Germany
Holtzbrinck invests in €1.5m round for Dreamcheaper
Hotel reservation service will use the fresh capital to expand its services and invest in marketing
Northzone leads €6m second round for Lemoncat
Investment brings the total amount raised by the catering booking platform to €9m
DBAG backs Vitronet MBO
DBAG will use capital from its DBAG ECF fund as well as €8.5m directly from its balance sheet
KPN Ventures backs Locumi Labs in €1.5m funding round
HBT Holdings and KfW Banking Group have also backed the smart-lock app developer
TGFS and Hessen Kapital back Mapcase
New capital will be used to improve the technology, as well as expand operations in the DACH region
Atlantic Labs leads funding round for Peat
VC leads a seven-digit funding round for the German plant disease diagnostic app developer
HQ Capital appoints Dimmerling as COO
HQ Capital has appointed Triton's Heiko Dimmerling as its chief operating officer
Hannover Finanz sells Lück to Spie
Spie looks to expand its mechanical and electrical services capabilities in Germany
Steadfast buys Reutter and ITIB
GP plans to merge and further integrate the two companies together with minority shareholder Fortas
ISB leads funding round for Savedroid
New capital will be used to provide the 150,000-strong user base with more contract categories
Capnamic VC and Iris Capital invest €7.5m in Unu
Founders.org, NRW Bank and private investors also backed the funding round
Cinven backed Synlab raises €250m via capital increase
Cinven will remain the majority shareholder of Synlab and other LP will retain its current stake
Deal in Focus: Bain and Cinven to take Stada private
Acquisition of German pharmaceutical company would be the largest buyout ever recorded in the country
Ecapital and IBB sell Geo-En to GASAG
Acquisition of Geo-En provides a strategic expansion into energy services for GASAG
ZFHN exits Dataglobal in MBO
Management buyout is being led by CEO Wolfgang Munz, who originally founded the company in 1992
TGFS and Madsack Mediengruppe in €2m series-A for Dipat
Company will use the fresh capital to expand its services across Germany, and will also move to Leipzig
NEA leads $16m series-A for Konux
New funding will be used for the development of new product features and further European expansion
Bayern Kapital backs Terraloupe
New capital will be used to build the product platform and expand the business internationally
Bain and Cinven to take Stada private
Offer of €66 per share values the German pharmaceutical company at €5.3bn EV
HTGF to hold €200m first close for third venture fund
Consortium of 15-20 investors will provide €60m, with the remainder coming from the German government
Passion Capital exits Flattr to Eyeo
Sale of Swedish software startup comes after a five-year holding for the London-based venture capital firm
Waterland's Atos bolts on Orthoparc
Acquisition will increase Atos's number of beds by 20%, raising the total to more than 300
UnternehmerTUM, Coparion in $5.5m series-A for Vimcar
Additional capital will be used to develop further fleet management features for the application
DBAG invests €80m to acquire Abbelen and Oscar Mayer
Deal is the start of a buy-and-build strategy in which more add-on acquisitions are planned