Angel / Venture
Corsair exits RGI to CVC

Corsair exits RGI to CVC

Financial-services focused sponsor Corsair Capital is to sell its stake in Italy-based insurance software developer RGI to CVC Capital Partners.

Angel / Venture
Peter Thiel helps equity, debt tech investor Tacora push close to $300m debut fund goal

Peter Thiel helps equity, debt tech investor Tacora push close to $300m debut fund goal

Investment manager Tacora is within touching distance of its $300m target for its debut fund after picking up backing from prominent venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel. The post Peter Thiel helps equity, debt tech

High Net Worth
Investcorp sells Dainese to Carlyle in EUR 630m SBO

Investcorp sells Dainese to Carlyle in EUR 630m SBO

Investcorp is to sell its stake in Italy-based motorcycling protective clothing and technical gear producer Dainese to Carlyle at an enterprise value of EUR 630m.

Norrsken’s new Africa-focused tech fund is leaping on a giant opportunity other firms are missing

Africa’s booming, tech-savvy young population are being largely ignored by global venture capital investors, despite offering a golden opportunity to get in early in subsectors that have the potential to become world leaders in the

Six Street joins Audax to boost Emplifi to $1bn enterprise value

Six Street Growth, the private growth investment arm of Global investment house Sixth Street, has boosted Audax-backed customer experience platform Emplifi to a $1bn value with a latest funding round. The post Six Street joins

Carlyle, Mubadala-backed Cepsa holds fire for €3bn chemical business sale due to Ukraine conflict

Global buyout giant Carlyle and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala-backed Spanish energy company Cepsa is putting a planned €3bn chemical business sale on hold while it examines the potential impact of the rocketing energy prices

Audax exits Smart Care to Wind Point-backed Zone Climate Services

Audax Private Equity has sold commercial kitchen equipment maintenance service business Smart Care to Wind Point Partners-backed Zone Climate Services. The post Audax exits Smart Care to Wind Point-backed Zone Climate Services first appeared on

IPO
Design Holding aims for pre-summer Milan IPO

Design Holding aims for pre-summer Milan IPO

Private equity firms Carlyle and Investindustrial are aiming to float portfolio company Design Holdings around the middle of this year, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Deal Sourcing / Execution
Equistone's Acuity Knowledge tipped as sale candidate

Equistone's Acuity Knowledge tipped as sale candidate

Acuity Knowledge Partners is being tipped as a sale candidate for next year following inbound sponsor interest in the UK-based outsourcing research business, five sources familiar with the matter said.

Europe
Sponsors kick off 2022 with buyout volume down 13% year-on-year

Sponsors kick off 2022 with buyout volume down 13% year-on-year

Buyout volume in the European PE market in January and February 2022 was down 13% on the same period in 2021. With 188 sponsor-led deals, activity fell short of the heights of the 216 seen

CVC agrees buyout of insurance software business RGO from Corsair

Private equity giant CVC has agreed to acquire European insurance software provider RGI from fellow buyout house Corsair. The post CVC agrees buyout of insurance software business RGO from Corsair first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity

Crestline Investors pulls in $3.6bn across trio of new fund closes

Credit-focused asset manager Crestline Investors has raised $3.6bn across a trio of new funds. The post Crestline Investors pulls in $3.6bn across trio of new fund closes first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Business Services
KKR-Mirastar adds five logistics assets in Barcelona and Madrid to its growing Spanish portfolio

KKR-Mirastar adds five logistics assets in Barcelona and Madrid to its growing Spanish portfolio

London/Madrid/Barcelona, 10 March, 2022. Mirastar, KKR Real Estate’s industrial and logistics platform in Europe, has secured five additional logistics assets with a total surface area of 53,000 square meters in core logistics locations within Madrid

Private Equity Is the New Financial Supermarket

Private-equity firms were once niche players serving big clients. Now they’re trying to be everything to everyone.

General Partners
Oaktree and 17Capital announce strategic partnership

Oaktree and 17Capital announce strategic partnership

Alternative investment manager Oaktree Capital Management has acquired a majority stake in London-headquartered non-dilutive LP, GP management company and portfolio financing provider 17Capital.

Software and Hi-Tech
GED completes Vitro exit in single asset vehicle deal

GED completes Vitro exit in single asset vehicle deal

GED Capital has completed the exit of Vitro Group by transferring the Spanish producer of reagents for diagnostics to single asset continuation vehicle.

Oaktree Capital to buy into fellow PE house 17Capital

Private equity house Oaktree Capital is buying into fellow PE house 17Capital. The post Oaktree Capital to buy into fellow PE house 17Capital first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Cinven reaches $2.6bn deal to buy Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business

Cinven has agreed to buy Bayer's Environmental Science Professional business for $2.6bn. The post Cinven reaches $2.6bn deal to buy Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Buyout
Rhône Group registers big capital commitment total as its hunts down €3bn Fund VI goal

Rhône Group registers big capital commitment total as its hunts down €3bn Fund VI goal

Rhône Group has hauled in capital from dozens of LPs as it continues towards its €3bn goal for its latest flagship private equity fund. The post Rhône Group registers big capital commitment total as its

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