Cerea to launch third buyout fund
French private equity firm Cerea Partners will launch a third buyout fund with a €250m target and €300m hard-cap by the end of the year and a fourth mezzanine vehicle next month.
French private equity firm Cerea Partners will launch a third buyout fund with a €250m target and €300m hard-cap by the end of the year and a fourth mezzanine vehicle next month.
The vast majority of private equity LPs are seeing proactive engagement from GPs on the impact of the coronavirus crisis on their portfolios, new research shows.
Iris Capital has led a $2.4m seed round for Monk, a Paris-based developer of an inspection system for car damages.
Highland Capital Partners Europe has backed a €21m series-C funding round for France-based retail supplier platform Alkemics, along with existing investors Cathay Capital, Index Ventures, SEB and Serena Capital.
Spanish venture capital firm Inveready has led a €5m investment in Barcelona-based fertility biotech startup Oxolife.
Mid-market UK private equity house Livingbridge has bought into fast-growing global cloud security business TitanHQ using its £334m third Enterprise Fund.
Livingbridge has invested in cloud security vendor TitanHQ.
Bridgepoint portfolio company Fat Face, a clothing retailer, is expected to be taken over by its lenders, according to a report by Sky News.
EQT has launched what is believed to be the first ESG-linked fund bridge facility of its kind in the global fund financing markets, calling it a "game changer" for the firm and private equity industry.
British Business Bank (BBB) has appointed Catherine Lewis La Torre as interim CEO.
Venture capital house Elaia has led a €10m series-B funding round for Spanish hospitality startup The Hotels Network (THN).
EQT has signed an ESG-linked subscription credit facility related to its private equity business line.
Fidelis Insurance has picked up another $500m of equity capital from existing backers including CVC Capital, Crestview and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
LPs need greater transparency about how their private equity general partners are tapping subscription lines of credit, new guidance from the Institutional Limited Partners Association says.
Online fraud prevention company NS8 has picked up $123m in venture capital funding led Lightspeed Venture Partners and AXA Venture Partners.
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Singapore-based special purpose acquisition company (Spac) Tiga Acquisition Corp has set in motion a $200m listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
India’s JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals has wrapped up a $206m loan to support KKR’s acquisition of a majority stake in the company.
