Switzerland
Bregal Milestone holds €400m final close for debut fund
Fund will make non-control investments in European family- and founder-led businesses
EQT sells Sportradar to CPPIB and TCV for €2.1bn
EQT will reinvest a portion of the sales proceeds and CEO Carsten Koerl will retain his stake
Redalpine and Swisscom sell Bexio to Mobiliar
Sale of the enterprise software company generates returns for Redalpine Capital II
Riverside's RE Panels makes Swiss bolt-on
Riverside adds Swiss door panel maker Tecsedo to its pan-European buy-and-build strategy
Evoco strengthens team
Camenisch joins as director of finance and operations, and Sormani is promoted to director
Novo Ventures leads CHF 20m round for NBE Therapeutics
PPF Capital Partners Fund and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) also take part
KKR appoints Lazard for Selecta IPO
Selecta has had a series of bolt-ons, including vending and coffee services provider Pelican Rouge
CGS holds final close on CHF 240m hard-cap
Vehicle was launched in June 2017 and held a first close on around CHF 200m in March 2018
DACH fundraising picks up steam after slow Q1
Funds holding final closes in Q2 have surpassed the total amount raised in the first quarter of the year, following a strong 2017
Invision sells Swiss Education Group to Summer Capital
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Invision, which acquired the business in 2008
Invision launches sixth buyout fund
Fund was registered in Jersey on 5 December 2017 as Invision VI Limited Partnership
Ufenau-backed Lavatio acquires Kruppert
GP plans on using its buy-and-build strategy to establish and grow the group in the DACH region
Capvis sells Lista to trade for CHF 184.5m
End of an almost 12-year holding period for Capvis, which acquired the company in September 2006
Lakestar launches double fundraise
Lakestar II held a final close on €350m in August 2015, increasing from €135m for Lakestar I
VC firms back $30m series-B for Ava
Majority of the funding comes from existing investors, including Swisscom Ventures
Ufenau-backed Kanalservice buys Karo Kanalreinigung
Kanalservice is a platform investment from Ufenau V German Asset Light, a €220m buy-and-build fund
Argos Soditic rebrands to Argos Wityu
Maurice Dwek, the founder of Soditic bank, had previously owned a minority stake in the GP
Schroder Adveq reshuffles management following CEO departure
Schroders acquired Adveq in April last year and Schwager was appointed as new CEO in October
East Ventures backs BRD's $32m ICO
East Ventures invests $12m in the pre-sale stage of BRD's initial coin offering
Investindustrial hits €375m hard-cap for smaller fund
Fund targets lower-mid-market companies with strong internationalisation potential
Montagu sells Equatex to trade for $420m
Deal ends a holding period of four years for Montagu, which carved the business out of UBS
Digital+ Partners invests $15m in Starmind
Digital+ Partners is investing from its Digital Growth Fund I, a VC fund targeting €300m
Verium buys Ceposa
Founder Hanspeter Baer and his wife will continue to support the company
Montana hires Adveq's Lidén as COO
Lidén resigned from his post at Adveq in September 2017 after it was acquired by Schroders in April