Child-focused banking app gohenry gets $40m Edison Partners-led funding round

Gohenry, developers of a prepaid card that aims to help children build healthy financial habits, has collected $40m for its latest funding round.

Opalesque Exclusive: Good Soil Investment Management launches maiden fund

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Emmett Peppers, a former salesman at Interactive Brokers and independent investor, has launched a new hedge fund. Good Soil Investment Management's Accelerated Opportunities LP Concentrated ...Article Link

Management fee discounts fall from favour, study finds

Law firm MJ Hudson reported that only 12% of funds have been providing limited partners with better terms, down from last year's 18% average

Spartan Advisors brings in MVision’s Wood as LP relationship manager

Fledgling placement agent and merchant bank Spartan Advisors has brought in Dominic Wood from MVision as a director.

PE, LP giants among signatories to new scheme promoting diversity and inclusion within industry

More than 40 LPs and GPs have signed up to a new initiative from the Institutional Limited Partners Association aimed at advancing diversity and inclusion across the private equity industry.

ArchiMed's Bomi bolts on Florence Shipping

Italian logistics specialist Bomi, a portfolio company of healthcare-focused GP ArchiMed, has acquired Florence Shipping.

Investcorp sells Avira, nets 200% IRR

Investcorp has sold cybersecurity software company Avira to US-based NortonLifeLock for $360m, just eight months after the GP acquired the company for $180m in a primary buyout.

GP Profile: PAI to step up DACH deal-making

PAI Partners plans set to step up its deal-making in the DACH region, starting with its recently announced acquisition of real estate and facilities service provider Apleona from EQT. Ralph Heuwing, partner and head of

Guardian Capital Partners backs vehicle touchscreen, mount, armour maker Havis

Philadelphia-based private equity firm Guardian Capital Partners has picked up a stake in vehicle touchscreen display and rugged mount supplier Havis.

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.

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.

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

LPs commit more than €110m for first close of new Union Bancaire Privée debt fund

Private bank and wealth manager Union Bancaire Privée has just raised more than €110m for the first close of a new debt fund.

DoorDash is set to deliver SoftBank a big hit

Tech-focused Vision Fund poured money into startup in 2018, helping it expand its reach and outpace rivals’ growth

Alpina sells Modula to PE-backed Aptean

Alpina Partners has sold enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company Modula to Georgia-based Aptean, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, TA Associates and Charlesbank Capital Partners.

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