Adara Ventures leads $5m round for CounterCraft

Adara Ventures has led a $5m funding round for CounterCraft, a Spanish cybersecurity technology developer.

Ambienta backs Amutec’s bolt-on to expand sustainable bags business

The acquisition of SCAE Europe, an Italian bag-making machinery manufacturer, will help Amutec expand into the British and North American markets

Carlyle joint venture buys portfolio of self-storage units in Belgium

The buyout group formed a joint venture with Safestore in August 2019 to enter the self-storage market in the Netherlands

One Equity Partners appoints former CEO of controversial FinTech startup Mozido as new operating partner

The former boss of beleaguered mobile payments and commerce company Mozido has joined private equity firm One Equity Partners as its new operating partner. R. Todd Bradley will take up the role after having served

Seventure, Vostok lead $10m round for TransferGo

Seventure and Vostok Emerging Finance have led a $10m funding round for money transfer company TransferGo.

Go Capital taken over by management

French venture capital house Go Capital's investment directors and board members Bertrand Distinguin and Jerome Guéret have increased their stakes in the firm to become majority shareholders.

Hearst Ventures hires two new staff members as well as promoting another

Hearst Ventures, which is the venture capital division of media company Hearst, has named two new senior hires.

Fly Ventures holds final close for second fund on €53m

Fly Ventures has announced the first and final close for its second fund on €53m and plans to continue its strategy of investing in seed and early-stage "deeptech" and enterprise software companies.

Hoxton Ventures holds final close of sohpmore fund as it eyes continue its streak of backing unicorns

Hoxton Ventures has held the final close of its sophomore European venture capital fund as it looks to find and invest into unicorns.

FTV Capital marks its largest fundraise with the close of $1.2bn vehicle

Growth equity firm FTV Capital has hit the $1.2bn hard cap for its sixth flagship fund, marking its largest vehicle to date.

BlackRock raises up to $166m for its new $1bn fund

BlackRock has pulled in up to $166m for its latest Securitized Investors fund, which has a target of $1bn.

Brownstone Equity edges nearer to the final close for its debut fund

Brownstone Equity Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has secured $74m for its debut fund.

Government’s coronavirus package for start-ups should be closed, says Jon Moulton

The private equity veteran gave evidence to Parliament’s Treasury Committee on the economic impact of Covid-19

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 48: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: This is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are successfully protecting assets and outperforming the markets during the first months of 2020. Good ESG equit...Article Link

AMB :- Number of buyout fundraising deals in the U.S. dropped 50% in Q1 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New research suggests that the coronavirus could have impacted private equity firms as the buyout fundraising in the US for the first quarter of 2020 declined by almost 50 percent QoQ

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