Software and Hi-Tech
EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint

EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint

Swedish firm EQT Partners has sold its credit business, focused on special situations and direct lending, to Bridgepoint. 

Angel / Venture
Hoxton closes second fund on almost $100m

Hoxton closes second fund on almost $100m

Hoxton Ventures has closed its second fund, Hoxton Ventures II, on almost $100m.

Angel / Venture
Adara Ventures leads $5m round for CounterCraft

Adara Ventures leads $5m round for CounterCraft

Adara Ventures has led a $5m funding round for CounterCraft, a Spanish cybersecurity technology developer.

Performance
Private equity returns are rising. That may not last

Private equity returns are rising. That may not last

The improved figures will come as a relief to investors who have questioned private equity’s outperformance claim

Software and Hi-Tech
Tikehau to buy stake in Euro Group

Tikehau to buy stake in Euro Group

Tikehau Capital is acquiring a 30% stake in Euro Group, an Italian company specialising in steel components for electrical motors, Unquote understands.

Software and Hi-Tech
Mobeus leads £4m round for MyTutor

Mobeus leads £4m round for MyTutor

Mobeus Equity Partners has led a £4m round for MyTutor, a UK-based platform for interactive one-to-one tuition for secondary-school-aged pupils.

Software and Hi-Tech
Schroder Adveq hires Unigestion’s van der Kam to head secondaries

Schroder Adveq hires Unigestion’s van der Kam to head secondaries

Schroder Adveq has appointed Christiaan van der Kam to the role of head of secondaries.

Software and Hi-Tech
KKR Announces Intra-Quarter Monetization Activity for the Second Quarter

KKR Announces Intra-Quarter Monetization Activity for the Second Quarter

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 18, 2020-- KKR today announced a monetization activity update for the period from April 1, 2020 through June 17, 2020 . Based on information available to us as of today, with

Europe
Ambienta backs Amutec’s bolt-on to expand sustainable bags business

Ambienta backs Amutec’s bolt-on to expand sustainable bags business

The acquisition of SCAE Europe, an Italian bag-making machinery manufacturer, will help Amutec expand into the British and North American markets

Limited Partners
Idinvest completes secondaries deal for growth portfolio

Idinvest completes secondaries deal for growth portfolio

Idinvest has sold a group of 12 growth-stage companies to a newly established fund, Idinvest Growth Secondary SLP, backed by fresh secondary capital and offering liquidity to existing investors.

Angel / Venture
Carlyle joint venture buys portfolio of self-storage units in Belgium

Carlyle joint venture buys portfolio of self-storage units in Belgium

The buyout group formed a joint venture with Safestore in August 2019 to enter the self-storage market in the Netherlands

Software and Hi-Tech
Fortino acquires majority stake in Sigma Conso

Fortino acquires majority stake in Sigma Conso

Fortino Capital has acquired a majority stake in Sigma Conso, a Brussels-based provider of financial management IT services.

Belgium
KKR to buy holiday company Roompot from fellow private equity firm PAI Partners

KKR to buy holiday company Roompot from fellow private equity firm PAI Partners

Private equity giant KKR has acquired holiday parks provider in Western Europe Roompot Group, for an undisclosed amount.

Digital Transformation
Atomico leads $27m series-B for Onna

Atomico leads $27m series-B for Onna

Atomico has led a $27m series-B funding round for Barcelona- and New York-based data integration specialist Onna Technologies.

Angel / Venture
One Equity Partners appoints former CEO of controversial FinTech startup Mozido as new operating partner

One Equity Partners appoints former CEO of controversial FinTech startup Mozido as new operating partner

The former boss of beleaguered mobile payments and commerce company Mozido has joined private equity firm One Equity Partners as its new operating partner. R. Todd Bradley will take up the role after having served

Europe
HLD in exclusive negotiations to acquire TSG

HLD in exclusive negotiations to acquire TSG

HLD Europe has announced it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in France-based petrol station and fuelling equipment company TSG.

Europe
European fund closes slump by 42% amid lockdown

European fund closes slump by 42% amid lockdown

Unquote recorded 44 first or final closes of European private equity funds between March and May, a 42% drop on the three-month average seen across 2019. By Mariia Bondarenko and Greg Gille

Angel / Venture
Go Capital taken over by management

Go Capital taken over by management

French venture capital house Go Capital's investment directors and board members Bertrand Distinguin and Jerome Guéret have increased their stakes in the firm to become majority shareholders.

Angel / Venture
Hearst Ventures hires two new staff members as well as promoting another

Hearst Ventures hires two new staff members as well as promoting another

Hearst Ventures, which is the venture capital division of media company Hearst, has named two new senior hires.

Angel / Venture
Fly Ventures holds final close for second fund on €53m

Fly Ventures holds final close for second fund on €53m

Fly Ventures has announced the first and final close for its second fund on €53m and plans to continue its strategy of investing in seed and early-stage "deeptech" and enterprise software companies.

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