US-headquartered technology-enabled financial and business services investor Motive Partners has raised USD 2.54bn via a final close for Motive Capital Fund 2 and its affiliated co-investment vehicles.
Cinven has held a EUR 1.5bn final close for its Strategic Financials Fund (SFF), marking the GP’s debut vehicle in a strategy that will focuses exclusively on financial services investments.
Berlin-based insurtech platform Wefox has reached a USD 4.5bn valuation in a Series D round backed by existing investors, with sovereign wealth fund Mubadala leading the equity raise.
BC Partners is looking to exit IT Presidio at more than $4bn, including debt, Reuters reported quoting two people familiar with the matter. The post BC Partners looking at $4bn deal to divest IT company
UK-focused sponsor August Equity will look to raise its sixth fund towards the end of the year with a target of around GBP 400m, a source familiar with the situation told Unquote.
Partners Group has appointed Wolf-Henning Scheider, the departing CEO of auto supplier ZF, as partner and head of its private equity department.
Danish VC firm Scale Capital is on the market fundraising for its third fund targeting at least EUR 70m by the end of the year, managing partner Lars Jensen said.
Hg has appointed Moelis to sell Commify, a UK-based business communications services group, three sources familiar with the situation said.
France-headquartered GP Siparex has held a EUR 450m final close for ETI 5, its latest fund dedicated to medium-sized companies.
Mobeus Equity Partners has exited Access Partnership, a provider of technology advisory in the fields of regulation and public policy, in a management buyout backed by Mayfair Equity.
Equistone is weighing a sale of specialty chemicals supplier United Initiators, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Danish small-to-mid cap investor Erhvervsinvest is aiming for a final close of its fifth private equity fund in the next nine to 12 months, Managing Partner Thomas Marstrand said.
Novum Capital has put MMC Studios, a German film and television production company, into a continuation fund after initially exploring a sale, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
Eurazeo has closed the sale of its majority stake in Orolia to aircraft parts manufacturer Safran in a deal that generated cash proceeds of EUR 189m.
Finnish private equity firm CapMan Buyout has exited local industrial group Fortaco to One Equity Partners while also acquiring cybersecurity group Netox.
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Perwyn, a UK-based family-backed private and growth equity investor, has appointed James Gavey as its new CFO.
Estonian venture capital firm Superangel is aiming for a hard cap of up to EUR 50m for its second fund following its announcement last month, general partner Marko Oolo told Unquote.
Paris-based sponsor Apax Partners is getting ready to launch its second small-cap private equity fund due to hit the market for fundraising before the end of the year.
Consumer and technology investor Mayfair Equity Partners has agreed to fully exit portfolio company Talon Outdoor to Equistone; the company’s management will retain a meaningful stake.
