Angel / Venture
United Ventures leads €6m round for Boom Imagestudio

United Ventures leads €6m round for Boom Imagestudio

United Ventures has led a €6m round for Italian photography startup Boom Imagestudio.

Public
LDC exits Ellis Whittam to Marlowe in £59m deal

LDC exits Ellis Whittam to Marlowe in £59m deal

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has sold its stake in UK-based employment law specialist Ellis Whittam to Marlowe, a London-listed safety and regulatory compliance expert.

Politics
Monterro buys majority stake in MaintMaster

Monterro buys majority stake in MaintMaster

Nordic software investor Monterro has acquired a majority stake in Swedish software company MaintMaster.

Angel / Venture
Bowmark Capital backs Totalmobile buyout

Bowmark Capital backs Totalmobile buyout

Bowmark Capital has backed the buyout of Northern Ireland-based technology company Totalmobile.  The Belfast-based venture has more than 700 customers and 250,000 mobile-workforce users across the public services, property, facilities management, transport and infrastructure sectors.

Buyout
IMCO inks deals to invest $750m across three private equity funds

IMCO inks deals to invest $750m across three private equity funds

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) has closed three private equity fund commitments totalling $750m. The three funds are New York-based Kohlberg & Compan’s Kohlberg Investors IX fund, Swedish-based Nordic Capital’s Nordic Capital X

Software and Hi-Tech
Castik closes Epic II on €1.25bn

Castik closes Epic II on €1.25bn

Castik Capital has held a final close for its second fund, Epic II, on its hard-cap of €1.25bn.

Manufacturing and Industrial
Naxicap acquires Eureka Education from Abénex, Finoli

Naxicap acquires Eureka Education from Abénex, Finoli

Naxicap has acquired Eureka Education Group from majority shareholders Abénex and industrial conglomerate Finoli Group.

Event
Hedge funds outperformed the global equity market with event-driven and arbitrage funds in the lead

Hedge funds outperformed the global equity market with event-driven and arbitrage funds in the lead

Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers ended the month of September down 0.72% on an equal-weighted basis, and loss 1.43% on an asset-weighted basis. The weak performance of the global equity market resulted in

Appointments
Ardian bolsters buyout team with five new MDs

Ardian bolsters buyout team with five new MDs

Ardian has hired two new managing directors and promoted three existing members in its buyout team.

Software and Hi-Tech
Ardian strengthens buyout team with two new hires

Ardian strengthens buyout team with two new hires

Joining as new managing directors are Scarlett Omar Broca, from Goldman Sachs, and Heiko Geissler, from Montagu Private Equity

Software and Hi-Tech
BlackRock wants global standards for sustainability reporting

BlackRock wants global standards for sustainability reporting

Previous demand for firms to follow with existing standards led to a 400% increase in compliance

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