Private equity giant Advent International has brought in former Match Group CEOs Shar Dubey and Mandy Ginsberg as operating partners in its consumer tech practice. The post Advent brings in ex-CEOs from online dating giant
US buyout house Palladium Equity Partners has agreed to sell coffee creamer, cold brew and iced coffee specialist GoodWest Industries. The post Palladium sells coffee creamer specialist GoodWest to Jordan Company’s Sunny Sky first appeared
Siparex ETI and Bpifrance have exited French apparel retailer Le Temps des Cerises to co-founder and president Lylian Richardière; Trocadero Capital Partners, Turenne Groupe and Smalt Capital became minority investors in the deal.
YFM Equity Partners has sold UK-based Springboard, a provider of AI-powered retail and footfall data analytics, to MRI Software, a US-based real estate software solutions provider.
African investment major Development Partners International has sold its stake in Egyptian electronics retailer B.TECH after huge sales and profit increases at the company. The post Huge profit rise at Egyptian retailer B.TECH sees DPI’s
Consumer investor Vendis Capital remains “very much in business” with plans to raise EUR 450m for its fourth fund despite a gloomy consumer sentiment outlook, partner and co-founder Michiel Deturck told Unquote.
PAI Partners has brought in Vestar Capital managing director Winston Song to lead its North American consumer investment activity. The post PAI to expand North American consumer investments with hire of Vestar’s Song first appeared
Investindustrial has agreed to acquire 52% of Eataly with a EUR 200m investment in the Italian-based high-end food retailer and a concurrent purchase of a part of the shares held by existing shareholders.
Head of Octopus Ventures’ consumer investment team, Rebecca Hunt, talks to Unquote about the key metrics the venture investor looks for in consumer businesses, emerging trends in the sector and how the current macro-economic environment
Lower mid-market investor The Riverside Company has bought into retail merchandising display provider Siffron alongside Blue Point Capital Partners. Siffron specialises in products ranging from candy racks and store signs to anti-theft tags and retail
Services, tech and consumer-focused private equity house Avance Investment Management has raised $1.1bn for its debut fund, more than double its $500m target. The post Avance has raised more than double its $500m target for
Northzone has raised more than EUR 1bn for its tenth fund to invest in consumer tech and enterprise companies across Europe and the US.
Nordic investor Northzone has raised more than €1bn for its biggest fund ever, doubling the size of its 2019 predecessor vehicle. The vehicle – one of the biggest venture capital funds raised in Europe this
Reality television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has teamed up with ex-Carlyle global head of consumer, media and retail Jay Sammons to set up new private equity firm SKKY Partners. The post Kim Kardashian partners
Consumer-focused private equity major L Catterton has bought into Swiss foodtech startup Planted, which is aiming to create plant-based meat which tastes better than the meat from animals. The post Startup using plants to create
Munich-headquartered Emeram Capital Partners is assessing opportunities in the technology, services and consumer sectors while it develops its portfolio and fundraising plans, partners Sven Oleownik and Christian Näther told Unquote.
Christopher Jones, a consumer sector managing director at Houlihan Lokey-owned GCA Altium, is leaving the firm to join Clearwater, two sources told Unquote.
Consumer-focused private equity firm VMG Catalyst has boosted its capital raised to $650m with latest $400m Fund II close. The post VMG Catalyst boosts capital raised to $650m with latest fund close first appeared on
Distressed investor Aurelius is to acquire UK streetwear and sportswear retailer Footasylum from JD Sports in a deal valued at around EUR 45m.
EQT is in a process to exit portfolio business Kfzteile24, a German car parts e-retailer, with Houlihan Lokey guiding on the sale, four sources familiar with the situation said.
