IPO
Proskauer releases SPAC IPO study analyzing deal terms and trends for red-hot market

Proskauer releases SPAC IPO study analyzing deal terms and trends for red-hot market

Opalesque Industry Update - Proskauer, an international law firm, released its 2020 SPAC IPO Study. The study examines data from 95 Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) IPOs priced from January 2016 through June 2020, representing

Banking Profiles
Bain’s Hugh MacArthur says private equity must adapt to thrive in post-Covid world

Bain’s Hugh MacArthur says private equity must adapt to thrive in post-Covid world

The pandemic is forcing firms to work toward incorporating technology more effectively into their operations

Buyout
Secondaries private equity dealmaking falls apart due to Covid – but record fundraising leaves sector in rude health

Secondaries private equity dealmaking falls apart due to Covid – but record fundraising leaves sector in rude health

Secondaries private equity dealmaking fell off a cliff in the first half of the year as the coronavirus crisis saw deal value drop more than 56% compared to the same period in 2019, new research

Software and Hi-Tech
Horizon exits Glass Container to Vetropack

Horizon exits Glass Container to Vetropack

Ukraine-based private equity firm Horizon Capital is in the process of selling, alongside other shareholders, its stake in Moldova-based Glass Container Company and Glass Container Prim to Vetropack Austria Holding.

Angel / Venture
Marcol invests in Fernarzt, launches new HealthHero platform

Marcol invests in Fernarzt, launches new HealthHero platform

Marcol has acquired a 90% stake in Germany-based telemedicine startup Fernarzt and has announced the launch of its UK-headquartered digital health business HealthHero.

Software and Hi-Tech
Wise’s Innovery bolts on Obiectivo

Wise’s Innovery bolts on Obiectivo

Wise Equity-backed system integration specialist Innovery has acquired cybersecurity expert Obiectivo.

Event
Armonia to launch €500m fund

Armonia to launch €500m fund

Italian private equity firm Armonia will launch a new fund with a €500m target in the first qurter of 2021, Unquote understands.

Politics
LDC-backed Ensek acquires NrgFin

LDC-backed Ensek acquires NrgFin

LDC portfolio company Ensek has acquired software consultancy NrgFin.

Appointments
Raymond James expands German industrial technology team

Raymond James expands German industrial technology team

Investment banking firm Raymond James has hired managing director Tobias Ramminger from Lincoln International and has also promoted Sherif Abdel-Aziz to director in its Germany-based diversified industrials team

Portfolio Company News
NorthEdge-backed Orbis acquires Optosafe

NorthEdge-backed Orbis acquires Optosafe

NorthEdge Capital portfolio company Orbis Protect has acquired security systems designer Optosafe.

Portfolio Company News
Astorg’s IQ-EQ buys Conseil Expertise & Synthèse

Astorg’s IQ-EQ buys Conseil Expertise & Synthèse

Investment services business IQ-EQ, a portfolio company of Astorg, has acquired France-based accounting and auditing services provider Conseil Expertise & Synthèse.

Portfolio Company News
Armonia-backed Biodue buys Farcoderma

Armonia-backed Biodue buys Farcoderma

Milan-listed cosmetics producer Biodue, a portfolio company of Italian private equity firm Armonia, has wholly acquired food supplements specialist Farcoderma.

Politics
PE-backed Visma acquires Dutch firm Yuki

PE-backed Visma acquires Dutch firm Yuki

Visma, a PE-backed Norwegian cloud software company, has acquired Rotterdam-based accounting software company Yuki. 

Politics
YFM-backed DSP acquires Explorer

YFM-backed DSP acquires Explorer

YFM Equity Partners portfolio company DSP has acquired Oracle software consultancy Explorer UK.

2020
KKR seals record fundraising quarter amid push to profit from coronavirus opportunity

KKR seals record fundraising quarter amid push to profit from coronavirus opportunity

Global private equity giant KKR raised a record $16.4bn last quarter amid a powerful push to cash in on investment opportunities thrown up by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

analytics
Buyout-backed Clearwater Analytics eyes $2bn valuation from potential sale – report

Buyout-backed Clearwater Analytics eyes $2bn valuation from potential sale – report

Private equity-backed investment management software business Clearwater Analytics is reportedly eyeing a sale which could value the business at $2bn.

Appointments
YFM hires new partner

YFM hires new partner

YFM Equity Partners has hired Victor Christou as partner.

Apollo Global
Apollo’s Rackspace IPO values company at $4.18bn, below PE firm’s 2016 take-private valuation

Apollo’s Rackspace IPO values company at $4.18bn, below PE firm’s 2016 take-private valuation

Apollo Global has seen a disappointing IPO for portfolio business Rackspace value the business at about $4.18bn - less than the company's $4.3bn valuation when Apollo took it private four years ago.

Angel / Venture
Finland’s VC industry remains buoyant despite pandemic

Finland’s VC industry remains buoyant despite pandemic

Dealflow in the Finnish VC market remained strong in the peak months of the coronavirus outbreak. Has the country been spared from the effects of the pandemic? Eliza Punshi reports

Software and Hi-Tech
Telecom Italia delays decision on network stake sale to KKR

Telecom Italia delays decision on network stake sale to KKR

KKR submitted a nonbinding offer previously to be the Italian telecommunications company's exclusive partner in fibre network development

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