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Month: October 2020

Long Ridge Hits Hard Cap

Long Ridge Equity Partners has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final closing of Long Ridge Equity Partners III LP with $445 million of capital commitments. Limited partners in the new fund committed $400 million

Triton closes second debt fund at €744m

The firm said it anticipates 'considerable opportunity' during the market’s recovery phase

Summa Equity acquires Singapore-based Sengenics

The Swedish firm aims to expand the precision medicine company’s activities globally

Wolt raises €7.5m from angel investor Lukasz Gadowski

Finnish food delivery platform Wolt has raised €7.5m in funding from angel investor Lukasz Gadowski.

FII, Vam create Florence fashion group

A consortium of investors led by Vam Investments and Fondo Italiano d'Investimento (FII) has acquired Italian clothing companies Giuntini, Ciemmeci Fashion and Mely's Maglieria.

Indigo Capital II holds €300m final close

Paris-headquartered debt specialist Indigo Capital has held a €300m final close for its Indigo Capital II fund.

Novartis, Novo lead €9m series-A for Rappta Therapeutics

Novartis Venture Fund and Novo Holdings have co-led a €9m series-A funding round for Finnish developer of anti-cancer drugs Rappta Therapeutics. 

Ten largest unicorns in the world hit over $560bn value

Opalesque Industry Update - When the term unicorn emerged back in 2013, there were only 40 private companies with a valuation of one billion dollars in the world. Since then, the number of these financial

SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 0.75% in September

Opalesque Industry Update - SS C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) announced that the gross return of the SS C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September 2020 measured 0.75%. Hedge fund flows as measured

PineBridge to take over British real estate fund house

Benson Elliot adds $3.5bn in assets under management

Nordwind Capital buys majority stake in Trbo

Nordwind Capital has acquired a majority stake in Germany-based online content personalisation software Trbo.

Triton closes second debt fund on €744m

Triton has held a final close for Triton Debt Opportunities II on €744m, surpassing its target of €550m.

Q4 Fundraising Pipeline: UK

Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the UK and Irish markets across the buyout, venture and secondaries spaces, with the latest available intel for each vehicle.

Silverlake buys Groupe Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs

Private equity firm Silver Lake has finalised the majority acquisition of Groupe Meilleurtaux, a French financial services provider, from Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, for €700m.

Capdesia Structured Equity targets £100m; aims to close in Q1 2021

Capdesia Structured Equity Partners is currently raising towards a target of £100m and aims to hold a final close in the first quarter of 2021, according to a source close to the situation.

Mutares buys Valmet's engineering services

Mutares has acquired the Germany-based engineering services business line of Finland-based automotive supplier Valmet Automotive.

CVC, Advent, FSI win exclusivity for Serie A

CVC Capital Partners, Advent International and FSI have won exclusivity in the negotiations for Italian football league Serie A.

Venture capital veteran Canaan Partners eyes healthcare, frontier tech deals with new $800m fund

Veteran venture capital firm Canaan Partners has scored another $800m fund close to wrap up capital raising for its 12 early-stage investment fund targeting healthcare and technology companies.

Inflexion acquires Sparta Global; KCP to reap 7x return

Inflexion Private Equity has acquired technology education and recruitment provider Sparta Global from Key Capital Partners (KCP).

Alantra buys stake in Indigo Capital

Alantra Asset Management has acquired a 49% stake in Indigo Capital, a pan-European private debt asset manager.

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