Nord Holding acquires Bock

Nord Holding has wholly acquired Bock – a company that produces piston compressors for cooling and refrigeration technology – from its listed parent company, GEA Group.

Inven, Contrarian lead €5m series A round for Eliq

Swedish energy monitoring software company Eliq has raised €5m in a series-A funding round led by Inven Capital and Contrarian Ventures with participation from existing investors.

Howzat Partners to eye ailing travel sector with new €120m fundraise – report

Howzat Partners is reportedly raising a new $120m fund as it looks to profit from startup opportunities in the ailing travel sector.

Flying Fish back eyeing $75m for sophomore machine learning, AI startup fundraise

Seattle-based Flying Fish Ventures is back in the market for its second fundraise target AI and machine learning technologies.

KKR to Invest ₹ 5,550 Crore in Reliance Retail Ventures

KKR’s Second Investment With Reliance Industries Fuels Growth of India’s Fastest Growing Retail Business and Its Transformational New Commerce Model MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance Industries”) and Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (“RRVL”) announced

AMB :- COVID-19 forces surge in tech investment: Around $15bn extra a week

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: COVID-19 forces one of the biggest surges in tech investment in history as companies spent around US$15bn extra a week on technology during the pandemic's first wave, find the world's largest

AMB :- Blackstone holds $8bn final close for real estate debt fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Blackstone has announced the final close of its most recent real estate debt fund, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies IV (BREDS IV). One of the world's largest owners of commercial proper...Article

Peak Rock Still Hungry

Peak Rock Capital has acquired Halo Foods, a manufacturer of bars and snacks, in partnership with the company’s management team. Halo was acquired from Nimbus, a Dutch private equity firm. Halo’s products include cereal bars,

Blackstone ready to lend after raising record property debt fund

The investment firm closed this month on the largest real estate debt fund ever, giving it plenty of cash to lend to property investors looking to go shopping during the pandemic

Sequoia Capital China said to near up to CNY18bn ($2.65bn) fund close in coming weeks

Sequoia Capital's China arm is reportedly eyeing as much as CNY18bn ($2.65bn) for what would be its largest fund focused on the country.

Forto raises estimated €25m from Inven, Northzone et al.

German online freight forwarder Forto has raised around €25m in funding from Inven Capital, Cherry Ventures, Northzone and Cavalry Ventures, according to local press reports.

Morningside leads £40.6m series-B for Immune Regulation

Morningside Ventures has led a £40.6m series-B funding round for Immune Regulation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company.

EQT Real Estate makes first UK deal with £1bn JV addressing “severe” London rental home shortage

European private equity major EQT's real estate arm has launched a £1bn joint venture with Sigma Capital Group to bring 3,000 new rental homes to outer London.

VC backers return to help open banking startup TrueLayer to another $25m

Open banking company TrueLayer has added another $25m to its coffers by tapping its existing investors for another cash injection.

Expanding Opportunities for Investors and Retirees: Private Equity

Posted by Hal S. Scott (Harvard Law School) and John Gulliver (Program on International Financial Systems), on Monday, September 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Hal S. Scott is the Emeritus Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems

Global GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, says Deutsche Bank

In its revised global outlook, the lender's economists also warned that the increase in public debt could precipitate another financial crisis

Icebreaker leads €1.6m round for Fixably

Finnish business Fixably, which develops software for computer repair technicians, has raised €1.6m in a round led by venture capital firm Icebreaker.

Venture capital helps ‘buy now, pay later’ fintech business Affirm to $500m investment round

Affirm, a buy-now-pay-later tech startup, has closed its Series G round on $500m.

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