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Month: December 2020

EQT Ventures leads €50m series-B for Luko

EQT Ventures has led a €50m series-B round for French home insurance startup Luko.

Lone Star agrees final £647m deal to buy UK’s McCarthy & Stone

The American private equity firm is expected to back the strategy of Britain’s biggest retirement housebuilder to build more homes for rent

SK Capital continues veteran chemicals industry exec hiring spree with Randy Dearth appointment

SK Capital Partners has hired its third chemicals industry veteran in two months through the appointment of Randy Dearth as senior director.

Partners Group inks €500m-worth real estate deals in Italy and Poland

The investments comprise 11 residential properties in Italy and 11 office assets in Poland, with a combined leasable area of 170,000 m2

Permira leads €150m round for Catawiki

Permira has led a €150m funding round for Netherlands-based online auction platform Catawiki.

LPs eye secondary market as prep for post-Covid world – Coller Private Equity Barometer

More than half of private equity LPs are looking to make secondary deals over the next two years as investors prep for a post-Covid world, Coller Capital's latest annual Global Private Equity Barometer shows.

Bain's Fedrigoni buys Industrial Papelera Venus

Fedrigoni, an Italian speciality paper company controlled by Bain Capital, has bought adhesive labels manufacturer Industrial Papelera Venus.

Over half of LPs to access the secondary market within two years

Opalesque Industry Update - Over half of private equity investors (LPs) will access the secondary market within the next two years, either as a buyer or a seller - or both, according to Coller Capital's

GP Bullhound et al. in €3m round for Elias Software

GP Bullhound has participated in a SEK 36m (€3m) funding round for Swedish software company Elias Software.

Employee, child monitoring software specialist Awareness Technologies gets TZP Group investment

Private equity house TZP Group has bought business security, monitoring, productivity and analytics software maker Awareness Technologies (ATI).

Highland Europe races to €700m fund close, says continent’s tech companies ‘remain starved’ of growth capital

Highland Europe has raced to a €700m final close for its fourth flagship fundraise targeting software and internet businesses on the continent.

Nexus Capital buys up Natural Balance pet food business from JM Smucker

Nexus Capital Management has agreed to acquire the Natural Balance premium pet food business from The JM Smucker Co.

Sanne Group buys fund administrator PEA

The acquisition of Private Equity Administrators Group included an up-front consideration of €27m, the listed asset manager said

Billionaire Issa brothers and TDR Capital eye US expansion

Britain’s Issa brothers became billionaires by emphasising retail at filling stations. Now they are expanding in the US

Israel’s Entrée Capital seals $125m for debut later-stage fundraise

Israel-based early-stage investor Entrée Capital has hauled in $125m for the final close of its first Opportunity Fund targeting later-stage investments.

EQT seals €1.6bn Apleona sale to PAI Partners after four years of streamlining business

Private equity major EQT has agreed the €1.6bn sale of technical facility management services company Apleona to fellow buyout house PAI Partners.

Advent launches programmes to promote diversity among its portfolio leadership

Advent International aims to increase racial, gender and sexual orientation diversity across its portfolio companies

Firm launches fund to finance employee buyouts in Europe

Valloop’s fund is a response to the growing demand to support the transition of businesses owned by the “baby boomer” generation in Europe

The five key takeaways from Coller’s global private equity barometer

As 2020 approaches its end, the London-based firm asked 113 LPs about their plans and opinions on private equity, covering everything from their attitudes towards new investments to diversity efforts

Sweet melody: How private equity is taking a slice of music’s digital future

Firms are investing in artists’ catalogues, streaming services and live events

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