Huawei: the Schuldschein deal that never was

Huawei Technologies, sanctioned by the US and now having its participation in the UK's 5G network questioned by the government, looked into raising hundreds of millions of euros in the Schuldschein market two years ago.

Bd-capital seals debut deal with the acquisition of UK’s Symprove

The firm, launched last year, is investing between €25m and €150m in pan-European mid-market businesses

Nauta Tech Invest V holds €120m first close

Pan-European venture capital specialist Nauta Capital has held a €120m first close for its fifth fund, Nauta Tech Invest V.

Sagewind Capital buys US Army, NASA engineering services provider QuantiTech

Private equity player Sagewind Capital has made US Army, Air Force and NASA tech engineering services provider QuantiTech its latest investment.

SoftBank ups stake in PolicyBazaar despite the InsurTech’s CEO claiming the previous investment was a “mistake”

Insurance marketplace PolicyBazaar has reportedly raised a further $130m from SoftBank, despite the chief executive believing the previous expansion efforts led by the mega investor were a "mistake."

Highland leads £20m round for Farewill

Highland Europe has led a £20m funding round for online probate service Farewill.

CPP Investments appoints SNCF’s Pepy as senior adviser

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has appointed Guillaume Pepy as senior adviser for Europe.

Forbion holds first close for Growth Opportunities Fund

Life-sciences-focused venture capital firm Forbion has held a first close on €185m for its Growth Opportunities Fund, which will focus on investments at a later stage than the firm's previous vehicles in European biotech companies.

Osivax raises €33m from EIC and BPI France

French clinical stage biotechnology company Osivax has raised €32.6m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and BPI France.

Concirrus bags new VC investment just months after closing Series B round

Concirrus, an insurance software developer, has raised another $6m in funding, hot on the heels of its recent $20m Series B round.

Nauta Capital nears €500m AUM thanks to Fund V first close, reveals debut deal from new vehicle

Nauta Capital has brought its assets under management to almost €500m through the first close of latest venture capital investment fund.

Fledgling private equity house bd-capital picks probiotics pioneer Symprove for debut deal

Newly-launched private equity house bd-capital has sealed its first investment by backing Symprove, a startup attempting to disrupt the £35bn probiotics market.

LGT Capital gets double fund commitment from British Business Bank unit through £500m investment programme

The British Business Bank has made its largest commitment to date from its £500m managed funds programme, by committing to a pair of LGT Capital Partners fundraises.

Bregal Sagemount co-founder Kim joins HKW as partner to help spearhead tech sector push

US private equity house HKW has hired Bregal Sagemount co-founder Daniel Kim as its latest partner.

India’s Happiest Minds Tech cracks opens Rp7bn IPO

Happiest Minds Technologies kicked off a three-day bookbuilding for its Indian IPO on Monday.

Vodafone Idea calls for $2bn equity fundraising

Indian mobile network provider Vodafone Idea is planning to raise as much as Rp150bn ($2.05bn) from an equity placement that is part of a multi-billion-dollar fundraising.

Another hire for Keensight sees Stéphane Jamin bolster portfolio performance team

European private equity house Keensight Capital has bolstered its portfolio performance team by bringing in Stéphane Jamin as a director.

Conditionality at stake on EU recovery fund

The EU’s proposed recovery fund is expected to be presented to the summit of European leaders on July 17-18 with the size unchanged from the proposed €500bn of grants and €250bn of loans, although the

KKR Appoints Simon Marrison as Senior Advisor for Real Estate in Europe

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the appointment of Simon Marrison as a Senior Advisor, effective Sept 7th 2020. In his role, Mr. Marrison will advise KKR on real estate investments

HY issuance heats up in last weeks before summer

High yield bond issuance is coming thick and fast in Europe, with new deals for Autodis, Avantor and Diebold Nixdorf announced on Tuesday and Verisure following on Wednesday. Banks have cleared most of their pre-Covid

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