European IPO wave starts to break
A swathe of companies are seeking to land a public listing in Europe this autumn. The first few are making their final approach
A swathe of companies are seeking to land a public listing in Europe this autumn. The first few are making their final approach
Sustainability-focused private equity house SWEN Capital Partners has held a €52m first close for a dedicated fund looking to address major threats to the ocean such as overfishing, ocean pollution and climate change. The post SWEN
ECI Partners has tapped ECI 11 to reinvest in virtual insurer Avantia, leading to a full realisation for ECI 9. The deal is the tenth exit from the fund to generate a gross multiple of
PAI Partners is to acquire France-headquartered European Camping Group from previous shareholders Carlyle Group, Montefiore Investment and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP).
Investcorp has completed the acquisition the business and assets of MIR Limited, which operates a payments platform and e-wallet solutions. The post Investcorp picks up fast-growing payments, e-wallets platform MIR first appeared on AltAssets Private
The C$227.7bn-managing Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has hired Avid Larizadeh-Duggan as managing director of the Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP) to lead late-stage venture and growth equity investments in tech companies in EMEA region. The post
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Steven Behr, the former head of RBS&`s principal strategies team, has come out of an eight-year retirement during which he managed his own family office to launch a European high yield
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Steven Behr, the former head of RBS's principal strategies team, has come out of an eight-year retirement during which he managed his own family office to launch a European high yield
The company has become one of Europe's most prolific issuers of convertible bonds
Dutch pension fund ABP has trebled its investment in the Whitehelm Capital-managed Smart City Infrastructure Fund to €750m thanks to a strong start from the investment vehicle. The post ABP pension trebles commitment to Smart
A €100m convertible bond will finance CM.com's growth — both financial and physical, according to its co-founder and CEO Jeroen van Glabbeek
Advent International and Singapore sovereign investor GIC have offered to buy booming rare-disease drugmaker Swedish Orphan Biovitrum in a deal valuing the business at about $8bn. The post Booming rare disease drugmaker SOBI valued at
Europe has a new unicorn in Berlin Brands Group thanks to Bain Capital's acquisition of Ardian's stake in the e-commerce company. The post Europe gets a new unicorn as Bain Capital buys Ardian’s stake in
Tikehau Capital has been brought in by the Belgium government to manage the Belgian Recovery Fund, which will allocate up to €350m to companies in the country negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The post
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: AGIC Capital, a private equity firm concentrating on European and Asian markets, has raised $1.2bn for its second fund targeting advanced industrial and medical technology investments. AGIC ...Article Link
ZAS Ventures, a Ukraine-based venture capital firm, is raising a USD 15m fund to invest in eentral and eastern European startups that target the US market, founding partner Andriy Zinchuk told Unquote.
European-Asian private equity firm AGIC Capital has raised $1.2bn for its second fund targeting advanced industrial and medical technology investments. The post Euro-Asian private equity house AGIC Capital scores $1.2bn for Fund II final close
European Spacs are finding acquisition targets
European mid-market buyout house Capvis has raised a €230m continuation fund to buy up the remaining three portfolio businesses in its 2008-vintage Fund III. The post Capvis raises continuation fund for last three companies in
