Obvious Ventures, the VC house launched by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, has closed a pair of new funds to boost its assets under management to $1.11bn. The post Twitter co-founder’s Obvious Ventures closes two new
Amsterdam-headquartered Mentha has acquired Copenhagen-based independent PE player BWB Partners (BWBP) and is ready to enter the Danish lower mid-market, Mentha founding partner Edo Pfennings told Unquote.
US private equity house Lovell Minnick Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in $4.1bn-managing wealth and asset manager London & Capital. The post Lovell Minnick picks up majority stake in veteran wealth, asset
Wealthy families have upped their investment in private equity to an all-time high as a step-change in macroeconomics forces them to review investment opportunities.
Sustainability and impact investor Bridges Fund Management has struck a £350m hard cap close for its biggest fund yet. The post Bridges Fund Management burst through target to raise £350m for biggest fund yet first appeared
Israel's Titan Capital Partners has launched a $100m investment fund targeting internet, software, consumer and financial technology companies. The post Israel-based Titan Capital Partners raises $100m for debut software, internet-focused fund first appeared on AltAssets
The $24bn-managing Montana Board of Investments has picked Veritas Capital and Sumeru Equity Partners among its latest raft of fund commitments. The post Montana pension picks Veritas Capital, Sumeru Equity funds among latest commitments first
Frankfurt, Germany, 8 June 2022 – KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced today that KKR has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Contabo, a global cloud infrastructure and hosting provider based in Germany.
Advisory firm EY has announced that it is to invest USD 1bn to expand its private equity offering; the firm also announced the appointment of Bridget Walsh as its Global Private Equity Leader.
Italian sponsor Alto Capital has sold CEI Group, a Bologna-based spare parts manufacturer and distributor of spare parts for heavy vehicles, to White Bridge Investments.
LPs’ returns across the lifetime of their private equity portfolios are nearing record levels not seen since the run-up to the global financial crisis, according to secondaries firm Coller Capital’s Summer 2022 Barometer.
Oakley Capital Fund IV has agreed to sell its majority stake in Contabo, a Germany-based Cloud hosting platform used by SMEs, with its Fund V reinvesting alongside new majority shareholder KKR.
Mid-market investor Thomas H Lee Partners has hired healthcare industry veteran Sam Hendler to head business development. The post Thomas H Lee Partners boosts healthcare team with second senior hire in nine months first appeared
Bain Capital has closed a $2bn special situations fund for the Asia Pacific region, doubling the size of its predecessor which was closed on $1bn, Reuters reported quoting firm managing director Barnaby Lyons. The post
More than half of institutional LPs have increased their commitments to private equity over the past two years in the hunt for outsized returns, the latest Coller Barometer report shows. The post LPs upping PE
Paris-headquartered placement agent Reach Capital has announced the opening of a new office in London, headed by Frédéric Muller.
Nordic private equity firm Axcel has sold Denmark-based European Sperm Bank to UK family office Perwyn, according to a company announcement.
Professional services major EY has announced a $1bn expansion of its private equity business capabilities amid the appointment of Bridget Walsh as its new global PE leader. The post EY names Walsh as new global
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has sold Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa to Harvest Partners after seven years in its portfolio. The post Levine Leichtman ends seven-year Hand & Stone Massage ownership with exit to
Blackstone and BV Investment Partners have picked up new fund commitments from the $21.6bn-managing Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. The post Successor to world’s biggest PE real estate fund gets ATRS pension backing first appeared on
