Gemspring’s Shrieve Builds Styrene Business

Shrieve Chemical Company, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital, has acquired the styrene business unit and other assets of CLP Chemicals. Gemspring acquired Shrieve, a distributor of industrial chemicals, fluids, and specialty lubricants, in December

Snow Phipps Adds Two to Brook & Whittle

Brook & Whittle, a portfolio company of Snow Phipps, has agreed to acquire sister companies Innovative Labeling Solutions and Wizard Labels. Brook & Whittle is a Connecticut-headquartered manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink labels and medical

Omnes hits fundraising trail for Croissance 5 fund

French GP Omnes Capital has launched its fifth Croissance mid-cap vehicle with a target of around €350m.

Kibo Ventures targets biggest fundraise yet, reaches first close for third investment vehicle

Spain's Kibo Ventures has launched its biggest fundraise yet by targeting up to €100m for its third early-stage investment vehicle.

Warburg Pincus in line to profit from The Philippines’ second biggest IPO through Converge listing

Warburg Pincus is set to profit from The Philippines' second largest IPO through the public listing of fibre broadband business Converge ICT Solutions.

New Mountain Capital sells advisory business OneDigital to Onex Corp after three-year hold

New Mountain Capital has agreed the sale of health, retirement and HR advisory business OneDigital to Onex Corp after three years in its portfolio.

Lucern Capital Partners eyes Philadelphia real estate opportunity with launch of debut fundraise

Real estate private equity firm Lucern Capital Partners has launched its debut fundraise targeting multifamily and mixed-use investments.

Venture capital trio back software development platform Gitpod’s seed investment round

Open source software developer platform Gitpod has picked up a $3m seed financing round from Crane Venture Partners, Speedinvest, and Vertex Ventures US.

Pritzker Private Capital to buy The Sterling Group’s Highline, merge with fellow new investment Warren Distribution

Pritzker Private Capital has agreed to buy and combine automotive chemical product suppliers Highline Aftermarket Holdings and Warren Distribution.

Cybersecurity platform Cyvatar closes $3m venture capital-led seed round

Cyvatar, a cybersecurity company, has closed its seed round on $3m to support the launch of its all-in-one cybersecurity-as-a-service platform.

AI startup Vestun launches hedge fund navigating market turbulence

Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Vestun, a Swiss-based financial and technology company has now opened the launch of its hedge fund to new outside investors. The firm which until now has been only

eVestment's next-generation ESG questionnaire offers deeper, more useful insights on this fast-growing area

Opalesque Industry Update - eVestment has launched a new ESG questionnaire that builds on eVestment's leadership in ESG data to expand and standardize ESG reporting. With input from institutional investors, consultants, managers and industry organizations,

Hedge funds decline in september as election, virus uncertainty rise

Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds posted mixed declines in September as investor risk tolerance fell over uncertainty regarding additional coronavirus spreading in Europe and the US, the strength of the US economy and the

Ratos ends 15-year Bisnode majority ownership with $811m sale to Dun & Bradstreet

Listed European private equity house Ratos has agreed an SEK7.2bn ($811m) sale of data and analytics specialist Bisnode to trade buyer Dun & Bradstreet after 15 years in its portfolio.

Lea-backed Landwehr buys BackOffice

Landwehr, a portfolio company of Lea Partners, has acquired Switzerland-based BackOffice as part of its buy-and-build strategy in the recruitment and temporary staffing software sector.

Halder's Anker buys LocaFox

Halder portfolio company Anker Kassensysteme has acquired Germany-based retail software company LocaFox from its founders and previous external capital providers.

‘Biden won’t be bad for markets’: Why US investors are warming to a ‘Blue wave’

Analysts and fund managers predict a Democrat victory in the US elections next month could spur a period of significant economic growth

Warburg Pincus backs ‘rare find’ Take Blip to expand Brazilian business internationally

Global private equity major Warburg Pincus has backed Brazilian API communication platform Take Blip in the company's first equity financing round.

Rapidly-growing cybersecurity platform Illusive Networks gets $24m VC-backed Series B1 investment

Rapidly-growing cyber defence platform Illusive Networks has been rewarded for its accelerating revenue growth with a $24m Series B1 investment.

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