Dominus Capital is looking to raise $525m for its third investment fund, despite earlier reports claiming it was looking to raise $750m.
Aurelius Equity Opportunities and Endless are reported to have made bids to acquire the Café Rouge, Bella Italia, and Las Iguanas brands
SoftBank is looking to distance itself from Wirecard, after the Japanese tech conglomerate helped arrange an investment months before the German payments company went bust
European private equity investor Priveq has hit a SEK2.5bn ($270m) final close for its sixth flagship fund, raised entirely during the worst of the coronavirus crisis.
Venture capital backers have sold their stakes in Inventorum, the developer of an inventory and cash management software platform for small businesses, to Germany-based digital appointment and customer management platform Shore, formerly known as Termine24.
Danish startup Beyond Leather Materials, a producer of plant-based and eco-friendly alternatives to animal leather, has raised $1.1m in a seed investment round.
Angelo Gordon & Co has hauled in more than $1.5bn for the hard cap close of its latest European real estate fund.
Broadband network construction company Vitronet, a portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), has acquired civil engineering company CR Clemens Reuschenbach.
Italian private equity firm Alcedo plans to launch a fifth buyout fund in the coming months, with a €215m target and €230m hard-cap, Unquote understands.
Adelis Equity Partners Fund I has sold its majority stake in AddPro to Axcel, three years after investing in the company.
Tech-focused European growth equity investor Kennet Partners has raised $250m for the final close of its fifth flagship fund.
The €1.35bn Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV fund typically invests €30m to €80m in lower mid-market companies
Palamon Capital Partners portfolio company Simplify has acquired Cook Taylor Woodhouse Solicitors.
In a survey conducted by Finance Magazine on behalf of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, 60% of German private equity investment managers said that less than one quarter of their portfolio companies had been severely impaired by
Debt and equity investor Backcast Partners Management has closed its debut private credit fund to bring its assets under management to more than $775m.
Italian leather producer Rino Mastrotto, a portfolio company of NB Renaissance Partners, has acquired Nuova Osba Italia from the founding Famiglietti family.
Jet Investment has acquired remaining 45% stake in Czech electricity co-generation manufacturer Tedom from Cypriot company Moufleco Holding, becoming the sole owner of the company.
LDC portfolio company Babble has acquired telecoms provider Lake Technologies.
Spanish venture capital house Creas has led a €3.6m round for Qida, a startup specialising in homecare services.
More realism, longer holding periods and an advantage for investors with long-term focus are all structural changes expected to impact the private equity industry in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a new survey suggests.
