Angel / Venture
All Iron Ventures I closes on €66.5m

All Iron Ventures I closes on €66.5m

Spanish venture capital house All Iron Ventures has closed its debut fund on €66.5m.

Buyout
Exclusive: Edison Partners rolls 10-year-old Fund VIII into new vehicle through Hollyport Capital-led secondaries process

Exclusive: Edison Partners rolls 10-year-old Fund VIII into new vehicle through Hollyport Capital-led secondaries process

Edison Partners has rolled over its ten-year-old $249m Fund VII into a new continuation vehicle, with Hollyport Capital leading investment in the new fund through a secondaries process.

Software and Hi-Tech
Crédit Mutuel Equity et al. invest €75m in Chausson Matériaux

Crédit Mutuel Equity et al. invest €75m in Chausson Matériaux

A group of investors led by Crédit Mutuel Equity has made a €75m equity investment in France-based building materials supplier Chausson Matériaux.

Software and Hi-Tech
ECI sells MPM to 3i for £125m

ECI sells MPM to 3i for £125m

ECI Partners has sold pet food producer MPM to 3i, which has invested around £125m for a majority stake.

Angulas Aguinaga
PAI taps new mid-market fund to buy into long-held Portobello Capital portfolio business Angulas Aguinaga

PAI taps new mid-market fund to buy into long-held Portobello Capital portfolio business Angulas Aguinaga

PAI Partners has tapped its new specialist mid-market fund to pick up a majority stake in Spanish fish-based ready meals business Angulas Aguinaga from fellow private equity house Portobello Capital.

Appointments
Initiative & Finance appoints Ardian's Pihan as partner

Initiative & Finance appoints Ardian's Pihan as partner

French private equity firm Initiative & Finance has appointed Caroline Pihan as a partner in the firm's mid-cap Tomorrow division.

Portfolio Company News
Riverside sells Swedish Education Group for €18m

Riverside sells Swedish Education Group for €18m

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has entered into an agreement to sell its portfolio company Swedish Education Group, an operator of compulsory and vocational schools, to listed education company AcadeMedia for SEK 185m (€17.8m).

Politics
Apse buys TerraQuest for £72m

Apse buys TerraQuest for £72m

Apse Capital has acquired TerraQuest Solutions, a developer of land, planning and data technology software, for a maximum valuation of £72m.

Appointments
Graphite promotes new investment director, hires two

Graphite promotes new investment director, hires two

UK mid-cap GP Graphite Capital has promoted Lara Markham to investment director, and hired two extra professionals in its investment team.

Apiary Capital
Apiary Capital eyes IFA industry consolidation with Radiant Financial Group investment

Apiary Capital eyes IFA industry consolidation with Radiant Financial Group investment

Apiary Capital has backed the launch of independent financial advisory buy-and-build business Radiant Financial Group through a capital investment.

3i Group
3i Group buys into premium cat food specialist MPM in £125m deal

3i Group buys into premium cat food specialist MPM in £125m deal

UK-headquartered private equity investor 3i Group plc has agreed to invest about £125m alongside management for a majority stake in premium cat food business MPM.

Agilitas Private Equity
Agilitas PE second second deal in a week by agreeing Exemplar sale to Ares Management

Agilitas PE second second deal in a week by agreeing Exemplar sale to Ares Management

Europe's Agilitas Private Equity has sealed its second deal in a week by agreeing to sell specialist care home business Exemplar Health Care to alternatives giant Ares Management.

Angel / Venture
Third Point Ventures leads $25m Ushur Series B

Third Point Ventures leads $25m Ushur Series B

Ushur, a cloud-native automation platform for insurers, has closed its Series B round on $25m to support its sales and marketing efforts.

Angel / Venture
Venture capital firms help health data sharing startup Human API to Series C success

Venture capital firms help health data sharing startup Human API to Series C success

Human API, which is helping consumers to connect and share electronic health data with companies, has bagged $20m in its Series C.

Singapore
SoftBank comeback stays on track with $6bn profit

SoftBank comeback stays on track with $6bn profit

Japanese conglomerate’s Vision Funds posted big investment gains

Event
Finatal launches dedicated PE recruitment practice

Finatal launches dedicated PE recruitment practice

Recruitment firm Finatal has launched Finatal Private Equity, a new division focusing on providing talent for private equity funds.

Europe
Providence Strategic Growth inches closer to €1bn European fund target

Providence Strategic Growth inches closer to €1bn European fund target

The firm has collected more than three-quarters of the money it is seeking for its debut European fund

Politics
Bank of England hikes stimulus support

Bank of England hikes stimulus support

The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee unanimously backed the stimulus hike

Angel / Venture
UK taxpayers pour £1bn into venture investments via BPC

UK taxpayers pour £1bn into venture investments via BPC

BPC’s goal is to expand the amount of funding available to venture capital funds that invest in the UK

Software and Hi-Tech
Private equity AUM could surge past $9tn globally by 2025, report says

Private equity AUM could surge past $9tn globally by 2025, report says

Preqin predicts that the industries’ assets under management around the world will increase from $4.4tn at the end of 2020 to $5.9tn in 2022 and $9.1tn by 2025

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