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FSN wins €87m in arbitration ruling against Procuritas

FSN Capital has been awarded €87m in compensation after Procuritas was found liable for fraud and wilful misconduct in relation with the Gram Equipment transaction by the international arbitral tribunal in Denmark.

ICG acquires Workhuman minority at $1.2bn valuation

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has acquired a minority stake in HR platform Workhuman at a valuation of $1.2bn.

Event management software company Aventri confident of post-Covid-19 rebound, gets new HGGC, Level Equity investment

Event management software business Aventri has closed a strategic growth equity round with current private equity investors HGGC and Level Equity.

Ex-Warburg Pincus execs raise €392m for debut tech-driven B2B fund

Specialist investment firm Corten Capital has held the €392m final close for its maiden fund, which will back technology-driven B2B services.

PE firm FSN awarded €87m following dispute over acquisition from Swedish group

Procuritas was ordered to pay damages after it was found liable for failings at a portfolio company

AEI Forms New Analytics and AI Platform

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired a majority interest in NuWave Solutions, a provider of data management, artificial intelligence, and machine learning services. NuWave’s services are used by governments and businesses to glean intelligence from

ICG takes stake in Irish tech provider valuing it at $1.2bn

Workhuman, founded in 1999, provides cloud-based human capital management software to clients.

Coronavirus user surge helps Canva strike $6bn valuation through latest VC investment round

Australian design software company Canva has surged to a $6bn valuation thanks to its latest venture capital-backed investment round.

Riverside passes $260m for latest Asia-Pacific fund, rebranded as Australia Fund III

Riverside has raised more than $260m towards its latest Asia-Pacific fund, which the firm has rebranded to underline its heavy focus on the Australasian market.

Venture-backed start-ups help manufacturers reopen factories

Tools, including software, sensors and AI, support assembly lines and supply chains during the pandemic

Financial services cloud marketing software, services business FMG Suite gets Aurora Capital Partners backing

FMG Suite, a SaaS company specialising in cloud-based marketing software and services for financial services professionals and insurance agencies, has picked up a new funding round led by Aurora Capital Partners.

Companies race to swallow poison pills to thwart hostile bids

‘As stock prices dropped precipitously in March, many companies were quick to either put poison pills in place or put them on the proverbial “shelf,” says Frank Aquila, global head of M&A at international law

Second Abraaj executive to plead guilty and cooperate with US authorities

Sev Vettivetpillai is expected to testify against Abraaj Group founder Arif Naqvi, according to a court filing

AMB :- European pension funds to allocate more money for climate-linked passive assets

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European pension funds are earmarking more money to be invested in climate-linked passive assets, as a survey of pension plans finds that over half still have no allocation at all toward

PE-backed company’s spyware used to target journalist, Amnesty claims

A new investigation by Amnesty International has alleged that investigative journalist Omar Radi was spied on by the Moroccan government after his phone was infected using Novalpina-backed NSO's tools

Connecterra raises €7.8m in series-B round

Netherlands-based Connecterra, a developer of software for the dairy industry, has raised €7.8m in a series-B round led by French biosecurity and food safety company Kersia, ADM Capital and Pymwymic.

August-backed Code acquires Isopharm

August Equity portfolio company Code acquires Isopharm.

Renewable energy sales software, advisory business Pexapark gets Series B backing

Pexapark, a specialist in software and advisory services for renewable energy sales, has picked up a €6m Series B round.

High-wire act: the risks and rewards of fundraising during the pandemic

The coronavirus crisis is causing difficulties for buyout groups, but those that can attract fresh capital are set for bumper returns

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