New Mountain Closes Sale of Specialty Chemical Maker

New Mountain Capital has sold Gelest to Mitsubishi Chemical America, the U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical. Gelest is a maker of specialized organo-silicon compounds, metal-organic compounds, and silicone materials that are used in both commercial

SAIF Partners seeks up to $400m for what would be biggest India fund yet

Indian venture capital firm SAIF Partners is back in the fundraising market eyeing up to $400m for its latest flagship investment vehicle.

EQT holds €1bn final close on second real estate fund

The vehicle will make direct and indirect investments from €40m to €200m in real estate assets, portfolios, operating companies and joint ventures in key European cities

Seaya Ventures III holds €85m first close

Seaya Ventures has held an €85m first close for its third fund, Seaya Ventures III.

Kennet-, Eight Roads-backed Rimilia sold to trade for up to $150m

Kennet Partners and Eight Roads Ventures portfolio company Rimilia, a developer of cash allocation software, has been sold to trade buyer BlackLine.

UK equity crowdfunding firms Crowdcube and Seedrs to merge

The two companies will merge by the end of this year or early 2021

Castle Harlan Sells Colyar to Banneker

Castle Harlan has sold Colyar Technology Solutions to EMS LINQ, a portfolio company of Banneker Partners. Colyar specializes in the design, development, and implementation of child nutrition, food distribution, and compliance management software. The company

Norvestor exits Aptilo Networks to trade

Norvestor has sold its stake in wireless network service Aptilo Networks to listed Swedish tech company Enea for SEK 92m (€8.8m).

Nordic Capital, Carlyle bid for Octopus-backed Calastone

Calastone, a B2B fund network backed by Octopus Ventures and Accel-KKR, has entered the second round of its sale process, with Carlyle's technology fund and Nordic Capital in the running, according to a report by

CDP Venture Capital leads €15m series-C for Wise

CDP Venture Capital has led a €15m series-C funding round for Milan-based neuromodulation specialist Wise.

Norrsken, EQT Ventures et al. in $10m round for Einride

Swedish firm Einride, a manufacturer of autonomous shipping vehicles, has raised $10m from Norrsken VC, EQT Ventures, NordicNinja VC and Ericsson Ventures.

Tree Line Sees Future at Alpine’s Ingenio

Tree Line Capital Partners and CVC Credit Partners have provided an increase to their existing credit facility to Ingenio, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors. With the new increase, used to support an add-on acquisition

H.I.G. Closes Virtually Raised Fund VI

H.I.G. Capital has held an above-target close of H.I.G. Capital Partners VI LP with aggregate capital commitments of $1.3 billion. Like its five prior funds, Fund VI will invest in lower middle-market companies, primarily in

KKR Sees “The New Normal”

KKR has released a new report titled “The New Normal” which explores the long-term implications of COVID-19 on cities and consumer trends. “Following a decade of relative prosperity, overlapping calamities in 2020 have brought economic

Windjammer Exits AI at 24x

Windjammer Capital has agreed to sell Advanced Instruments to Patricia Industries, a subsidiary of industrial holding company Investor AB, at an enterprise value of $780 million. Windjammer acquired Advanced Instruments from its founding family in

Pantheon and LGT take lead on Medixci continuation vehicle

A newly formed fund called MS1 has acquired a portfolio of interests in six clinical- and pre-clinical-stage companies from Index Venture Life VI – a life sciences fund advised by Medicxi.

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