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Auster Fund I holds first close on $500m

Auster Fund I has held a first close on more than $500m towards its target of $1bn.

Viking Venture acquires FotoWare

Nordic software-focused private equity firm Viking Venture has wholly acquired FotoWare, an Oslo-based B2B provider of digital enterprise asset management software. 

Ex-IBM, Microsoft veteran Warby joins KKR as senior advisor

Former IBM and Microsoft veteran Adam Warby has joined KKR as its latest senior advisor.

Carlyle reinvests in Unison a decade after exiting company

Carlyle has reinvested in government procurement and supply chain software provider Unison, a decade after last exiting the business.

Got Milk? Sector Pros and KKR Buy Borden

Following the completion of a court-supervised sale process launched in January 2020, Borden Dairy has been acquired for $340 million by Capitol Peak Partners and KKR. At closing, Capitol Peak will assume majority ownership of

Kohlberg Acquires GPRS from CIVC

CIVC Partners has sold a majority equity interest in GPRS to Kohlberg & Company with CIVC maintaining a minority equity interest in the business. GPRS provides utility locating and concrete scanning services to utilities, contractors,

OEP Launches Spartronics

Sparton Corporation, a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital since March 2019, has agreed to sell its contract manufacturing unit, Manufacturing & Design Services (MDS), to One Equity Partners. MDS engineers, designs, and manufactures electronic and

GP Bullhound raises €125m for its fifth tech fund

GP Bullhound Fund V will invest in technology entrepreneurs, focusing on European growth-stage businesses in the software industry

CBPE X nears final close towards £525m target

CBPE is nearing the finish line for its 10th-generation fund, which has a target of £525m, Unquote understands.

Inflexion-backed Alcumus acquires Banyard and ContractorCheck

Inflexion-backed Alcumus has acquired workplace management companies Banyard Solutions and ContractorCheck.

BGF software, IT investment drive in 2020 continues with Juriba deal

UK growth investor BGF has backed IT migration software provider Juriba, to accelerate its product development and drive its international scale.

What today’s bailouts can do for tomorrow’s economies

The pandemic has ushered in an era in which public policy will play a larger economic role than seemed imaginable just a few months ago

Former EQT execs sail towards SEK1bn goal for second MVI fundraise

A pair of former EQT execs are more than halfway to their SEK1bn ($106m) target for their second private equity fundraise through their firm MVI Advisors.

Silver Investment Partners-backed Alvara bolts on IT Kompetenz

Cash management software producer Alvara, a portfolio company of Silver Investment Partners, has acquired Hamburg-based cash logistics and management software developer IT Kompetenz.

Warburg reinvests in Wex amid company legal battle over planned $1.7bn eNett, Optal buyout

Warburg Pincus has made a $400m investment in New York-listed payments provider Wex as the company looks to bolster its balance sheet amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

EMH promotes Schwarz as partner

Munich-headquartered EMH Partners has promoted Dominik Schwarz as partner, effective as of 1 July 2020.

UK government under pressure to create a race charter for finance sector

High-profile figures from finance and politics have called on the Treasury to set up a programme for financial services, akin to the government’s Women in Finance charter

Despite Headwinds, Packaging Industry Faces Pockets of Growth

A recent survey by L.E.K. Consulting, conducted just before the economic dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, shows that nearly 50% of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand owners expect to boost their spending on

SEC warns LPs to beware PE firms mismanaging fees, violating ethical code in wide-ranging Risk Alert

LPs have been warned by the US SEC to beware of private equity firms mismanaging fees, failing to disclose conflicts of interest and violating its Code of Ethics in a wide-ranging Risk Alert.

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