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Month: July 2020

Goldman Sachs Growth leads $80m series-D for LeanIX

Goldman Sachs Growth has backed an $80m series-D funding round for Germany-based enterprise architecture software LeanIX.

Sagewind Capital buys US Army, NASA engineering services provider QuantiTech

Private equity player Sagewind Capital has made US Army, Air Force and NASA tech engineering services provider QuantiTech its latest investment.

Arcadia-backed Favillini bolts on Idea Grafica

Pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer Grafiche Favillini, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arcadia, has wholly acquired Idea Grafica from the founding Pettinari family.

EQT’s Suse buys Rancher Labs

Open-source enterprise software infrastructure company Suse, a portfolio company of EQT, has acquired California-based Rancher Labs.

HIG Capital buys Project Informatica

HIG Capital has acquired a controlling stake in Italian IT specialist Project Informatica from founder and CEO Alberto Ghisleni, who will reinvest alongside the GP and continue to lead the company.

SoftBank ups stake in PolicyBazaar despite the InsurTech’s CEO claiming the previous investment was a “mistake”

Insurance marketplace PolicyBazaar has reportedly raised a further $130m from SoftBank, despite the chief executive believing the previous expansion efforts led by the mega investor were a "mistake."

Highland leads £20m round for Farewill

Highland Europe has led a £20m funding round for online probate service Farewill.

CPP Investments appoints SNCF’s Pepy as senior adviser

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has appointed Guillaume Pepy as senior adviser for Europe.

Forbion holds first close for Growth Opportunities Fund

Life-sciences-focused venture capital firm Forbion has held a first close on €185m for its Growth Opportunities Fund, which will focus on investments at a later stage than the firm's previous vehicles in European biotech companies.

Osivax raises €33m from EIC and BPI France

French clinical stage biotechnology company Osivax has raised €32.6m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and BPI France.

Concirrus bags new VC investment just months after closing Series B round

Concirrus, an insurance software developer, has raised another $6m in funding, hot on the heels of its recent $20m Series B round.

Keensight hires Jamin as director

Keensight Capital has hired Stéphane Jamin as director for its portfolio performance team.

Nauta Capital nears €500m AUM thanks to Fund V first close, reveals debut deal from new vehicle

Nauta Capital has brought its assets under management to almost €500m through the first close of latest venture capital investment fund.

BD-Capital makes debut investment in Symprove

BD-Capital has made its debut investment in Symprove, a probiotics producer.

CNCB to repay debut loan after covenant waiver struggles

CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment, a subsidiary of China Citic Group, is planning to repay a $800m loan raised in 2018 after struggling to get consent from lenders for covenant waivers.

Silver Lake buys up French cloud payroll, HR software business Silae from founders

Tech-focused private equity major Silver Lake has agreed to buy French cloud-based payroll and HR software business Silae from the company's founding shareholders.

Los Angeles County pension fund seeks to cast wider net for co-investment deals

The pension system has struggled to access co-investment deals through its $6.5bn private equity portfolio

Fledgling private equity house bd-capital picks probiotics pioneer Symprove for debut deal

Newly-launched private equity house bd-capital has sealed its first investment by backing Symprove, a startup attempting to disrupt the £35bn probiotics market.

Connecticut pension pushes into private credit with $350m Goldman Sachs pledge

The Connecticut pension system began building its private-credit portfolio with $463 million in commitments across various strategies

LGT Capital gets double fund commitment from British Business Bank unit through £500m investment programme

The British Business Bank has made its largest commitment to date from its £500m managed funds programme, by committing to a pair of LGT Capital Partners fundraises.

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