Eurazeo PME IV holds 1bn close
Listed Paris-headquartered GP Eurazeo has held a final close for its mid-market Eurazeo PME IV fund on EUR 1bn, doubling the size of its third fund, managing partner for small-mid buyout Olivier Millet told Unquote.
Listed Paris-headquartered GP Eurazeo has held a final close for its mid-market Eurazeo PME IV fund on EUR 1bn, doubling the size of its third fund, managing partner for small-mid buyout Olivier Millet told Unquote.
The consumer discretionary sector has become the most favoured sector in private equity investing while IT has lost its grip among managers, new research shows. The post GPs believe consumer discretionary sector has highest potential
Cinven seems happy to take the long way home if it means it can get LPs a 3x return on their money by leveraging its sector expertise.
Fundraising patterns seem to be shifting, however, with GPs coming back in the market more frequently than in the past. Vincent Goupil, deputy head for placement agent activity at Jasmin Capital, tells us why this
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.
France-headquartered GP Siparex has held a EUR 450m final close for ETI 5, its latest fund dedicated to medium-sized companies.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is to seal its first German deal in the upcoming 12 months as it looks to cement its place in the DACH market, the GP’s new European head, Josh Kaufman, said.
Private equity asset manager AlpInvest Partners is acting as the lead investor on Equistone’s single-asset continuation vehicle for Sicame, its French electricity distribution products and services provider.
Private equity firm Waterland has invested in Cooper Parry in a deal that will transform the UK tax and audit advisor from an LLP to a limited company.
European GP Aurelius has sold Hammerl, a German manufacturer of blown film products, to construction material group Karl Bachl.
Special situations and distressed debt-focused GP HIG Bayside Capital has announced the promotion of Mathilde Malezieux to managing director.
Following an interim close for its debut fund on more than EUR 130m, Italy-based Kyip (formerly known as Kyma Partners) is continuing its fundraise and plans to further develop the two assets in the fund,
Dutch biopharma investor Forbion has held the first close for Forbion Growth Opportunities II at EUR 470m; the fund will invest in late-stage biopharma companies at a time when they need private capital, the GP
LPs’ returns across the lifetime of their private equity portfolios are nearing record levels not seen since the run-up to the global financial crisis, according to secondaries firm Coller Capital’s Summer 2022 Barometer.
More than half of institutional LPs have increased their commitments to private equity over the past two years in the hunt for outsized returns, the latest Coller Barometer report shows. The post LPs upping PE
Czech Republic-headquartered Genesis Capital has held a final close for Genesis Private Equity Fund IV (GPEF IV) on its EUR 150m hard-cap.
UK-based software specialist investor FPE Capital has bolstered its ranks with the addition of a new investment manager, said a press release, as the GP starts to deploy capital from its third fund.
Italian private equity house Green Arrow Capital has signed a deal with Societe Generale which will see the investment bank promote the firm's new infrastructure fund to insitutional investors. The post Green Arrow taps up
Astorg has acquired British medical communications company Open Health from American GP Amulet Capital.
Central European industrials-focused GP Jet Investment is doubling down on its industrial impact strategy and assessing opportunities in the region as it heads for its next fundraise, partner Marek Malik told Unquote.
