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Consumer-focused private equity major L Catterton has boosted its Asia investing team with a pair of senior hires.
Seed investor Frontline Ventures has scored €70m for the final close of its third fund targeting early-stage European tech startups.
Global private equity major Cinven has agreed to back professional tax preparation software business Drake Software.
AnaCap Financial Partners has exited Czech challenger bank Equa to Raiffeisen Bank International after a decade in its portfolio.
Waterland Private Equity has agreed to invest in German fitness studio chain Fit/One.
Mobile workforce management tech business BigChange has picked up investment from private equity house Great Hill Partners to value the business at £100m.
The battle to buy private jet operator Signature Aviation has ended in accord after competing bidders Blackstone and Global Infrastructure Partners agreed to team up for a $4.7bn buyout.
Private equity majors Centerbridge and Cerberus Capital Management were the big winners from $2.1bn of new commitments from the Florida State Board of Administration.
Veteran early-stage investment house SJF Ventures has closed its biggest fund yet after bringing in $175m for the final close of the vehicle.
Secondaries-focused Asian private equity house TR Capital has struck a $350m hard cap final close for its fourth flagship fundraise.
Sapphire Ventures has scored $1.7bn of new capital across a string of new funds, which will primarily be used to ramp up the firm's investments in Series B through IPO enterprise tech companies.
China's Qiming Venture Partners is keeping up a strong fundraising pace through the RMB2.85bn ($440m) final close of its latest yuan-denominated fundraise.
French private equity real estate specialist Osae Partners has pulled in €250m for the final close of its debut fundraise.
Intermediate Capital Group has brought in former PIMCO European credit opportunities head Lionel Laurant as a managing director in the wake of launching a Covid-focused recovery fund.
Andera Partners has agreed the sale of e-learning business Skill & You to fellow private equity house IK Investment Partners.
US private equity major Thoma Bravo is reportedly prepping an IPO of financial services software business MeridianLink which could value the company at more than $3bn including debt.
CVC Capital Partners has agreed a JPY160bn ($1.52bn) buyout of a suite of skincare and shampoo brands from Japanese cosmetics business Shiseido.
Wealth advisors are eyeing an increase of their allocation to alternative assets in the coming year following the huge market volatility of 2020, new research suggests.
A storming fundraise has seen long-standing private equity house Charlesbank Capital Partners strike a $3.75bn hard cap close for its tenth fund after less than six months in the market.
