Official Record/DACH
Project A closes third fund on €180m
Vehicle was registered in October last year and held a first close on €106m in March
Pinova buys Sill Optics
Sill Optics managing director Christoph Sieber has taken a minority stake in the transaction
Afinum sells Avantgarde to EMH
EMH will acquire a majority stake in the business by acquiring shares from Afinum and management
Haspa buys minority stake in MT Derm
Jörn Kluge remains the majority shareholder and managing director of Haspa-backed MT Derm
CVC buys 50% stake in DFE Pharma for NZD 633m
Sale price comprises a cash payment of NZD 537m and an interest-accruing vendor loan of NZD 96m
VCs in $56m series-C for Kandou
Nine VCs have invested in a series-C funding round for semiconductors company Kandou
Riverside buys Bike24 back from Bridgepoint's WiggleCRC
Riverside sold the company to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC in October 2017 for around £100m
Blumberg et al. in $60m series-B for Wunder Mobility
Blumberg first invested in the transport services software company in 2018
EMH backs Liganova
Transaction value was not disclosed but EMH makes investments between €50-150m per company
VCs in €40m series-D for Themis
US-based Farallon Capital, with Oslo- and Stockholm-based Hadean Ventures, led the round for Themis
Advent raises $2bn for tech fund
Fundraise comes shortly after the $17.5bn final close of the GP's flagship product, GPE IX
Prime leads €40m series-C for Holidu
Many of the existing investors in the vacation rental search engine also participated in this round
Anacap raises €1bn for credit fund
Vehicle was launched in November 2018 with a $750m target and raced to a first close on $600m
Halder buys Drumag Fluidtechnik and EPH Elektronik
Investment in the group is the second of Halder VI fund, which closed in January
Thayer, ZKB lead $45m series-B for Beekeeper
Existing investors participate in the round for the communications technology company
Serafin backs Covestro carve-out
Covestro says the decision was part of its ongoing portfolio optimisation process
VC firms invest in $40m series-B for Anokion
Anokion simultaneously announces the acquisition of US-based counterpart Kanyos Bio
DBAG ECF buys STG Braunsberg
This is the seventh buyout from DBAG ECF, which raised an additional €97m for its second new vintage in 2018
Frog invests $10m in Sellics
Frog holds a 16% stake in the company, corresponding to a post-money valuation of $62m
Summit invests $40m in ProGlove
Summit Partners has taken a minority stake in the industrial wearables manufacturer
Fidelium buys Mühlhoff Umformtechnik
Fidelium draws capital from its €103m Fidelium Special Situations Fund, a vehicle set up in 2016
Hannover Finanz-backed Biesterfeld buys Lindberg & Lund
Hannover Finanz first invested in Biesterfeld in 2011 in the form of a silent partnership
LSP leads €10.5m series-D for Xeltis
Life Sciences Partners first invested in the medical devices company in 2014
Aurelius Growth Capital acquires Marcus Transport
Acquisition of the family-owned business was made as part of a succession agreement