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Month: January 2021

Quaero Capital raises €600m for second infrastructure fund

The new fund aims to finance equity in both greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects in Europe

Toscafund leads €25m round for Elinvar

Toscafund has led a €25m funding round for Germany-based wealth management platform Elinvar.

HIG exits Royo Group's furniture unit

HIG Capital has sold the bathroom furniture division of Royo Group International Bathroom, a Spanish bathroom furnishings and appliances producer, to Roca Sanitario.

CapMan boosts wealth advisory team

CapMan Wealth Services has appointed Mikael Falck as director and head of private markets.

BGF invests £4m in CSN

BGF has invested £4m in home care business CSN Care Group.

CD&R buys into blank sportswear, accessories business S&S

Buyout major Clayton Dubilier & Rice has agreed to back blank sportswear, corporate apparel and accessories business S&S Activewear.

EMH sells stake in Native Instruments

EMH Partners has sold its stake in Germany-based DJ software and audio equipment producer Native Instruments to technology-focused sponsor Francisco Partners.

Vestar Capital Partners buys into plant-based food specialist Dr Praeger’s

Vestar Capital Partners has made a majority growth investment in Dr Praeger’s Sensible Foods, a fast-growing brand specialising in plant-based frozen and refrigerated foods.

InfraVia's Celeste acquires PE-backed VTX Telecom

B2B telecommunications operator Celeste, a portfolio company of InfraVia Partners, has acquired Switzerland-based VTX Telecom, in which Spiarex and Iris Capital owned minority stakes.

Mountain of small loans looms over Europe’s pandemic-hit banks

Banks have outsize exposure to small businesses, the backbone of the continent’s economy. If these businesses fail, pain awaits Europe’s already-stretched lenders.

Lightspeed leads $20m Wintermute series-B

Lightspeed has led a $20m series-B funding round for liquidity provider Wintermute Trading.

Aurica Capital invests in SamyRoad

Aurica Capital has made a minority investment in Spanish startup SamyRoad.

Ridgemont Equity picks schools software business Softdocs as latest investment

Ridgemont Equity Partners has made a growth investment in Softdocs, an enterprise content management software provider for the higher education and K-12 markets.

Sagard invests in Flight Simulator developer Asobo Studio

Sagard NewGen has secured a minority stake in Asobo Studio, a French video game developer that notably worked on the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Swanlaab leads $8m series-A round for Landbot

Barcelona-based chatbot builder Landbot has raised $8m in a series-A round led by Spanish-Israeli venture capital firm Swanlaab.

CDC Group to invest $1bn in Africa this year

The UK impact investor will target sectors such as finance and infrastructure and focus on easing the Covid-19 impact on economies and businesses

Baird sells Prescient to BDC

Baird Capital has sold Prescient Healthcare Group to Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC).

Dissolved Brexit committee warns of ‘gap in scrutiny’

The Parliament’s former influential Brexit committee said in a report the UK should keep tabs on EU ties

HIG Capital exits RGIB bathroom furniture division to Roca Sanitario after big revenues uplift

HIG Capital has agreed to sell the the bathroom furniture division of RG International Bathroom to Roca Sanitario.

Bridgepoint takes over biopharma business from Baird

UK-based Prescient Healthcare Group is a global provider of pharmaceutical intelligence, insights and product strategy

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