Buyout
Permira, Coller among UK PE firms teaming up to fight climate change

Permira, Coller among UK PE firms teaming up to fight climate change

A group of private equity majors including Permira and Coller Capital have teamed up to help fight climate change through the launch of a new international network.

Software and Hi-Tech
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Calling tech support

Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Calling tech support

This week, the Unquote Podcast talks all things technology with Intuitus chief commercial officer Adrian Astley Jones

asset light
‘Resilient’ financial services focus led to hard cap debut Preservation Capital Partners fund close, firm says

‘Resilient’ financial services focus led to hard cap debut Preservation Capital Partners fund close, firm says

Preservation Capital Partners, a specialist investor in the asset-light financial services sector, has hit a £309m ($400m) hard cap close for its debut fundraise.

Fintech and Finance
Small UK businesses ‘in difficulty’ can now access emergency loan scheme

Small UK businesses ‘in difficulty’ can now access emergency loan scheme

Treasury presses banks to lend after lobbying EU to enable changes to CBILS

2020
Europe’s VC firms defy Covid-19 woes with deal surge – with one region even on track to beat record 2019 total

Europe’s VC firms defy Covid-19 woes with deal surge – with one region even on track to beat record 2019 total

Europe's venture capital industry has staged a remarkable fightback against the coronavirus-induced market slump by posting one of the largest dealmaking totals on record in Q2.

Adams Street Partners
Adams Street Partners said to near $1.1bn mark for new private credit fundraise

Adams Street Partners said to near $1.1bn mark for new private credit fundraise

Adams Street Capital Partners has reportedly pulled in almost $1.1bn for an interim close of its new private credit fundraise.

Angel / Venture
First-time VC deals threatened post-Covid as investors focus on extension rounds

First-time VC deals threatened post-Covid as investors focus on extension rounds

The quantity of first-time rounds in Europe has been declining since 2014, according to PitchBook, which expects extension rounds to proliferate in the current environment

Buyout
Industrials-focused Crossplane Capital clears $155m for ongoing debut fundraise

Industrials-focused Crossplane Capital clears $155m for ongoing debut fundraise

Industrials-focused private equity house Crossplane Capital has taken its first plunge into the fundraising market, hauling in at least $155m for its debut investment vehicle.

Politics
Warburg Pincus agrees to blank cheque deal for SOC Telemed

Warburg Pincus agrees to blank cheque deal for SOC Telemed

The private equity firm will retain a significant interest in SOC Telemed after it goes public

Buyout
Crestview Partners commits to water-focused finance company Upwell

Crestview Partners commits to water-focused finance company Upwell

Crestview Partners has invested in San Francisco-based water-focused specialty finance company Upwell Water.

Angel / Venture
One Equity Partners brings Infobip to $1bn valuation through Series A investment

One Equity Partners brings Infobip to $1bn valuation through Series A investment

One Equity Partners has become the first outside investor in cloud communications platform Infobip through a Series A deal which values the business at more than $1bn.

ACE Aero Partenaires
Tikehau Capital hits €630m first close for coronavirus aerospace support fund, could collect €1bn

Tikehau Capital hits €630m first close for coronavirus aerospace support fund, could collect €1bn

Tikehau Capital's ACE Management subsidiary has hit €630m for a first close of a new fund looking to support the troubled aerospace sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Europe
Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital's Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital's Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is capitalizing on the opportunities in European small-cap and mid-cap equities. Zurich-based Bellecapital's Belle Core Europe Eiger Fund is coming up on its one

Europe
AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital’s Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital’s Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is capitalizing on the opportunities in European small-cap and mid-cap equities. Zurich-based Bellecapital&`s Belle Core Europe Eiger Fund is coming up o...Article Link

Pension Funds
AMB :- U.K. pension funds report strong in hedging activity in Q2 2020

AMB :- U.K. pension funds report strong in hedging activity in Q2 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.K. pension funds upped hedging activity in the second quarter amid uncertainty over the economic outlook, said BMO. Amidst grave uncertainty as to the global economic future, both interest ...Article Link

All Transactions
Lakeview Banks Big Multiple on UAS Sale

Lakeview Banks Big Multiple on UAS Sale

Lakeview Equity Partners has sold its portfolio company, UAS Laboratories, to Chr. Hansen at an enterprise value of $530 million. Lakeview acquired UAS Laboratories in April 2013. United Agricultural Services Laboratories (DBA UAS Laboratories) is

All News
Pets a Good Bet

Pets a Good Bet

According to a new study by Katten, pet owners’ love for their animals, along with the impact of COVID-19, are among the reasons decision-makers feel bullish about the future of private equity and animal care.

All News
Gallant Closes Inaugural Fund

Gallant Closes Inaugural Fund

Gallant Capital Partners has held a final closing of its inaugural fund, Gallant Capital Partners I LP, with $378 million in capital commitments. The firm’s first fund closed at its hard-cap and was substantially oversubscribed,

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