Industry giants, Skype co-founder Zennström among backers of La Famiglia’s sophomore fundraise

Industry giant Mittal, the Swarovski family and Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström are all among backers of a €50m fund raised by woman-led venture capital firm La Famiglia.

Proptech startup Habito secures £35m in venture capital-backed Series C round

London-based PropTech Habito has bagged £35m in a Series C round led by Augmentum Fintech, SBI Group and mojo.capital.

KKR Upsizes and Prices Offering of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (“KKR”) (NYSE:KKR) today announced that it has priced an offering of $1.0 billion (20,000,000 shares) of its 6.00% Series C Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “mandatory convertible preferred

AMB :- European PE/VC deal volume drops to a five-year low in H1 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European private equity and venture capital entry volume dropped to a five-year low in the first half of 2020 as managers turned away from deal-making to focus on their existing portfolios

Sonny’s Switches Sponsors

Genstar has acquired Sonny’s Enterprises, a manufacturer of car wash equipment and supplies, from Sentinel Capital Partners. Sonny’s is the largest manufacturer and distributor of conveyorized car wash equipment, parts and supplies in the world

OneConnect returns to US with follow-on

US-listed OneConnect Financial Technology Co, a Chinese company whose stock price has doubled this year, is tapping equity investors for new funds.

GED invests in SimpleCloud via Conexo Ventures

GED Capital has invested in SimpleCloud, a Spanish startup specialising in digital content management.

Carrick Buys Flatiron from WeWork

Carrick Capital Partners has acquired Flatiron School, an educational provider of on-line coding skills, from WeWork. New York City-based Flatiron School is an educational institution that teaches software engineering, computer programming, data science, and cybersecurity

EQT tightens pricing but concedes ticking fee on Colisée buyout

The €875m acquisition loan for EQT Infrastructure’s purchase of French care home operator Colisée will come with a reduced original issue discount and at the tight end of guidance, but the buyout firm has conceded

Ke Holdings launches $2bn NYSE listing

Ke Holdings has kicked off bookbuilding for a $2bn US listing. But it has come as one of its largest shareholders, internet giant Tencent Holdings, was blindsided by the US with sanctions.

P101 in €6.4m round for WeSchool

Venture capital house P101 has invested in a €6.4m round for Italian digital learning platform WeSchool.

Industry Ventures raises $180m sophomore co-investment fund amid coronavirus lockdown

Industry Ventures has hit a $180m final close for its second co-investment fund amid talking up the "compelling opportunity" to invest in digital transformation in the coronavirus pandemic.

Jet Investment plans Jet 3 launch for late 2021

Jet Investment, one of the largest private equity firms in the Czech Republic, plans to begin fundraising €300m for its third fund, Jet 3, in H2 2021 or Q1 2022, according to partner and board member Marek Malik.

Southeast Asia IPOs return to form as Covid concerns ease

Southeast Asian bankers are enjoying a revival in primary equity raising, after three large deals were launched or set to be priced this week. Bankers are guardedly optimistic they can keep up the momentum. Jonathan

Blackstone said to near biggest Indian RE portfolio buyout to date with $1.7bn Prestige Group deal

Global private equity giant Blackstone is reportedly near a $1.7bn buyout of Indian property developer Prestige Group's rental income assets in what is said to be the largest real estate portfolio buyout in the country

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