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Month: July 2020

‘Build, build build’: Funds get ready to spend billions on infrastructure

Three private equity firms share how they are looking to invest in infrastructure

GP-led secondaries to increase in post-Covid-19 resurgence

More than half of PE respondents to a recent survey said they expect the volume of GP-led secondaries to rise

HyperGrid, iQuate join to create CloudSphere, secure $15m backing to support venture

Cloud management and governance platform HyperGrid and agentless discovery and application mapping company iQuate have joined together to create CloudSphere.

Special situations firm Intriva Capital acquires UK consumer credit business

The firm created by former Apollo executives is expected to help peer-to-peer lending company Lending Works scale up its operations to almost £1bn of lending each year by 2025

Triton’s Eqos Energie bolts on AML Elektrotechnik

Triton-backed Eqos Energie has acquired the operating and office equipment of Austria-based electrical engineering company AML Elektrotechnik in an asset deal, following AML's insolvency filing in April 2020.

Aldea Ventures launches €150m fund-of-funds

Spanish venture capital house Aldea Ventures has launched a VC fund-of-funds with a €100m target and €150m hard-cap, Unquote understands.

17Capital provides £125m in preferred equity to Exponent III

17Capital has provided a £125m preferred equity facility to Exponent Private Equity Partners III, Unquote understands.

NewAlpha acquires majority stake in CHR Numerique

French private equity firm NewAlpha has acquired a majority stake in CHR Numerique, a French provider of HACCP (hazard analysis critical control point) management apps to the food sector.

Capiton sells Trioptics to trade

Capiton has sold its stake in lens technology company Trioptics to listed photonics company Jenoptik, which has wholly acquired the business.

KKR-backed Casual Dining Group falls into administration and cuts 1,900 jobs

The owner of Café Rouge, Las Iguanas and Bella Italia restaurants is searching for a buyer for the business

Nordic buyout firm Axcel acquires Swedish IT services provider AddPro

This is the firm's second deal made via its sixth fund, which held a first close at €615m in February

Callista Private Equity buys two Mikron subsidiaries

Callista Private Equity has acquired the Berlin and Kaunas sites from listed company Mikron, a Switzerland-based automated machinery and cutting tools producer.

Axa Venture leads €5.2m round for Unlatch

Axa Venture Partners has invested in a €5.2m funding round for French digital real estate startup Unlatch.

Tar Heel buys 70% stake in Estetique

Tar Heel Capital has acquired a 70% stake in Polish dental business Estetique.

Zeus makes six promotions

Zeus Capital has made six promotions in its corporate finance, research and private client teams.

Seventure, BioGeneration lead €18.5m round for Citryll

Pharmaceutical company Citryll has raised €18.5m in a round led by France-based Seventure and Dutch firm BioGeneration Ventures.

Acton sells stake in Momox to Verdane

Germany-based venture capital investor Acton Capital has sold its stake in e-commerce platform Momox to majority stakeholder Verdane, which will own an 85% stake in the company.

Facebook co-founder Saverin’s B Capital strikes $820m final close for second fundraise

B Capital, a venture capital firm launched by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, has hauled in $820m for the final close of its second fundraise.

M&A wave incoming in 2021, says Edmond de Rothschild CIO

Benjamin Melman, chief investment officer at Edmond de Rothschild, has said the firm expects a wave of M&A in 2021, in spite of macroeconomic uncertainty.

Carlyle backs translation specialist Memsource

The Carlyle Group has acquired a majority stake in Prague-based translation software developer Memsource.

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