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Month: September 2020

Former Gresham PE execs reach £192m for third Beech Tree Private Equity fundraise

Beech Tree Private Equity, the buyout house launched by a pair of former Gresham Private Equity execs, has more than doubled its funds under management by hauling in about £192m for its third fundraise

TIIN acquires Lantech to merge with Felton

TIIN Capital has acquired IT security company Lantech to merge it with its portfolio company Felton.

TPG Growth-spinout Greenfield Partners seals $150m debut fund close to target Israel tech

Greenfield Partners has closed a $150m fund to continue its strategy of supporting early growth stage Israeli and Israel-related technology and tech-enabled businesses.

Sagard NewGen backs Laboratoires Delbert

Sagard NewGen has taken part in a €40m investment for French pharmaceuticals company Laboratoires Delbert.

BC Partners launches aggressive £3bn G4S takeover through security services giant Gardaworld

BC Partners is looking to make an aggressive £3bn takeover of UK security business G4S through its portfolio business Gardaworld.

Alliance Entreprendre acquires Ecoclean, LT reinvests

Alliance Entreprendre has acquired commercial cleaning company Ecoclean Services, while existing owner LT Capital has reinvested.

Klarna valued at $10.6bn after $650m round led by Silverlake

Swedish payment service provider Klarna has raised $650m in a round led by Silverlake, giving it a valuation of $10.65bn.

Private equity dealmaking continues recovery with one of best results of last 12 months

Private equity dealmaking is continuing its steady recovery from April's nadir, reaching one of its highest monthly results of the last 12 months despite ongoing uncertainty amid the coronavirus crisis.

ICG opens Milan office

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has opened an office in Milan to strengthen its position in the Italian market.

PAI Partners names ex-Boston Consulting Group veteran, experienced CFO Heuwing to head DACH operations

European private equity major PAI Partners has brought in veteran industrials and financial specialist Ralph Heuwing as partner and head of its DACH operations.

Thomas H Lee Partners buys NexPhase Capital portfolio business Insurance Technologies

US private equity house Thomas H Lee Partners has bought NexPhase Capital portfolio business Insurance Technologies after six years in the latter's portfolio.

Indian e-commerce, cashback startup CashKaro gets $10m in new venture capital backing

India-based e-commerce and cashback company CashKaro has secured $10m in a series B funding round.

GP Profile: Sherpa Capital

Sherpa Capital CEO and founding partner Eduardo Navarro talks to Alessia Argentieri about the firm's latest special situations fund, as well as portfolio management strategies and arising investment opportunities during the Covid-19 crisis

Labor unions put at core of investment strategy for new $893m GCM Grosvenor infrastructure fund

Alternatives specialist GCM Grosvenor has hit an $893m final close for its new fund targeting infra projects which place union labor at their core.

CD&R brings in long time Legrand CEO Schnepp to boost operating advisor power

Hot on the heels of hauling in about $12bn for its latest flagship buyout fund, CD&R has brought in former Legrand chairman and CEO Gilles Schnepp as an operating advisor.

ICG expands to Italy through new Milan office

Intermediate Capital Group has launched its first Italian office by setting up in Milan under Luigi Bartone.

City cocaine use rises in lockdown as young, white males take up drug

Addiction service for financial services workers warns that drug use is massively underestimated

Amadeus Capital Partners eyes LatAm tech growth, European scale-ups with new partner hires

Global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners has hired two new partners and a healthcare analyst in a major expansion of its investment team.

Silver Lake-led group pours $650m into payments company Klarna

Investment values the Swedish company at more than $10bn

One Peak bets on Keepit as conqueror of $12bn backup-as-a-service market

European tech investor One Peak has followed its stellar €443m sophomore fundraise by backing Keepit, a company looking to conquer the global backup-as-a-service market. One Peak has provided $30m to Denmark-based Keepit – the largest SaaS

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