Octopus to launch £100m healthcare-focused fund

Octopus Ventures has announced its intention to launch a £100m healthcare-focused fund.

Xplorer Capital, Futury Venture lead $22m round for Wingcopter

Xplorer Capital and Futury Venture have led a $22m series-A funding round for Germany-based delivery drone developer Wingcopter.

Cryptocurrency asset algorithmic liquidity provider Wintermute gets Lightspeed Venture Partners-led $20m Series B

Wintermute, an algorithmic liquidity provider for cryptocurrency assets, has closed its Series B round on $20m, as it looks launch its request to quote (RFQ) solution.

Private equity credit investor Northstar Capital raises almost $500m for new mezzanine funds

Private equity-focused credit investor Northstar Capital has raised almost $500m of new capital through a pair of new mezzanine investment vehicles.

Gauge Capital hits $800m ‘one and done’ Fund III close, more than two predecessor fund combined

Mid-market Texas buyout house Gauge Capital has soared to easily its biggest-ever fund through an $800m one-and-done final close.

Eurazeo raising new infra fund after bringing in trio to launch dedicated team

French investment major Eurazeo is launching a new infrastrucure fundraise after creating a new team specialising in the asset class.

Global venture capital clusters in fewer firms

Multiasset, multistage, global venture firms attracted more capital in 2020

Venture capital takes off: How the lines between VC and PE are blurring

Ian Connatty, managing director of British Patient Capital, talks about the state-owned agency’s journey to becoming the UK’s largest investor in venture growth funds and the increasing blurring of the lines between venture capital and

AMB :- Europe shatters annual record for VC investment attracting $49bn in 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe beat its previous annual high of $41.9 billion in VC investment (2019), attracting $49 billion in VC investment in 2020, said a study. According to the KPMG Private Enterprise Venture

Blue Horizon Ventures makes final close of first fund

The firm raised "well beyond" initial target of €183m

CVC in talks for Shiseidio personal care business, deal could reach $1.9bn

CVC Capital Partners is in talks to buy a suite of skincare and shampoo brands from Japanese cosmetics business Shiseido in a deal which could reportedly reach $1.9bn.

Spac demand to draw VCs to clean tech

Interest in taking clean technology companies public surged after a decade when few such companies reached public markets

European private equity shrugs off Covid-19 as 2020 ends up among best dealmaking, fundraising years of last decade

European private equity shrugged off the pressures of Covid-19 to score among its best dealmaking and fundraising years of the past decade in 2020, new research shows.

ICG hires Bridge Valley's life sciences investment team

ICG has hired Bridge Valley Ventures' life sciences investment team, to be led by Allan Marchington.

Quaero Capital more than doubles first infra fund total through €600m hard cap Fund II close

Swiss fund manager Quaero Capital has hit a €600m hard cap final close for its second private equity infrastructure fundraise.

Texas pension major makes CapitalSpring fund first alternatives commitment of 2021

The $29bn-managing Texas County and District Retirement System has picked the latest direct lending fund from restaurant-focused CapitalSpring for its first alternatives commitment of 2021.

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