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Month: February 2021

Remote working boom sees Nexthink strike $1.1bn valuation thanks to Permira-led Series D investment round

Employee IT experience management software business Nexthink has hit a $1.1bn valuation thanks to Series D investment round led by private equity house Permira.

Silver Lake buys into EQT, Nestle-backed European vet care giant IVC at €12.3bn valuation

Silver Lake has bought into EQT and Nestle-backed European veterinary care major IVC at an enterprise value of €12.3bn.

Prime Fund aiming to close 10 new investments this year

Prime Fund, a newly launched Czech technology fund, aims to close 10 new investments this year, according to founder and managing partner Jan Svoboda.

Monterro opens Munich office

Sweden-headquartered B2B software investor Monterro has announced the opening of an office in Munich.

YFM seals quick 2x return selling CPMS to French engineering major Egis

YFM Equity Partners has doubled its money selling rail project business Collaborative Project Management Services Limited to French construction engineering company Egis.

EmergeVest brings in ex-Aberdeen Standard Investments, TransAsia exec Clothier as IR director

Hong Kong private equity house EmergeVest has brought in former Aberdeen Standard Investments and TransAsia Private Capital exec Sam Clothier as investor relations director.

First deal from debut Traction Capital fund sees firm pick up dental industry job platform Kwikly

Hybrid private equity and venture capital house Traction Capital has made the first deal from its debut fund by backing dental industry employment platform Kwikly.

Cutting edge data, software dealmaker OpenOcean strikes first close for €130m-targeting fundraise

Finland-headquartered venture capital investor OpenOcean has picked up €92m towards its third flagship fundraise focused on data solutions and software.

Bardin Hill brings in $600m for new opportunistic credit fund, sidecar vehicle

Investment manager Bardin Hill has raised $600m across an opportunistic credit fund and parallel sidecar vehicle.

Saudi Arabia’s $400bn sovereign wealth fund anchors new NBK Capital credit fund to first close

Saudi Arabia's $400bn Public Investment Fund has anchored the latest fundraise from Middle East private equity house NBK Capital Partners.

Taiping Insurance receives HK$8.7bn for loan refi

China Taiping Insurance Group Co has raised a HK$8.7bn ($1.12bn) loan to refinance debt taken for the acquisition of an office building in Hong Kong.

Baidu ends four-year loan absence for $3bn

Chinese search engine company Baidu has returned to the loan market after a four-year break, seeking $3bn from its second ever offshore outing. It comes just days after another tech giant Tencent Holdings closed an

CVC cranks up leverage with Stark Group buyout

CVC’s secondary buyout of building material firm Stark Group will crank leverage back up at the group, following a tough year when previous owner Lone Star battened down the hatches and paid down debt during

Investors pile into French hydrogen IPO

Hydrogen Refueling Solutions, a French company that designs and manufactures refuelling stations, has priced a popular IPO on the Euronext Paris exchange, the latest sign that hydrogen technology is gaining mainstream enthusiasm among green investors.

Autolus Therapeutics taps investors for $100m

Autolus Therapeutics, the UK biopharmaceutical company focused on T cell therapies for cancer, is raising additional capital on the Nasdaq.

Equity bubble a golden opportunity for Russian miner

Ever rising stock prices, despite the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic and a looming global recession, have prompted fears that equity markets are becoming frothy or even a bubble. In such an environment, many investors

London's IPO market should not be a closed shop

Retail shareholders have been excluded from a string of recent, hot IPOs on the London Stock Exchange. This does little to dispel accusations that financial markets are the preserve of the elite.

Coronavirus won't herald more investment banking expansion

Banks that mostly missed out on last year's trading and origination windfall would find it difficult to make up for lost time by leaning into their investment banking divisions; that ship has probably already sailed.

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