Software focused Gresham House Ventures has made a £3.3m investment in e-commerce business automation software Patchworks to capitalise on the “continued growth of e-commerce”. The post Gresham House seals £3.3m deal in backing business integration
Strategic Value Partners has hit a final close on $5bn for Strategic Value Special Situations Fund V, well above its initial target of $4bn. The investment vehicle almost doubled the size of its predecessor Fund
Global buyout giant Thoma Bravo has partnered with JMI Equity to buy into workspace booking software Condeco. The post Thoma Bravo, JMI Equity back workspace booking software Condeco to capitalise on post-pandemic flexible working culture
French private equity house PAI Partners has agreed to buy juice brands including Tropicana and Naked across North America from PepsiCo for $3.3bn. The deal also includes an irrevocable option to sell buy certain juice
Consumer-focused buyout house L Catterton has sold its stake in woman sportswear brand Sweaty Betty to Wolverine World Wide. The post L Catterton exits Sweaty Betty after expansion in Europe, US and Asia first appeared
Gresham House Ventures has agreed to sell its stake in Vietnamese street food restaurant chain Pho on behalf of the Baronsmead venture capital trusts. The post Baronsmead VCTs exits Vietnamese restaurant chain Pho to TriSpan
Sustainable and impact Bridges Fund Management has sealed a 2.5x return by exiting part of its stake in Healthfull Holdings, parent company of UK gluten-free snacks maker Wholebake to fellow private equity house Elysian Capital.
Lower mid-market focused private equity house Lonsdale Capital Partners has made the second exit in the week by selling Cross Rental Services to Elysian Capital, marking its fourth exit this year. The post Lonsdale sells
Global buyout giant KKR has hired Michaela Wood from CVC Capital Partners as director. Wood will join the EMEA private equity team to work on UK coverage and support investments in the business services sector
Sustainability-focused private equity house Ambienta has agreed to sell Calucem to Cementos Molins in a trade deal for €150m, scoring around 2x return from a five-year investment period. The post Ambienta sealed around 2x return
Lower mid-market focused private equity house Lonsdale Capital Partners scored a 2.5x return by selling London-based mortgage broker Charles Cameron & Associates to Penta Capital backed Socium Group. The post Lonsdale sealed 2.5x return exiting
Private equity house HIG Capital has agreed to acquire Quick Restaurants from Burger King France in a deal that is said to reach €240m. The post HIG to buy Quick from Burger King France, aiming
Private equity and infrastructure manager Foresight Group has beat the initial hard cap to hold a third close for Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners on €787m. Investors have given consent to increase the maximum fund size
Opalesque Industry Update - The top-performing regions globally for private equity in 2020 were Eastern Asia and Northern Europe, with an annual return of 31.5% and 26.8% respectively, revealed eFront, which has released its Fourth
Opalesque Industry Update - This year's surge in redemptions from precious metals exchange-traded products (ETPs) in Europe has been offset by a growing demand for broad-basket commodities funds and, separately, investment opportunities in the industrial
Allego Holding, a Netherlands-based pan-European electric vehicle charging network, is to go public via a merger with Spartan Acquisition Corp III, a publicly listed special purpose acquisition company (Spac) sponsored by Apollo Global Management.
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has closed an initial EUR 1.45bn ESG-linked subscription facility for its eighth European direct lending fund, ICG Europe Fund VIII.
Europe was home to a record EUR 38bn's worth of venture and growth capital investment in the first half of 2021, shattering previous records, according to Unquote Data.
Trilantic Europe has bought into German eye care company Smile Eyes Group eyeing its extensive network in the market. The post Trilantic Europe backs German Smile Eyes Group eyeing extensive network in the market first
Tikehau Capital has held a final close on EUR 617m for its second European Special Opportunities fund (TSO II), surpassing the fund's EUR 500m target.
