Germany
Ardian's Trigo acquires Böllinger's automotive quality business
Acquisition is Trigo's first bolt-on since Ardian's takeover in the spring
VR's Vohtec bolts on Böllinger subsidiary
Böllinger sells its business section as part of the group's restructuring
eCapital backs Theva's €6.4m round
Bavarian government also comes on board via the Bavarian Growth Fund
3i exits Geka in €260m deal
3i and its funds will reap total proceeds of €178m, having already realised value in a refinancing last year
German PE develops a growing appetite for startups
VCs including Earlybird's Brandis discuss the growing trend of private equity houses taking part in growth capital deals within the country
Carlyle buys minority stake in Schön clinic group
Deal values Schön Klinik, which has 17 locations across Germany, at €1.5bn
Project A and Paua invest in Homeday's series-A
Round comes in same month as property technology competitor McMakler raises €8.5m
TGFS backs IT security business Rhebo
Rhebo is the third business started by the founders, who specialise in IT security
Holger Weiss joins Target as venture partner
Startup founder and business angel was hired to help improve Target's startup network
Cherry Ventures in Smacc's €3.5m series-A
Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures et al. also participated in the round
Frog Capital backs McMakler's €8.5m round
Piton Capital, Mutschler Ventures and Cavalry Ventures also backed the round
3i's Atesteo in €70m refinancing
BayernLB, Commerzbank, HSBC and UniCredit act as lead arrangers on the deal
ECM acquires Wieners+Wieners
ECM hopes to take advantage of the consolidation of the language services market
Greycroft backs Splash's $2.5m round
In March, Splash won the founder prize at tech-festival South by Southwest
Mentha takes majority stake in petrol supplier Nefco
Transaction marks the second deal within a month for the Dutch private equity firm
Highland backs Juniqe's €14m series-B
Startup will use the funding to expand to Switzerland, France and the Netherlands
Horizons Ventures leads $40m series-B for Number26
Battery Ventures joined the round, which also saw participation from existing backers
Fintech startup OptioPay secures €7m seed funding
Transaction marks the payment software company's third seed round
Caterwings raises €6m round from Holtzbrinck at al.
Backers include German venture capital house Tengelmann Ventures and Rocket Internet
Harbert backs B2X with €6m
Business claims it has grown revenues at an annual 59% rate since 2011
Ex-Deutsche Bank CFO Krause joins Warburg as adviser
Krause is the second former Deutsch Bank executive to go into private equity recently
Delos leads Allecra Therapeutics' €22m round
Startup received funding from Forbion's main fund and its latest co-investment fund
VR sells Ismet to Phoenix Mecano
VR Equitypartner exits the business after acquiring a minority stake in 2011
HTGF backs Immersight's six-digit round
Fresh capital will be deployed with the purpose of company growth and technology development