GardaWorld Security has acquired WorldAware from LLR Partners. LLR acquired WorldAware (then iJET International) in December 2013. GardaWorld was acquired by Rhone Capital and members of its senior management team in March 2017 from Apax
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in WilliamsMarston, a provider of accounting advisory and management consulting services. WilliamsMarston provides specialized consulting services to public, private equity-backed, and pre-IPO companies to support mergers, acquisitions,
Nordic GP Verdane has acquired a minority stake in Dutch online learning platform Studytube for €10m.
Firms are finding new and creative ways to overcome the hurdles of keeping limited partners interested and deals done while under lockdown
Advent International has helped Amazon.com FBA business acquirer Thrasio to a $1bn valuation by leading a hefty investment round for the company.
The Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association has named Stephane Pesch as its new CEO, nine months after he joined LPEA as director of strategy.
GB Auto Service, a portfolio company of Greenbriar Equity Group, has acquired sister companies, Sun Devil Auto and Sun Auto Service (together Sun Devil Auto). Sun Devil Auto was founded by Joel Higginbotham in 1978
BV Investment Partners has acquired Becklar, the parent company of sister companies, Freeus and AvantGuard. Freeus manufactures and sells mobile (home and away from home), two-way voice, personal emergency response systems (PERS) to dealers across
Blackstone has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final close of Blackstone Life Sciences V LP with $4.6 billion of capital. This is the largest life sciences private equity fund ever raised by any firm.
Hong Kong is hoping to establish itself as a prime Asian destination for private equity and venture capital fund launches through the launch of its new Limited Partnership Fund Bill.
Nordic Capital has mandated Capgemini to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning as value drivers within its portfolio companies.
Three largest buyers of GP-stakes are raising a combined $19bn but the number of potential targets is dwindling
Unquote’s Sorcha Williams recaps key takeaways from CPP Investments’ latest annual report, and hears from head of PE funds Delaney Brown about the Canadian LP’s outlook on fund allocations, direct investments and secondaries
The proportion of buyout funds that gave general partners the discretion to extend the life of a vehicle without having to get approval from limited partners has doubled
Growers Edge Financial has raked in $40m for its Series B round to help it to grow into new markets in the US.
Senso, an AI platform helping financial institutions improve client retention, has reportedly bagged $3m in its pre-Series A round.
Arlington Capital Partners has acquired J&J Worldwide Services. This buy is Arlington’s fourth investment for its fifth fund which closed in June 2019 with $1.7 billion of capital. Austin-based J&J Worldwide Services is an outsourced
