Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund invests €80m in DORC
Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund (ECAF) has invested €80m in vitreoretinal surgery Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (DORC), which is a portfolio company of Eurazeo Capital IV.
Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund (ECAF) has invested €80m in vitreoretinal surgery Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (DORC), which is a portfolio company of Eurazeo Capital IV.
Tikehau Capital subsidiary Ace Management has announced the €630m first close of Ace Aero Partenaires, a fund dedicated to supporting the aerospace sector in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Corporate finance firm Imap has hired Andreas Widholz as a partner in its Munich-based team, effective as of the start of July 2020.
LDC has invested £30m in the merger of IT firms DoubleEdge Professional Services, Foehn and Metaphor IT.
Michael Woolhouse, joining TPG on 3 August, will lead the firm's secondaries strategy and investment activity in the US and Europe
Spanish private equity firm Formentor Capital has acquired a 70% stake in children's glasses manufacturer Grand Vision Optics (GVO).
Antin Infrastructure Partners has surged to a €6.5bn hard cap final close for its fourth flagship fundraise, underlining the extent to which LPs are flocking to more stable asset classes amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Growth Capital Partners has exited its stake in technology consultancy DMW to trade buyer Credera.
Idinvest Partners, BPI France, Gilde Healthcare, BNP Paribas Développement, Oddo BHF Private Equity and Adelie Capital have co-led a $60m series-B funding round for French digital health service Withings.
Pricehubble, a Switzerland-based B2B real estate valuation software platform backed by BtoV Partners, Helvetia Venture Fund, SwissLife and Swisscom Ventures, has acquired Austria-based software platform Checkmyplace.
Fortunis Capital Group has agreed to invest up to £15m in recreational sports app Sportside.
Private equity firms including Apollo Global reportedly remain wary of investing in troubled car rental business Europcar amid owner Eurazeo asking for last-ditch bids ahead of a potential restructuring.
Sofinnova Partners has invested in a €28m series-A round for Italian biotech company Enthera Pharmaceuticals, which develops therapeutics for autoimmune disorders.
Swedish software company LocalizeDirect has raised $1.1m from investors including Ikea Family Foundation-owned Entreprenörinvest, Innovum Invest and other Swedish venture capital firms and private individuals.
Italian venture capital house Primomiglio has held a first close on €58m for Primo Space Fund, a vehicle dedicated to investing in space technology.
Private equity giant Carlyle has raised at least $1.84bn for its second 'long-dated' investment fund, four years after closing its inaugural vehicle in the strategy.
UK-based private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has promoted three of its managing directors to the position of partner.
A new private equity firm launched by a pair of former Gores Group investment execs has soared past its $300m fundraising goal for the final close of its debut investment vehicle.
Private equity major TPG has snapped up CPPIB's head of secondaries to launch its secondaries strategy in the US and Europe.
Investcorp has hit a €250m final close for its second CLO fund of the year to bring its total assets under management in the asset class to more than €7bn.
