HarbourVest Partners has held an oversubscribed and hard cap close of its latest secondaries fund, Dover Street X LP (Dover X), with $8.1 billion of capital commitments. The hard cap close of Dover X follows
Wind Point Partners has acquired Handgards, a manufacturer of disposable products used in the foodservice sector. Handgards’ branded and private label products – sold through an independent sales representative network – include more than 200
The billionaire founder of private equity major Vista Equity Partners, Robert Smith, has avoided indictment for tax fraud by the US Department of Justice after agreeing to pay $139m and to co-operate with a government
Portal United is to acquire online home renovation booking platform Homebell, a portfolio company of VCs including Lakestar and Index Ventures, according to local newswire Deutsche Startups, citing Portal United's CEO, Alexander Oberst.
Ardian has sold Austria-based Gantner to Salto Systems, a Spanish electronic locking company backed by Alantra Private Equity.
Opalesque Industry Update - Pangolin Investment Management has recruited Mohshin Aziz, who has spent the past decade as transport analyst with Maybank-Kim Eng in Kuala Lumpur. Before that, he spent six years as head of
Argos Wityu-backed Dutch company Cohedron has acquired social medical consultancy firm Argonaut Advies and care services administrator Zorg-Lokaal.
Tech-focused private equity house Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has made a strategic investment in GovernmentCIO, a provider of high-end tech and digital solutions to the US federal health IT services market.
Investors including Omnes and BPI France have sold their stakes in Somos Semiconductor to Switzerland-based trade buyer ST Microelectronics.
Alternative real asset manager Harrison Street has made a trio of hires to strengthen its European investment and research teams.
Vam Investments and Adon Capital have acquired Sicurezza e Ambiente, an Italian company specialising in road maintenance and safety.
Blackstone has scored a hefty return by agreeing the $14.6bn sale of US life science office buildings major BioMed Realty.
Patrimonium Private Equity has acquired Switzerland-based fire protection and construction company Roth Group in an SBO from Equistone.
Central and eastern European private equity firm Enterprise Investors has increased its stake in Croatian bakery Pan-Pek to 100%.
Auerbach Funds has hit a first close for its $100m-targeting third real estate private equity fund.
Unquote associate editor Denise Ko Genovese talks Nigel van Zyl from Proskauer, which won the Law Firm of the Year (Fund Formation) category at the British Private Equity Awards.
Unquote interviews Andy Currie from Alantra, winner in the Corporate Finance Firm Of The Year category for the 2020 British Private Equity Awards.
Even amid the deep uncertainties of today's global situation, one thing is clear: it is time to start questioning old assumptions and developing a new paradigm for the post-Covid capitalism
Private equity-backed hospital clinical and business software specialist Surgical Information Systems has picked up a majority investment from tech-focused buyout house Accel-KKR.
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