L Squared Capital Partners has sold Kanopy, a provider of video streaming services, to OverDrive, a portfolio company of KKR. Kanopy’s video streaming service provides public and academic libraries with free access to more than
Huge deals could be in the offing as startups see bumper fundraising activity
Moscow-based venture capital investor Leta Capital has launched its third $100m fund to back UK, European and US-based tech companies.
Lower-mid-market focused buyout house The Riverside Company has bought into Danish crypto-based cybersecurity software provider Cryptomathic, marking its second deal in the software industry in a week. The post Riverside buys into Cryptomathic as second
Eastern European and Russian-speaking entrepreneurs are over-looked and under-valued - so goes the thesis of early-stage investor Leta Capital, which has launched its third and largest fund to date. The post East Europe, Russian entrepreneurs
French cloud-based phone system Aircall has passed $1bn in value thanks to a sizeable Series D round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The post Aircall hits unicorn status thanks to hefty Goldman Sachs AM-backed Series
Blackstone gets behind Mollie as it takes on the European payments space
Unifrax, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital, has agreed to acquire publicly traded Lydall at an enterprise value of approximately $1.3 billion. Clearlake acquired Unifrax from American Securities in October 2018. Lydall (NYSE: LDL) designs
Epiris has acquired fitted bedroom furniture producer Sharps from Sun European Partners, ending the GP's 10-year holding period.
KKR has hired Ajay Kavan as a senior adviser in Europe, based in London.
In the week ending June 11th 2021, HFRI revealed that hedge funds extended performance gains in May for the eighth consecutive month as investor optimism accelerated regarding the US economic reopening and despite signs of
For a market so well supported by central bank bond buying, there have been some strange dynamics at play in European corporate debt of late. What is going on and what does it mean for
A rare block trade has broken the quiet in Europe’s equity capital markets, as a former director of Dr Martens, the boot maker, sold a chunk of shares in the first block sale since its
Indian telecommunications company Summit Digitel Infrastructure made its debut in the dollar market this week, appealing to investors in the US and Europe that were keen to buy highly rated notes.
Sentiment in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector was broadly supportive on Monday ahead of a smaller than expected 30 year OAT sale on Tuesday and, more importantly, the European Union’s next slug of issuance
It has been an earnings season of rebounds. UBS, the first of the European investment banks to report its results for the second quarter of the year, used the word “rebound” three times in its
Berenberg has hired a fourth senior equity syndicate banker to cover France and southern Europe, amid big plans to expand its investment banking business, with new offices and teams in Brussels and Stockholm.
The Bankers Investment Trust, a London-listed investment trust which traces its origins back to 1888, has sold a £74.5m-equivalent private placement. While there are slim pickings for PP investors looking to lend to financial institutions
Private equity investor Partners Group has agreed a buyout of modular education building developer Parmaco from a consortium led by European private equity firms Terra Firma and Metric Capital.
Iconic sandalmaker Birkenstock has sold a majority stake in itself to consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton in a €4bn deal amid the company reporting a record year despite the Covid-19 crisis.
