Software and Hi-Tech
17Capital provides £125m in preferred equity to Exponent III

17Capital provides £125m in preferred equity to Exponent III

17Capital has provided a £125m preferred equity facility to Exponent Private Equity Partners III, Unquote understands.

Limited Partners
NewAlpha acquires majority stake in CHR Numerique

NewAlpha acquires majority stake in CHR Numerique

French private equity firm NewAlpha has acquired a majority stake in CHR Numerique, a French provider of HACCP (hazard analysis critical control point) management apps to the food sector.

Public
Capiton sells Trioptics to trade

Capiton sells Trioptics to trade

Capiton has sold its stake in lens technology company Trioptics to listed photonics company Jenoptik, which has wholly acquired the business.

Software and Hi-Tech
KKR-backed Casual Dining Group falls into administration and cuts 1,900 jobs

KKR-backed Casual Dining Group falls into administration and cuts 1,900 jobs

The owner of Café Rouge, Las Iguanas and Bella Italia restaurants is searching for a buyer for the business

Software and Hi-Tech
Nordic buyout firm Axcel acquires Swedish IT services provider AddPro

Nordic buyout firm Axcel acquires Swedish IT services provider AddPro

This is the firm's second deal made via its sixth fund, which held a first close at €615m in February

Public
Callista Private Equity buys two Mikron subsidiaries

Callista Private Equity buys two Mikron subsidiaries

Callista Private Equity has acquired the Berlin and Kaunas sites from listed company Mikron, a Switzerland-based automated machinery and cutting tools producer.

Angel / Venture
Axa Venture leads €5.2m round for Unlatch

Axa Venture leads €5.2m round for Unlatch

Axa Venture Partners has invested in a €5.2m funding round for French digital real estate startup Unlatch.

Software and Hi-Tech
Tar Heel buys 70% stake in Estetique

Tar Heel buys 70% stake in Estetique

Tar Heel Capital has acquired a 70% stake in Polish dental business Estetique.

Software and Hi-Tech
Zeus makes six promotions

Zeus makes six promotions

Zeus Capital has made six promotions in its corporate finance, research and private client teams.

Angel / Venture
Seventure, BioGeneration lead €18.5m round for Citryll

Seventure, BioGeneration lead €18.5m round for Citryll

Pharmaceutical company Citryll has raised €18.5m in a round led by France-based Seventure and Dutch firm BioGeneration Ventures.

Angel / Venture
Acton sells stake in Momox to Verdane

Acton sells stake in Momox to Verdane

Germany-based venture capital investor Acton Capital has sold its stake in e-commerce platform Momox to majority stakeholder Verdane, which will own an 85% stake in the company.

Angel / Venture
Facebook co-founder Saverin’s B Capital strikes $820m final close for second fundraise

Facebook co-founder Saverin’s B Capital strikes $820m final close for second fundraise

B Capital, a venture capital firm launched by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, has hauled in $820m for the final close of its second fundraise.

M&A
M&A wave incoming in 2021, says Edmond de Rothschild CIO

M&A wave incoming in 2021, says Edmond de Rothschild CIO

Benjamin Melman, chief investment officer at Edmond de Rothschild, has said the firm expects a wave of M&A in 2021, in spite of macroeconomic uncertainty.

Politics
Carlyle backs translation specialist Memsource

Carlyle backs translation specialist Memsource

The Carlyle Group has acquired a majority stake in Prague-based translation software developer Memsource.

Buyout
Stafford follows $1.5bn Robeco PE unit buy with $532m interim close for timberland secondaries fund

Stafford follows $1.5bn Robeco PE unit buy with $532m interim close for timberland secondaries fund

Stafford Capital Partners has hit a $532m interim close for its ninth fund targeting secondaries stakes in timberland funds.

19
Private equity dealmaking suffers big weekly drop as Covid-19 continues to weigh on negotiations

Private equity dealmaking suffers big weekly drop as Covid-19 continues to weigh on negotiations

Global private equity dealmaking slumped 14.5% in the last week of June as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to weigh on transactions across the world's markets.

Buyout
EQT eyes €12.5bn for new infra fund, just a year after closing €9bn predecessor

EQT eyes €12.5bn for new infra fund, just a year after closing €9bn predecessor

EQT has set a mammoth €12.5bn goal for its latest flagship infrastructure fundraise - just a year after it closed its €9bn predecessor fund.

Buyout
Special situations investor Intriva Capital agrees Lending Works buyout

Special situations investor Intriva Capital agrees Lending Works buyout

Special situations-focused private equity investor Intriva Capital has backed UK consumer credit and peer-to-peer lending business Lending Works.

Software and Hi-Tech
How Wirecard went from tech star to bankrupt

How Wirecard went from tech star to bankrupt

Prosecutors are probing whether the electronic-payments giant used fictitious revenue to inflate its sales and fool investors; a missing $2bn

Buyout
KKR buys into Indian pharma company JB Chemicals, deal could reach $500m

KKR buys into Indian pharma company JB Chemicals, deal could reach $500m

Global private equity giant KKR has agreed to buy a 54% stake in Indian pharmaceutical business JB Chemicals, in a deal which could ultimately see it commit $500m to the company.

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