Angel / Venture
Advent France Biotechnology, Invivo invest €4.25m in Arthex

Advent France Biotechnology, Invivo invest €4.25m in Arthex

Advent France Biotechnology (AFB) and Invivo Ventures have invested in a €4.25m round for Spanish life sciences company Arthex Biotech, which develops RNA therapies for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy.

Pharma and Healthcare
Abénex Capital to carve out InLog from Haemonetics

Abénex Capital to carve out InLog from Haemonetics

French private equity firm Abénex Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Inlog Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based listed healthcare company Haemonetics.

Software and Hi-Tech
Men still get top roles at financial firms despite diversity efforts

Men still get top roles at financial firms despite diversity efforts

Only 21% of the City's most senior roles go to women, a survey from Pinsent Masons has revealed

Digital Transformation
Nordic Capital to buy four Germany-based healthcare consultancies

Nordic Capital to buy four Germany-based healthcare consultancies

Nordic Capital plans to acquire and merge healthcare consultancy companies WMC Healthcare, KDD Digital Healthcare, Miralytik and Hospital Management Group, according to a filing with the German competition authority.

Software and Hi-Tech
Citi creates London team to target private deals in alternative funding boom

Citi creates London team to target private deals in alternative funding boom

The team will handle Spacs, or special purpose acquisition companies, which have boomed during the pandemic

Baker Hughes
SK Capital seals ‘tremendous opportunity’ in Baker Hughes polymers carveout

SK Capital seals ‘tremendous opportunity’ in Baker Hughes polymers carveout

Private equity house SK Capital Partners has agreed to buy the speciality polymers business from Baker Hughes.

Software and Hi-Tech
Star Capital buys Gamma

Star Capital buys Gamma

Italian private equity firm Star Capital has acquired managed print service Gamma.

Software and Hi-Tech
Suma invests in Gestcompost

Suma invests in Gestcompost

Spanish private equity firm Suma Capital has acquired a stake of 40% in Gestcompost, which specialises in the treatment of organic and biodegradable waste.

Politics
Lea Partners’ Landwehr acquires Prosoft

Lea Partners’ Landwehr acquires Prosoft

Landwehr, a portfolio company of Lea Partners, has acquired Prosoft, merging the companies to build on their specialisation in human capital management (HCM) software used by temporary staffing companies.

Software and Hi-Tech
Fund+ leads €38m series-B for Indigo Diabetes

Fund+ leads €38m series-B for Indigo Diabetes

Fund+ has led a €38m series-B funding round for Indigo Diabetes, a Belgium-based developer of a glucose monitoring device for diabetics.

Consumer Services
Revolut raises $80m in series-D extension

Revolut raises $80m in series-D extension

UK-based banking app Revolut has raised $80m in a series-D extension from private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners, Unquote understands.

Azora
Spain’s Azora bets on European hotel recovery post-Covid, raises €680m for new fund

Spain’s Azora bets on European hotel recovery post-Covid, raises €680m for new fund

Spanish private equity real estate investor Azora has beating its €600m target in a new fundraise focused on leisure hotels in Europe.

Angel / Venture
VC Profile: Edge Investments

VC Profile: Edge Investments

As Edge Investments begins raising its second-generation fund, Katharine Hidalgo talks to chief investor relations officer and investment director David Fisher about the portfolio, LP sentiment and the creative economy

Europe
Europe misses out on blank cheque bonanza

Europe misses out on blank cheque bonanza

Special purpose acquisition companies are booming in the US but have a chequered history in Europe

ALG
Covid testing, microbiology and viral lab specialist ALG sold by Thompson Street Capital Partners

Covid testing, microbiology and viral lab specialist ALG sold by Thompson Street Capital Partners

Thompson Street Capital Partners has completed the sale of Analytical Lab Group, an industry-leading microbiology and viral lab, to trade buyer Element Materials Technology.

Software and Hi-Tech
Investor appetite for tech buyout funds continues despite pandemic

Investor appetite for tech buyout funds continues despite pandemic

Private equity funds focused on tech deals continue to attract investor capital

Buyout
Private equity returns surge as coronavirus causes ‘sugar rush’ of demand in some sectors – PwC

Private equity returns surge as coronavirus causes ‘sugar rush’ of demand in some sectors – PwC

US private equity return multiples have surged this year after the global coronavirus pandemic caused a 'sugar rush' of sudden demand in certain sectors, new research shows.

Politics
Private equity executives pour $92m into 2020 US elections

Private equity executives pour $92m into 2020 US elections

Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, who gave $10m to a group aiming to defend the Senate’s Republican majority, leads political spending in the industry

Berkshire Partners
Global gym operator CrossFit gets private equity backing from Berkshire Partners

Global gym operator CrossFit gets private equity backing from Berkshire Partners

Boston-based buyout house Berkshire Partners has agreed to pick up global gym operator CrossFit.

Buyout
LDC backs triple merger to create new UK cloud managed services business Kerv

LDC backs triple merger to create new UK cloud managed services business Kerv

UK private equity investor LDC has provided the capital for the £30m merger of a trio of cloud-centric management services companies.

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