Germany
Pinova buys Sematell from IMCap
Small-cap technology investor IMCap bought Sematell in a carve-out from Attensity in 2015
Bencis to buy chemicals company Höfer Chemie
GP plans to acquire a majority stake in the business, according to a competition authority filing
Cherry holds first close for EUR 300m growth fund
Almost two thirds of Cherry IV's capital will be reserved for follow-on investments
Riverside sells Repa to Berkshire-backed PT Holdings
Manufacturer of spare parts for vending and catering mahines expected to post revenues of USD 1.2bn in 2021
Golding holds EUR 280m close for first secondaries fund
Fund will target small- and mid-cap LP stakes and GP-led secondaries, and has made 14 deals to date
Nord Holding sells Ruf Group to Waterland
Germany-headquartered bed producer Ruf Betten acquired e-commerce brand Bruno in February 2020
Gimv's Oleownik moves to Emeram
Sven Oleownik joins the DACH mid-market GP as partner; he joined listed GP Gimv in 2015
IK Partners acquires e-commerce specialist Stein HGS
IK acquires its stake in the e-commerce company from Lennertz & Co, which will reinvest
Capiton buys Betonbau Group
GP is deploying equity via Capiton VI, which held a final close in November 2021 on EUR 504m
Atomico et al. in USD 200m Series D for Infarm
Vcs raised USD 200m in Series D for Infarm at a valuation of over USD 1bn
KKR invests in Körber
Körber is a global supply chain software business founded in 1995
Grocery delivery startup Flink closes USD 750m Series B round
German grocery delivery startup has comfortably exceeded unicorn status in just a year since inception
Gilde buys minority stake in Emeram's Init
Emeram bought a majority stake in the digitalisation consultancy in 2019 via its EUR 400m debut fund
Triton hires new CFO
Matthew Couch is set to join Triton as CFO in December
Speedinvest launches EUR 80m Climate & Industry Opportunity fund
Fund is intended to back the VC's existing industrial and climate technology startups
Golding hires Schütz as ESG director
Christian Schütz joins from his role as senior vice-president of credit research at Pimco
Capiton holds EUR 504m final close for sixth fund
Capiton VI is now 36% deployed across seven deals and expects to make up to 15 platform investments
Advent, Centerbridge to launch Aareal Bank takeover
Advent already owns a stake in Aareon, the property ERP software unit of Aareal Bank
UVC holds final close for third fund
UVC Partners has a deployment capacity of EUR 255m with its flagship fund and new Opportunity Fund
Carlyle's tech fund buys majority stake in CSS
Deal should see Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV moving closer to full deployment
ArchiMed's MED II fund fully invested following Cube buyout
Cube is the last platform investment for the MED II fund, which closed in 2017
Insight Partners leads USD 125m Series C for Moonfare
Moonfare exceeded EUR 1bn in assets under management in September
Marlin Equity readies Collenda for auction
Raymond James is advising on the process, which could kick off before year-end
Ufenau registers third continuation vehicle
Switzerland-headquartered Ufenau Capital Partners invests in services-focused SMEs