber
Towerbrook draws equity from its fourth fund, which closed on its $3.5bn hard-cap in 2013
3i-backed Atesteo buys Straesser
Straesser will continue to operate under its own name and Rolf Strässer will remain managing partner
Oakley to shift investment focus from UK to DACH
GP notes in its annual report that geopolitical and economic uncertainty is likely to remain
Silverfleet buys Pumpenfabrik Wangen
Fifth investment from Silverfleet's second fund, which closed on its €870m hard-cap in June 2015
Prolimity sells Rigdon to Hörger Group
Sale ends a three-year holding period for the turnaround and restructuring specialist
Fountainvest buys BMTS from Bosch and Mahle
Turbochargers business BMTS generated sales of €373m in 2016 but made a loss of €129m
HTGF sells Fidlock to Ralf Putsch
Fidlock joins hardware manufacturer Knipex in private investor Ralf Putsch's portfolio
Life Sciences Partners leads €31.7m series-A for Immunic
LSP led the round, which initially closed on €17.5m in 2016, with Omega and Fund+ joining
Brockhaus buys Auvesy
Founder Werner Schnaebele will retain a minority stake alongside CEO Thomas Hoerauf
Deal in Focus: Forbion et al. sell Rigontec to MSD for up to €464m
MSD may make additional payments of up to €349m, equating to a maximum transaction value of €464m
Afinum buys Garz & Fricke
Founders Manfred Garz and Matthias Fricke will retain a significant stake and remain co-CEOs
Bain, Cinven yield to Elliott's Stada share price demands
Elliott announced last week that it would not support the Stada bid for less than €74.4 per share
Blackstone-backed AAG buys Klapper Autoteile
Andreas Klapper was the company's sole shareholder prior to the transaction and will remain CEO
Atomico in $90m series-B for Lilium
Chinese investment firm Tencent, LGT and Obvious Ventures also take part in the round
Atlantic Labs backs Cara
Anonymous business angels also participated in the round, which will be used to launch the platform
Rocket Internet sells Plinga to Orangegames
Seventure, PD and Klingel also sell their stakes while Spil Games retains its minority stake