Angel / Venture
AMB :- TrueBridge Capital closes VC fund of funds VI at $600m

AMB :- TrueBridge Capital closes VC fund of funds VI at $600m

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: TrueBridge Capital Partners, the venture capitalist firm based in Chapel Hill, N.C., announced the closure of its sixth venture capital fund-of-funds with $600 million in limited partner commi...Article Link

Fund of Funds
Munich Private Equity Partners closes buyout fund of funds at €162m

Munich Private Equity Partners closes buyout fund of funds at €162m

The German firm's third vehicle has surpassed its original target of €100m

Software and Hi-Tech
Partners Group looks to increase efficiency in 2020 as it posts modest growth

Partners Group looks to increase efficiency in 2020 as it posts modest growth

The business is looking to use this year to consolidate its platform and streamline processes, co-CEO André Frei has said

Add-on
Greenbriar Continues Auto Service Build Up

Greenbriar Continues Auto Service Build Up

GB Auto Service, a portfolio company of Greenbriar Equity Group, has acquired sister companies, Sun Devil Auto and Sun Auto Service (together Sun Devil Auto). Sun Devil Auto was founded by Joel Higginbotham in 1978

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BV Teams with Becklar in Personal Emergency Response

BV Teams with Becklar in Personal Emergency Response

BV Investment Partners has acquired Becklar, the parent company of sister companies, Freeus and AvantGuard. Freeus manufactures and sells mobile (home and away from home), two-way voice, personal emergency response systems (PERS) to dealers across

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Round Table Launches New Platform

Round Table Launches New Platform

Round Table Capital Partners (RTC) has acquired Hull & Associates, a provider of environmental and engineering consulting services. Hull & Associates specializes in the environment, energy and infrastructure markets and its services include site assessment

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Blackstone’s Life Sciences Fund Largest Ever

Blackstone’s Life Sciences Fund Largest Ever

Blackstone has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final close of Blackstone Life Sciences V LP with $4.6 billion of capital. This is the largest life sciences private equity fund ever raised by any firm.

Buyout
Valor Equity Partners passes $1bn in fifth flagship fundraise

Valor Equity Partners passes $1bn in fifth flagship fundraise

Growth-focused private equity house firm Valor Equity Partners has passed the $1bn-mark for its fifth flagship fundraise.

Software and Hi-Tech
Deal deadline for Pollen Street trust extended until August

Deal deadline for Pollen Street trust extended until August

PSSL’s potential acquisition by Waterfall Asset Management given an extra month to conclude discussions

Angel / Venture
Kindred and Capnamic lead €2.47m seed round for How.FM

Kindred and Capnamic lead €2.47m seed round for How.FM

Early-stage investors Kindred Capital and Capnamic Ventures have led a €2.47m seed round for How.FM, a Germany-based software platform that aims to assist companies with training and communication with manual workers.

Politics
EQT sells stake in IFS to TA Associates in €3bn deal

EQT sells stake in IFS to TA Associates in €3bn deal

EQT has sold a minority stake in Sweden-based enterprise software provider IFS to US private equity firm TA Associates, in a deal valuing the company in excess of €3bn.

Africa
Bridgepoint’s Miya attracts offers from EQT, IFM, KKR, BlackRock – report

Bridgepoint’s Miya attracts offers from EQT, IFM, KKR, BlackRock – report

Bridgepoint-backed water business Miya Group has attracted offers from four private equity firms – EQT, IFM, KKR and BlackRock – according to Spanish and Portuguese press reports.

Software and Hi-Tech
Munich Private Equity closes third buyout fund-of-funds

Munich Private Equity closes third buyout fund-of-funds

Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) has closed its third mid-cap buyout-focused fund-of-funds, MPEP III, on €162m, surpassing its target of €100m.

accounting
Align Capital follows $450m Fund II close with deal for PE-backed-business advisory firm WilliamsMarston

Align Capital follows $450m Fund II close with deal for PE-backed-business advisory firm WilliamsMarston

Align Capital has followed the $450m hard cap close of its sophomore private equity fund earlier this year by backing accounting advisory and management consulting business WilliamsMarston.

Politics
EQT funds and TA Associates partner to acquire software developer IFS for €3bn

EQT funds and TA Associates partner to acquire software developer IFS for €3bn

The transaction, expected to conclude next month, involves EQT VII transfer ownership of the Swedish company it has held since 2015 to successor funds VIII and IX

Manufacturing and Industrial
Sandton invests £10m in Nextbase

Sandton invests £10m in Nextbase

Sandton Capital Partners has invested £10m in dashcam manufacturer Nextbase.

Portfolio Company News
Ufenau’s Swiss IT Security buys Keyon

Ufenau’s Swiss IT Security buys Keyon

Swiss IT Security (SITS), a portfolio company of Ufenau Capital Partners, has wholly acquired local market peer Keyon.

Politics
Elige Capital, Extens invest in Medireport

Elige Capital, Extens invest in Medireport

Private equity firms Elige Capital and Extens have acquired a minority stake in French cardiology software developer Medireport.

Buyout
EQT sells Fund VII investment to EQT VIII, IX and TA Associates in €3bn-plus deal

EQT sells Fund VII investment to EQT VIII, IX and TA Associates in €3bn-plus deal

EQT has agreed to sell its EQT VII investment IFS to its successor funds EQT VIII and EQT IX alongside new backing from fellow private equity investor TA Associates in a deal worth more than

Software and Hi-Tech
Mercia invested £17.5m in 2019/20

Mercia invested £17.5m in 2019/20

Mercia Asset Management has made direct investments worth £17.5m during the year to 31 March 2020, according to its recently released results.

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