Angel / Venture
Venture capital firms help payment processor Fivestart to $52.5m Series D investment round

Venture capital firms help payment processor Fivestart to $52.5m Series D investment round

Payment processing platform Fivestars has reportedly raised $52.5m in its Series D round of debt and equity.

Buyout
LLR Partners picks up $1.8bn to close Fund 6, 50% larger than its predecessor vehicle

LLR Partners picks up $1.8bn to close Fund 6, 50% larger than its predecessor vehicle

Lower mid-market private equity house LLR Partners has hauled in $1.8bn for its sixth flagship fundraise, 50% more than it collected for Fund V just two years ago.

Large
Start-ups with women founders struggle to get sufficient funding

Start-ups with women founders struggle to get sufficient funding

Some progress has been made at young companies, but a surge of giant late-stage funding deals largely left female entrepreneurs on the sidelines

Pharma and Healthcare
AMB :- LLR Partners closes new $1.8bn fund

AMB :- LLR Partners closes new $1.8bn fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Center City private equity firm LLR Partners closed a new $1.8 billion fund, aimed at investing in health care and tech companies. Through the fund - LLR Equity Partners VI (LLR

Australia
UK will not return to the negotiating table post-Brexit transition period

UK will not return to the negotiating table post-Brexit transition period

The Prime Minister's spokesman's comments come as talks with the bloc failed last week and the UK seeks an 'Australian style' agreement

Software and Hi-Tech
Deloitte to shut down offices and move staff to permanent home working

Deloitte to shut down offices and move staff to permanent home working

Big Four accountancy firm will close offices in Liverpool, Gatwick, Nottingham and Southampton where it has about 500 staff

Public
Mid Europa sells minority stake in listed logistic business Waberer’s

Mid Europa sells minority stake in listed logistic business Waberer’s

Deal gives Indotek option on remaining 48% Waberer stake

Academic Research
Private Equity and COVID-19

Private Equity and COVID-19

Posted by Paul A. Gompers (Harvard Business School), Steven N. Kaplan (University of Chicago), and Vladimir Mukharlyamov (Georgetown University), on Monday, October 19, 2020 Editor's Note: Paul A. Gompers is Eugene Holman Professor of Business

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