Nordic private equity house Verdane has hit a €540m hard cap close for its second Edda fund targeting growth-stage investments in tech-enabled businesses.
Email sending and optimisation platform SparkPost has scored a $180m investment round from LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital and PNC Bank.
Financial services and healthcare-focused private equity firm Flexpoint Ford has agreed to its first UK investment by backing financial planning-led wealth management business AFH Financial Group.
Veteran VC house Technology Crossover Ventures has soared to a $4bn final close for its biggest fund yet after just a few months in the market.
Prime Movers Lab, an investor in breakthrough scientific startups it hopes will revolutionise the world's most important industries, has closed its second early-stage investment fund on $245m.
Seed capital investor NextView Ventures has struck a $100m final close for its fourth fundraise, sailing past its $70m goal.
Sale of 35% stake values Polish company at 8 billion euros
London-based buyout house Agathos Management is on track to raise £50m for its second fund after reaching a first close for the vehicle.
Healthcare, food and drink-focused private equity house Shore Capital Partners has backed full-service HR tech and solutions business Tandem.
Blackstone has agreed a $2.8bn buyout of Allstate Corp's life insurance arm.
Windjammer Capital Investors has promoted Ryan Pertz to managing director after eight years at the firm.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has sold healthcare referral platform ZorgDomein to Rabobank after four years in its portfolio.
Private equity major Nordic Capital has offered to buy complex medicines specialist Advanz Pharma in an $846m deal.
Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black is retiring as CEO after it emerged he paid $158m to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - a far larger total than had previously been reported.
Europe's biggest healthcare private equity investor ArchiMed is expanding in the US through five new appointments in the New York City office.
The global secondaries market is set to rebound to record levels this year after market volume slumped by 27% in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis, new research suggests.
Secondaries private equity giant Coller Capital has scored its biggest fund raise yet after hauling in more than $9bn for its eighth flagship investment vehicle.
Global buyout giant Carlyle has agreed the buyout of UK videogame developer Jagex, best known for its online role-playing game RuneScape.
European private equity house Oakley Capital has stormed past its target for its first lower mid-market fundraise, hitting about €455m after just six months in the market.
Global alternatives major Pantheon has named a new head of European infrastructure and hired a new investment partners in its infra and real assets team.
