Limited Partners
Warburg Pincus and DTCP take controlling stake in UK’s Community Fibre

Warburg Pincus and DTCP take controlling stake in UK’s Community Fibre

The investment will help the company expand its fibre broadband coverage from 100,000 to one million households and businesses across London by 2023, the firm said

Event
Moneyball’s Billy Beane teams up with RedBird Capital to launch sports Spac

Moneyball’s Billy Beane teams up with RedBird Capital to launch sports Spac

RedBall Acquisition aims to raise $500m to focus on businesses in sports, and sports-related media and data analytics

Software and Hi-Tech
BC Partners set to take Italy’s IMA private in deal valuing the company at €2.9bn

BC Partners set to take Italy’s IMA private in deal valuing the company at €2.9bn

The private equity firm will initially take a 20% stake in Societa Finanziaria Macchine Automatiche (Sofima) – which owns 51.6% of IMA

Digital Transformation
ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – The Bahamas 2020

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – The Bahamas 2020

Well before the Second World War, The Bahamas was already seen as a desirable place for persons with wealth to come and live. The Bahamas&' financial services industry didn&'t come first: what really came first

Public
Eurazeo NAV down by 12% in H1

Eurazeo NAV down by 12% in H1

Listed private equity firm Eurazeo has reported a 12% drop in NAV in the first half of 2020, compared to the same figure at the end of 2019.

Manufacturing and Industrial
BC Partners backs Ima in €3.6bn deal

BC Partners backs Ima in €3.6bn deal

BC Partners has invested in Milan-listed company Ima, a listed Italian manufacturer of packaging machinery, in a deal valuing the company at €3.6bn.

Event
Providence Strategic Growth invests in German cybersecurity provider

Providence Strategic Growth invests in German cybersecurity provider

Launched in 2007, Hornetsecurity employs 200 people serving more than 40,000 customers

Angel / Venture
Signals Venture Capital leads €34m round for Everphone

Signals Venture Capital leads €34m round for Everphone

Signals Venture Capital has led a €34m series-B funding round for Germany-based corporate mobile phone rental startup Everphone.

Angel / Venture
5 private equity fundraises LPs turned to during the coronavirus pandemic

5 private equity fundraises LPs turned to during the coronavirus pandemic

As of March, most of the world had entered full-on panic mode. Countries were locking down, people were stocking up on toilet paper and the financial market was preparing for a shock. While waters have

Software and Hi-Tech
Waterland buys majority stake in Leupold

Waterland buys majority stake in Leupold

Waterland Private Equity has wholly acquired packaging and folding carton producer Leupold as part of a succession solution for the company’s family owners.

Automatic
BC Partners buys into automatic machine maker IMA at €2.93bn valuation

BC Partners buys into automatic machine maker IMA at €2.93bn valuation

Global buyout house BC Partners has agreed to buy into automatic Italian machinery maker IMA through a stake purchase in current owner Societa Finanziaria Macchine Automatiche (Sofima).

Manufacturing and Industrial
KKR sells Papresa to Quantum

KKR sells Papresa to Quantum

KKR has sold newsprint paper manufacturer Papresa to German private equity firm Quantum Capital Partners.

Buyout
Core Industrial Partners created new plaftform business with Incodema, Newcut buyouts

Core Industrial Partners created new plaftform business with Incodema, Newcut buyouts

Chicago-based private equity house Core Industrial Partners has completed the buyouts of Incodema and Newcut to launch a new business specialising in metal sheet engineering and photo-chemical etching.

Software and Hi-Tech
Permira buys majority stake in EF Kids & Teens

Permira buys majority stake in EF Kids & Teens

Permira has acquired a majority stake in Switzerland-headquartered EF Kids & Teens, a company that runs English language schools and online courses in China, from parent company EF Education First.

Digital Transformation
OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage

OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has led a $50m series-C for risk analysis software company ComplyAdvantage.

Blackstone
Ex-Blackstone senior exec Akazhanov joins HIG Capital as Advantage Fund managing director

Ex-Blackstone senior exec Akazhanov joins HIG Capital as Advantage Fund managing director

Former Blackstone senior exec Timur Akazhanov has been brought in by HIG Capital as a managing director of the firm's Capital’s Advantage Fund.

Appointments
D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise

D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise

D1 Capital Partners and Lone Pine Capital, joined by other investors, have acquired $319m worth of shares in a secondary share sale that values payments company Transferwise at $5bn.

Appointments
TZP Group names two new partners amid string of hires

TZP Group names two new partners amid string of hires

New York private equity house TZP Group has revealed a pair of new partners among a string of new hires at the firm.

General Partners
IGI holds €170m final close for sixth fund

IGI holds €170m final close for sixth fund

Italian GP IGI Private Equity has held a €170m final close for its sixth fund, IGI Investimenti Sei, surpassing its €150m target.

Buyout
DW Healthcare Partners sells home, residential care provider Caregiver after five-year hold

DW Healthcare Partners sells home, residential care provider Caregiver after five-year hold

DW Healthcare Partners has agreed the sale of home and residential care business Caregiver after a five-year hold.

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