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Month: July 2020

UK government urged to launch ‘corporation’ to manage £35bn in unsustainable debt

The report comes as the government considers how to carefully pull the plug on the loan support schemes and other programmes that helped keep businesses and individuals afloat during the pandemic

Energy-focused firms struggle to raise capital

Institutional investors are avoiding traditional energy-focused funds due to low oil prices, poor returns and increasing concerns on the environment

Private equity firms increase scrutiny on legal spend amid Covid-19 – study

Majority of in-house counsel at buyout firms complain their legal bills are not transparent, a survey by legal tech provider Apperio has found

EQT to close ninth buyout fund in Q3

Swedish private equity firm EQT plans to close EQT IX, which has a €14.75bn target and €15bn hard-cap, during the third quarter.

Titanbay looks to open up private equity to smaller LPs with newly-launched platform

Fintech startup Titanbay is hoping to open up private equity investing to small and medium-sized institutional and private investors through its newly-launched platform.

Committed Capital buys Intersteel from 5Square

Committed Capital has acquired a majority stake in Netherlands-based Intersteel, a manufacturer of door handles from private equity firm 5Square and shareholder Peter van Leeuwen.

UI Gestion backs packaging manufacturer Sopac Medical

Private equity firm UI Gestion, alongside Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France Capital Investissement (CEIDF) and IRD Gestion, has acquired French packaging specialist Sopac Medical from Turenne Sante and A Plus Finance.

LP platform Titanbay launches

LP platform Titanbay has now launched its platform for smaller LPs to invest in private equity funds.

Zeotap raises $42m in series-C round

German customer intelligence platform provider Zeotap has raised $42m in a series-C round from NeueCapital, Math Capital, TTCER Partners, Kathaka, the Rupert family office, and Coparion.

Headway Capital exits lighting specialist Castaldi to trade

London-headquartered secondaries specialist Headway Capital Partners has sold Italian lighting company Castaldi Lighting to market peer Penta.

CommerzVentures invests $6m in Concirrus

CommerzVentures has invested $6m in speciality analytics firm Concirrus.

CalPERS falls well short of annual returns goal as private equity performance turns negative

US pension giant CalPERS has fallen well short of its annual return goal amid its private equity investments tanking due to the coronavirus.

EVentures leads $4m seed round for Sorare

EVentures has led a $4m seed funding round for Sorare, a Paris-based fantasy football game developer.

Polaris to acquire and merge four Danish coach operators

Nordic private equity firm Polaris has acquired and plans to merge four Danish bus and coach operators to form a single nationwide transport company, Vikingbus.

Draper Esprit leads £16.4m in series-C round in Ravelin

Draper Esprit has led a £16.4m series-C funding round for fraud detection company Ravelin.

Fund Profile: Ardian Secondary Fund VIII

Head of Ardian US Benoît Verbrugghe talks to Unquote about plans to use recently raised funds to provide liquidity to investors amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and the evolution of the secondaries market

Milaya in £15m round for Lanistar at a £150m valuation

Milaya Capital invests in a £15m funding round for alternative banking financial technology company Lanistar.

Cirque du Soleil positions lenders to take control from TPG

Bankrupt circus producer prepares to sign deal that would strip TPG and other shareholders of their ownership stakes

Women bankers fear the coronavirus crisis will derail their careers

The crisis was heralded as a chance to level the playing field for working mothers in banking – it has not worked out that way

LPs turn to debt, mezzanine infrastructure funds amid coronavirus flight to safety

Limited partners are increasingly turning to debt and mezzanine infrastructure funds as they hunt for relatively safe havens for their investments amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

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