Portfolio Company News
SEP-backed Dotmatics acquires BioBright

SEP-backed Dotmatics acquires BioBright

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) portfolio company Dotmatics has acquired BioBright.

Aisling Capital
Aisling Capital rounds up more than $144m towards latest flagship life science fundraise

Aisling Capital rounds up more than $144m towards latest flagship life science fundraise

Life sciences-focused private equity house Aisling Capital has raised more than $144m towards its latest flagship fundraise.

Australia
Bain Capital agrees to buy Virgin Australia

Bain Capital agrees to buy Virgin Australia

US private equity firm said it would recapitalise the carrier so it can survive until demand returns

Software and Hi-Tech
Cerea backs packaging specialist Axium

Cerea backs packaging specialist Axium

Cerea Partners, a French private equity firm dedicated to the food value chain, has acquired a majority stake in plastic packaging specialist Axium.

Buyout
Carlyle said to reap 7x return selling Eggplant in $330m deal

Carlyle said to reap 7x return selling Eggplant in $330m deal

Carlyle has reportedly made a 7x return selling digital test automation and monitoring software business Eggplant to trade buyer Keysight.

General Partners
Carlyle exits Eggplant for $330m

Carlyle exits Eggplant for $330m

The Carlyle Group has sold software company Eggplant to Keysight Technologies for $330m.

Large
US senator Warren demands PE lobbying records on pandemic relief funds

US senator Warren demands PE lobbying records on pandemic relief funds

The Democrat politician wants the buyout industry’s largest trade group to disclose communications with the White House and Treasury Department

Pension Funds
California pension plan to increase private equity investment

California pension plan to increase private equity investment

The US pension manager plans to invest more capital and add more managers to its private equity portfolio

Software and Hi-Tech
Two thirds of City executives want work-from-home setup to stay

Two thirds of City executives want work-from-home setup to stay

In an exclusive survey by PEN's sister title Financial News, nearly 70% of finance staff don't want to go back to the office full-time

Software and Hi-Tech
Former Deutsche star exec Garth Ritchie joins PE firm Centricus

Former Deutsche star exec Garth Ritchie joins PE firm Centricus

Ritchie, one of the highest-paid executives at Deutsche Bank until he left last year, will be responsible for expanding the firm's capital markets and advisory business

Appointments
Initiative & Finance appoints PAI Partners’ Oliveau

Initiative & Finance appoints PAI Partners’ Oliveau

French private equity firm Initiative & Finance has appointed François-Xavier Oliveau as transformation partner in the firm’s mid-cap division.

19
Private equity firms need to get creative with deal sourcing amid coronavirus – and here’s how

Private equity firms need to get creative with deal sourcing amid coronavirus – and here’s how

Deal sourcing intelligence business Sutton Place Strategies explains how private equity firms can get strategic, efficient, and creative with their deal sourcing in the teeth of the coronavirus crisis.

Buyout
Financial risk management business CubeLogic gets Growth Capital Partners backing

Financial risk management business CubeLogic gets Growth Capital Partners backing

Financial market, energy and commodities enterprise risk management business CubeLogic has picked up a minority investment from Growth Capital Partners.

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Storyblocks gets Great Hill backing amid coronavirus-based demand surge

Storyblocks gets Great Hill backing amid coronavirus-based demand surge

Private equity house Great Hill Partners has agreed to buy subscription-based stock media company Storyblocks.

General Partners
Carlyle scores 7x return on sale of UK software provider

Carlyle scores 7x return on sale of UK software provider

The firm has exited its investment in tech company Eggplant to rival Keysight Technologies for $330m

Buyout
Pritzker Private Capital picks healthcare expert King as latest operating partner

Pritzker Private Capital picks healthcare expert King as latest operating partner

Pritzker Private Capital has brought in healthcare services industry expert David King as an operating partner.

Angel / Venture
Omnes, Principia, Seventure in €46.3m series-E for Enterome

Omnes, Principia, Seventure in €46.3m series-E for Enterome

Venture capital houses Omnes Capital, Principia and Seventure, alongside Nestlé Health Science, have invested in a €46.3m series-E round for French biotech company Enterome.

Politics
Cimbria wholly acquires Danish software company APX10

Cimbria wholly acquires Danish software company APX10

Cimbria Nord, the Nordic arm of US-based PE investment firm Cimbria Capital, has acquired APX10, a Danish SaaS company focused on wastewater utilities.

Distressed
Italian PE: an opportunity in crisis

Italian PE: an opportunity in crisis

In the latest edition of Gatti Pavesi Bianchi's series on the Italian private equity and M&A markets, partners Andrea Giardino and Gianni Martoglia look at PE's strong 2019 and explore the future of Italian M&A

Event
Partech, Breega in €10m seed round for Ubble

Partech, Breega in €10m seed round for Ubble

Partech and Breega have completed a €10m seed funding round for Ubble, a Paris-based developer of identity verification software.

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