European private equity dealflow has held up remarkably well amid the huge uncertainty caused by Covid-19 and the UK's impending exit from the EU - but big challenges remain according to new research from Mercer.
Investment management major Neuberger Berman has struck a $2.1bn final close for a new co-investment fund looking to invest alongside private equity and growth capital firms.
Experienced private equity investor Peterson Partners has picked up $48m to close its first fund dedicated to search funds and micro-private equity.
Global venture capital funding in digital health companies surged to $14.8bn last year as the coronavirus pandemic supercharged investment into the sector.
BioGeneration Ventures has secured its place among Europe's early-stage biotech investment elite by closing its biggest fundraise to date.
Private equity houses are gearing up for a surge in dealmaking in 2021 as they look to get back to deploying capital in the wake of the coronavirus shock of this year, new research shows.
Zilch, a London-based FinTech pegged to be the rival to Klarna, has closed an additional $30m in funding to close an oversubscribed pre-Series B in under three weeks.
Carlyle's secondaries and fund of funds investment arm AlpInvest Partners has raised more than $10bn across a new flagship fund and co-investment vehicles.
Westlake Village BioPartners has launched a pair of funds totalling $500m targeting life sciences companies with transformative human therapeutic technologies.
Private equity major TA Associates has sealed a growth investment in self-funded medical benefit programme The Benecon Group.
Intelligent process automation company Indico has secured $22m in its Series B as it looks to broaden its footprint in industry.
Veteran fintech-focused investment house TTV Capital has struck a $127m final close for its fifth fundraise.
HR platform Hibob secures $70m in its Series B funding round, which was led by SEEL and Israel Growth Partners.
New York Life Investment Management’s PE unit, GoldPoint Partners, has hauled in more than $550m towards its fifth private debt fund.
Investment giants KKR and Sequoia Capital are reportedly leading a new funding round for TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to value it at an astonishing $180bn.
Israel-based Orca Security has netted $55m in its Series B round, which was led by ICONIQ Growth.
European life science venture capital firm Forbion has sealed its fastest fundraise to date after hitting the €460m hard cap for its latest investment vehicle in just a few weeks.
Ada Ventures, the VC firm launched last year to profit from overlooked founders and impact deals, has scored an above-hard-cap $50m final close for its debut fund.
Female founders and CEOs have disproportionately suffered from the VC funding drop in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows.
Investment house Wellington Management has hauled in $2.2bn across its latest private equity fundraise and co-investment commitments.
