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Month: October 2020

Cathay leads $15m series-B for healthtech company Savana

Cathay Innovation has led a $15m series-B round for electronic health records specialist Savana.

Baird, Beechbrook complete Nigel Wright restructuring

Baird Capital Partners and Beechbrook Capital have supported the restructuring of recruitment firm Nigel Wright Group, selling a portion of their stakes.

Mid Europa sells minority stake in listed Waberer's

Mid Europa Partners has sold a 24% stake in Hungary-based freight and logistics business Waberer's International to real estate investment and development business Indotek.

Ver Capital launches €200m energy transition fund

Ver Capital, in partnership with consultancy firm Sinloc, has launched a €200m fund dedicated to energy transition.

I Squared Capital Partners seals $2.15bn carveout of GTT Communications infrastructure division

I Squared Capital Partners has agreed the $2.15bn takeover of the infrastructure division of cloud networking business GTT Communications.

Axcel acquires Ventab, Ventilationsprojekt, Installationsbolaget

Nordic private equity firm Axcel has acquired three companies – Ventab, Ventilationsprojekt and Installationsbolaget – and merged them to create Currentum, which will specialise in heating, ventilation, health and safety, sprinkler systems and building automation.

EQT hires top Microsoft dealmaker to lead new growth arm

Marc Brown joins as partner and head of EQT Growth to explore opportunities between VC and PE in areas such as B2B technology, healthtech, impact technology and consumer tech

Naxicap's Alwitra to acquire Poland-based CB

Flat roofing company Alwitra, a portfolio company of Naxicap Partners, is to acquire Poland-based roofing materials business CB, according to a filing with the German competition authority.

EQT brings in veteran Microsoft dealmaker Marc Brown to head new growth capital investment strategy

EQT has brought in former Microsoft investment exec Marc Brown to head up its new growth investment strategy.

EQT launches EQT Growth; hires Marc Brown as head

EQT has announced the launch of EQT Growth, and appointed Marc Brown as partner and head of the new division focused on growth investments.

Mushroom-growing product maker CNC gets Sun European Partners backing

Sun European Partners has agreed to by CNC Holding, a producer and supplier of substrate for mushroom cultivation.

Marching Orders for the Next Investment Chief of CalPERS: More Private Equity

The nation’s biggest public pension fund is consistently short of the billions of dollars it needs to pay all retirees their pensions. It seeks higher returns.

Video: Travers Smith's Sam Kay on fundraising's paradigm shift

Unquote interviews Sam Kay from Travers Smith, finalist in the Law Firm Of The Year – Fund Structuring category for the 2020 British Private Equity Awards.

Partners Group acquires stake in toll business Telepass for €1.06bn

Italian transport sector company Atlantia will retain control of the business

Video: Frog Capital's Mike Reid on growth equity's chance to shine

Unquote interviews Mike Reid from Frog Capital, which recently took the Venture & Growth Capital House of the Year gong at the 2020 British Private Equity Awards.

Unigestion Asia-Pacific private equity head Marchand hired by placement agent Campbell Lutyens

Global placement agent and fund advisor Campbell Lutyens has brought in Unigestion's Asia-Pacific private equity lead Eric Marchand.

Apollo bets on royalty investing to unlock more renewable energy deals

The New York firm said it expects to invest as much as $200m in Great Bay Renewables, which funds solar and wind projects in exchange for a cut of the projects’ revenue streams

Meet the European private equity’s most influential women

We highlight the 10 women in private equity from Financial News’s 14th list of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance

European private equity’s most influential women

We highlight the 10 women in private equity from Financial News’s 14th list of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance

Private equity executives see opportunity in uncertainty

Firms with money to spend are seeing plenty of investment opportunities in the pandemic-induced slowdown

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