#DealMonitor
+++ #DealMonitor +++ Nestlé is now completely taking over the Munich-based drinking meal provider YFood +++ LVM Insurance invests in travel carrier +++ Berlin investor Merantix Capital launches new fund +++
In the #DealMonitor For June 4th we’ll take a look at the most important, exciting and interesting investments and exits of the day in the DACH region. All deals from the previous days are available in a large and clear format #DealMonitor archive.
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INVESTMENTS
travel carrier
+++ LVM Versicherung from Münster invests an undisclosed sum in travel carriers. The Münster startup, founded by Philipp Güntzel and Mark Sander, is about renting vehicle transport solutions such as roof boxes, ski racks and luggage boxes. The motto is: “Germany-wide. Sustainable. Fully digital.” “For us, this is an opportunity to test new connections between services, deepen our experiences and use them to develop concrete offers for our customers,” says LVM Versicherung. More about travel carriers
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
YFood
+++ The food giant Nestlé, which recently sold Ankerkraut back to the founding team, is now completely taking over the Munich-based drinking meal provider YFood (previously 49.95%). In addition to Nestlé, only the two founders Benjamin Kremer and Noel Bollmann were ultimately involved in the company. According to the “Lebensmittelzeitung”, Nestlé will pay 220 million euros for the shares. The Munich food company, founded in 2017, operates in the so-called Complete Meal Market segment and offers, among other things, drinking meals. In 2025 the company will generate sales of 150 million euros. Nestlé joined YFood in 2023. YFood became known nationwide through television! In the fifth season of the VOX show “The Lions’ Den”, Frank Thelen invested 200,000 euros in YFood. Felix Capital, Fonterra, Five Seasons Ventures and New Ground Ventures later invested 15 million euros in YFood. Complete meals are currently a huge topic in the market, with the French food company Danone recently buying the British food manufacturer Huel. More about YFood
Venture capital
Merantix Capital
+++ The Berlin investor Merantix Capital is launching a new AI fund worth 103 million euros. With its AI Fund, the team around Adrian Locher, Nicole Büttner and Rasmus Rothe will invest in early-stage AI startups in areas such as logistics, manufacturing, energy, finance, healthcare, life sciences, robotics, enterprise software and physical AI. With the first, 30 million euro fund, Merantix, launched in 2016, invested exclusively in young companies created in its own venture studio. The new fund now follows a 50:50 approach: half of the capital continues to flow into companies built together with founders, the other half directly into external startups in the pre-seed and seed phase. As a rule, Merantix invests between 1 and 3 million euros. More about Merantix Capital
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