Private equity hopes of taking control of the world-famous Cirque du Soleil on the cheap after coronavirus pushed it into bankruptcy protection appear over, with creditors nearing an agreement for their own bid.
Eir Ventures has held a first close on €76m for its life-sciences-focused debut fund Eir Ventures I.
Blackstone has seen its heavily-reduced buyout offer for Dutch Bank NIBC accepted by the lender, giving the business a valuation of just over €1bn.
YFM Equity Partners has made the debut deal from its £80m Buyout Fund II by backing into loss adjusting and claims management specialist GHG.
Texas buyout house Blue Sage Capital has passed $288m for its third flagship fundraise, almost twice the amount it collected for its last raise in 2012.
HIG Capital has brought in former Alcentra managing director Pascal Meysson as head of its European direct lending operation.
The capital raised puts the London-based private equity firm almost three-quarters of the way toward the fund’s target
Apollo began marketing its infrastructure fund even as commitments to the strategy plunged
The head of investments at the UK’s largest pension fund on coping with crisis, bond market dislocations and recruitment plans
Healthcare services provider’s deal with Churchill Capital Corp. III is valued at $11bn, including debt
UK private equity house Growth Capital Partners has exited its six-year investment in challenger consultancy Chaucer through a trade sale to Italy's Business Integration Partners.
The coronavirus has brought the private equity secondary market to a halt with buyers and sellers re-evaluating pricing and risk
Venture capital, from Silicon Valley to New York, remains an industry deeply rooted in its investing and hiring patterns
XM Cyber, a breach and attack simulation platform, has closed its Series B round on $17m, as it looks to grow its global sales and marketing efforts.
