European tech investor Frontline strikes €70m final close for third seed fundraise

Seed investor Frontline Ventures has scored €70m for the final close of its third fund targeting early-stage European tech startups.

Hipgnosis Songs Fund finishes latest share sale

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a London-listed investment trust focused on music royalties,has closed its latest share sale.

UK biotech firms extend rush to US stock market

Huge demand for exposure to biotech companies among US equity investors is continuing to drive UK firms to list on the other side of the Atlantic through an IPO on the Nasdaq. On Thursday, Immunocore,

Charlesbank Hits Hard Cap

Charlesbank Capital Partners has held a final closing of its newest flagship fund, Charlesbank Equity Fund X LP, at its hard cap with $3.75 billion of capital. Fundraising for the new fund was launch just

Enterprise Investors completes PragmaGo take-private

Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors (EI) has bought a majority stake in listed financial service PragmaGo in a take-private deal worth €8.5m.

Consortium in €10m round for NexWafe

A consortium of venture capital and corporate investors has backed a €10m funding round for photovoltaic wafer production startup NexWafe.

Moonfire leads $2.2m round for Mindstone

Moonfire Ventures has led a $2.2m funding round for learning platform Mindstone.

Advent, Columbus lead €22.6m round for Highlight Therapeutics

Advent Life Sciences and Columbus Venture Partners have led a €22.6m funding round for Spanish immuno-oncology specialist Highlight Therapeutics.

Veteran venture capital house SJF seals $175m Fund V final close

Veteran early-stage investment house SJF Ventures has closed its biggest fund yet after bringing in $175m for the final close of the vehicle.

Sapphire Ventures shines with $1.7bn of new capital to celebrate 10 years of independence

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.

Qiming Venture Partners continues strong fundraising pace with final close of latest yuan-denominated fund

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.

Tech IPOs to drive European convertible issuance to fresh highs

Europe’s equity-linked bankers are excited about the latest crop of IPOs in the region, as many of the companies to have recently listed are natural issuers of convertible bonds, so they could bring supply to

AMB :- Early-stage funding rounds accounted for 70.8% of global VC funding deal volume in Q4 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Early-stage funding rounds (comprising Seed and Series A funding rounds) continued to dominate the global VC funding landscape in terms of deal volume during the quarter, as venture capital (V...Article Link

PTT Oil wraps up blow-out IPO as foreign investors left empty-handed

Thailand’s PTT Oil and Retail Business scooped up Bt54bn ($1.79bn) this week from the country’s largest IPO in a year. The deal was a hit with both domestic and foreign investors — but in a

Genesis closes first growth fund on €40m hard-cap

Czech Republic-based private equity investor Genesis Capital has announced the final close for its first growth fund on its hard-cap of €40m.

Foresight prices IPO at £455m market cap

Foresight has priced its initial public offering with a market capitalisation of £455m.

Thoma Bravo said to ride Covid’s digital payments rise with MeridianLink IPO

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.

Global IPO proceeds hit $268bn in 2020, highest value since 2010

Opalesque Industry Update - The initial public offering (IPO) market performance in 2020 defied all expectations, demonstrating the resilience of equity and capital markets. The year saw a total of 1,363 IPOs receiving $268.0 billion.

Genesis Capital hits hard cap close for debut Czech Republic, Slovakia-focused growth fund

Central Europe-focused Genesis Capital has struck a hard cap close for its debut growth fund, which will look to expand out promising Czech Republic and Slovakian businesses.

Foresight Group shares rise in stock market debut

The infrastructure and private equity investment manager has assets under management of £6.8bn

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