Medicxi pioneers ‘exit and reinvest’ for biotech sector with €200m close of debut secondaries fund

European life sciences investor Medicxi has hit a €200m final close for its debut secondaries fund amid using the vehicle to pick up six companies from one of the firm's previous funds.

EQT Real Estate makes first UK deal with £1bn JV addressing “severe” London rental home shortage

European private equity major EQT's real estate arm has launched a £1bn joint venture with Sigma Capital Group to bring 3,000 new rental homes to outer London.

VC backers return to help open banking startup TrueLayer to another $25m

Open banking company TrueLayer has added another $25m to its coffers by tapping its existing investors for another cash injection.

Expanding Opportunities for Investors and Retirees: Private Equity

Posted by Hal S. Scott (Harvard Law School) and John Gulliver (Program on International Financial Systems), on Monday, September 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Hal S. Scott is the Emeritus Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems

Global GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, says Deutsche Bank

In its revised global outlook, the lender's economists also warned that the increase in public debt could precipitate another financial crisis

KPS Capital agrees $2.1bn Garrett Motion ‘stalking horse’ bid following bankrupty filing

Private equity house KPS Capital Partners has agreed a $2.1bn 'stalking horse' buyout US vehicle parts business Garrett Motion after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.

Icebreaker leads €1.6m round for Fixably

Finnish business Fixably, which develops software for computer repair technicians, has raised €1.6m in a round led by venture capital firm Icebreaker.

Venture capital helps ‘buy now, pay later’ fintech business Affirm to $500m investment round

Affirm, a buy-now-pay-later tech startup, has closed its Series G round on $500m.

Hillhouse Capital said to eye CNY20bn for biggest-ever yuan-denominated fund

Chinese private equity major Hillhouse Capital is reportedly eyeing more than CNY20bn ($3bn) for what would be its biggest renminbi-denominated fund yet.

VC Profile: VNV Global

Listed venture capital firm VNV Global recently raised $95m. Eliza Punshi talks to managing director Per Brilioth about portfolio company Voi, seeking network effects and investing in companies at the idea stage

Kindred Capital, which lets portfolio company entrepreneurs share its fund carry, closes £81m Fund II

Kindred Capital has hit an £81m final close for its second seed-stage European tech fund, doubling its capital under management.

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