Holtzbrinck Ventures
Insight invests in DaWanda
US private equity house reportedly buys out Holtzbrinck and Vorwerk stakes
Holtzbrinck raises €285m for sixth fund
Fund closed on hard-cap after less than four months on the road
Delivery Hero acquires competitors
Damejidlo and Jidloted serve Czech Republic and Slovakia
General Atlantic invests in bus network
Holtzbrinck Ventures-backed Flixbus to partner with MeinFernbus
Dreamlines raises €20m in series-C round
Target Ventures and Altpoint Capital have invested alongside existing backers
Neuhaus Partners et al. reinvest in Searchmetrics
Most recent round of funding adds to €8.5m raised since 2010
Deutsche Telekom establishes new fund
T-Venture is now closed to new investments
Holtzbrinck backs Spotcap
Start-up accelerator Rocket Internet launches Spain-based online loan platform
Quandoo raises fifth funding round
Quandoo is backed by investors including DN Capital and Holtzbrinck
Mangrove in partial exit from Nimbuzz
Firm has retained a stake in the company and seat on the board
Rocket begins first day of trading
Start-up accelerator chooses high point of bookbuilding range but shares trade around €41
Holtzbrinck leads ZenMate’s $3.2m series-A
Company has five million registered users in 180 countries
Rocket Internet brings IPO forward
First day of trading planned for 2 October, a day after Zalando lists on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Delivery Hero raises $350m investment
Total funding amounts to $635m since 2008 launch
Holtzbrinck exits seven companies for Rocket Internet stake
VC firm takes 2.5% stake in Rocket ahead of expected IPO
Piton leads $25m Quandoo series-C
Co-investment provided by Holtzbrinck, DN and Texas Atlantic
Holtzbrinck Ventures et al. inject $7m into OnlineTours
Funding to be invested in company's technology & marketing
Insight Venture Partners backs HelloFresh series-D
HelloFresh accrued $70m of funding since inception
E-commerce steps into the unknown with Zalando IPO
DACH e-commerce IPOs
Holtzbrinck and Open Ocean back LoopMe’s series-A
German and Finnish VCs invest in London-based start-up
HCPE et al. invest €13m in Outfittery
Highland Capital Partners Europe (HCPE) has led a €13m funding round for Outfittery, a German provider of consultation services for men’s fashion, with participation from a consortium of existing venture capital backers.
Delivery Hero raises $88m
Insight Venture Partners has led an $88m series-E round for Delivery Hero, a German online food ordering service.
DN and Holtzbrinck lead $8m round for Quandoo
DN Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures have co-led an $8m series-B funding round for Quandoo, a Berlin-based restaurant reservation software provider.
Wonga buys VC-backed Billpay
Cash lender business Wonga, backed by a consortium of venture capital firms, has acquired online payment business Billpay, a portfolio company of numerous German VCs.