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Month: February 2021

EQT declares Recipharm offer unconditional

The firm made an original bid for Recipharm in December that valued the drugmaker at around $2.85bn

Resource Partners acquires Polish company Nesperta

Consumer sector investor Resource Partners has acquired a majority stake in Poland-based nail polish maker Nesperta from its founders.

Main Capital's Mach bolts on Data-Plan

Public sector software provider Mach, a portfolio company of specialised software investor Main Capital Partners, has wholly acquired Germany-based Data-Plan Computer Consulting.

Ambienta buys Collingwood from Baird

Baird Capital has sold UK-based lights specialist Collingwood Lighting to Ambienta.

New Mountain looks to leverage digital transformation boom with Accolite Digital deal

Private equity major New Mountain Capital has agreed to back cloud and digital product engineering services provider Accolite Digital.

PE-backed NutraQ sold to trade in NOK 3.1bn deal

NutraQ, backed by private equity firm Impilo and Sana Pharma Holding, has been sold to listed company Orkla for NOK 3.1bn (€303.5m). 

Private capital funds must invest $5.5bn over next five years amid rising LP demand for transparency

Private capital funds must invest about $5.5bn over the next five years to meet growing demands for investor transparency, new research suggests.

Addleshaw Goddard hires Bourgeois as partner

Addleshaw Goddard has hired Nadine Bourgeois as a partner in its Germany-based banking and finance team.

Hamilton Lane raises nearly $4bn for secondary fund

Demand for second-hand stakes in private equity assets has been particularly strong: last year, the industry collected more than $76bn, according to Preqin

FII leads €17m series-B for Inxpect

Fondo Italiano d'Investimento (FII) has led a €17m series-B round for Inxpect, an Italian company that designs radar sensors for industrial safety applications.

HighGear Ventures closes Fund II, says venture secondaries ‘at the start of an overdue transition’

Secondaries specialist HighGear Ventures has hit an oversubscribed final close for its second fundraise.

ECI-backed Edenhouse sold to trade

ECI Partners portfolio company Edenhouse, an independent SAP partner, has been sold to Accenture.

European banks use pandemic to clean house

Long resistant to change, Germany’s Commerzbank and others are slashing jobs, closing branches and forcing customers online

Flashpoint VC hits first close for $200m-targeting debut secondaries fund

Tech investor Flashpoint has hit a first close for its $200m-targeting debut direct secondaries fundraise.

TA Associates buys majority stake in Igel

TA Associates has acquired a majority stake in Germany-based cloud workspace business Igel.

Goldman Sachs, Via Equity buy Swedish IT firm Advania

Goldman Sachs Private Equity has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Swedish IT service Advania, alongside its management. 

Marlin backs e-commerce specialist Lengow

Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in French e-commerce management platform Lengow.

Piper promotes Stern

Piper has promoted Dan Stern to partner.

Most Forwarded: Opalesque most forwarded article – week 6: New Launches Macquarie closes latest renewable energy fund at $1.9bn, Principal closes private debt fund with nearly $600m in commitments, Big data VC OpenOcean hits $111.5m for third fund, Royal London boosts sustainable arm with credit fund, University of Cambridge launches its eighth Enterprise Fund

Macquarie closes latest renewable energy fund at $1.9bn Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has raised more than euro;1.6 billion for investment in renewable energy with the final close of Macquarie Green Investment Group Renewable

Majority of hedge funds see positive performance in January, but larger funds lag

Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds started 2021 on a high note with average industry performance of +1.02% with 59% of funds seeing positive results for the month, according to the just released eVestment January

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