Germany
VC-firms back €22m funding round for Spotcap
Backers include Rocket Internet, Finstar, Access Industries, Holtzbrinck, Kreos and Heartland Bank
UnternehmerTUM leads €3m series-B for Shyftplan
Senovo, Coparion and Kizoo Technology Ventures also take part in the funding round
DACH fundraising in rude health
Fundraising reached record levels last year, and H1 2017 picked up from where 2016 left off, with 12 final closes rasing a combined €5.1bn
Hellman & Friedman et al. sell further stake in Scout24
GP sells a further 9.3% stake in the German digital marketplace two years after the IPO
Deal in Focus: PE backers sell Euro-Druckservice to DPE
Consortium of PE-backers advised by Kartesia has sold EDS to Deutsche Private Equity
Adcuram hires Christoph Schubert
Prior to joining Adcuram, Schubert led Delta Equity-backed Deutsche Fachpflege Gruppe
Elvaston Capital backs eFulfilment
Elvaston generally invests in companies with revenues between €10-80m and acquires majority stakes
Equistone-backed Apogee buys Kopiervertrieb Rhein-Ruhr
Fifth acquisition the company has made since Equistone's original investment in September 2016
Mountain Partners backs €2m round for Volders
Government-backed KfW Bank also takes part in the round, along with unnamed family offices
MVP et al. sell Cobi to Bosch eBike Systems
Creathor Venture, Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital also make an exit through the sale
Rocket Internet sells €660m stake in Delivery Hero
Naspers purchases 22 million shares at €29.50, securing a 23.6% stake in total
Carlyle sells Klenk to Binderholz
GP made the divestment from its special situations mandate, Carlyle Strategic Partners
BayBG et al. sell Torqeedo to Deutz
Deutz is initially investing €100m in E-Deutz strategy, which includes the acquisition of Torqeedo
Ufenau-backed Altano buys Pferdeklinik Kirchheim
GP supported the transaction with equity from the €227m fund Ufenau V German Asset Light
Waterland-backed Atos buys Fleetinsel Klinik Hamburg
Physicians from the clinic will receive shares in the business, amounting to a minority position
Born2Grow leads series-A for Venneos
Seed investors HTGF, the Max Planck Society and private investors also take part
Redalpine backs $3.9m round for Inkitt
Frontline Ventures, Speedinvest and a number of private investors also take part in the round
German election: the industry reaction
unquote" talks to market participants about what the shock surge of nationalist party Alternative für Deutschland could mean for the industry
Nord Holding sells Wemas to Gimv
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Nord Holding, which acquired the company in 2011
HTGF backs Numaferm
European Investment Fund also invested in the round alongside various business angels
MWN leads €1.9m funding round for Coredinate
Previous investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital also took part in the round
HTGF co-leads €3m seed round for Atriva
Stichting Participatie Atriva co-leads the round, with VC firm InSynchrony Ventures also taking part
IK sells Schenck Process to Blackstone after 10-year holding
Vendor originally purchased the company in a buyout with an estimated EV of €450m in September 2007
Afinum holds final close on €410m hard-cap
GP announced plans to raise a new fund in 2017 when it hired investment director Abdel-Hadi