Ocean Avenue Has Hard Cap Close

Ocean Avenue Capital Partners has closed Ocean Avenue Fund IV LP at its hard cap of $350 million. The new fund had an original target of $300 million. Investors in Fund IV include public and

Paradigm Capital increases IES stake to 57.6%

Canadian private equity firm Paradigm Capital has increased its shareholding in listed Swedish listed education company Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES).

DN Capital, Kreos et al. in €11m round for Bnext

DN Capital, Kreos Capital, Redalpine, Speedinvest, Founders Future, Enern, Digital Horizons and Cometa have invested €11m in fintech startup Bnext.

Hony Capital burned by Pizza Express as bondholders agree deal for struggling restaurant chain

Struggling private equity-backed restaurant group Pizza Express is set to be largely taken over by bondholders as the business reels under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown.

AMB :- GCM Grosvenor to merge with Cantor Fitzgerald SPAC, to go public

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $57 billion in assets under management, is planning to go public by merging with a special purpose ac...Article Link

Icelandic company Lucinity raises $6.1m in series-A round

Icelandic AI company Lucinity has raised $6.1m in a series-A round led by Karma Ventures and byFounders.

G Square looking to exit ISPS – report

G Square Capital is looking at a sale of portfolio company Institut Supérieur des Professions de Santé (ISPS), according to Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.

UCL hits £100m first close for sophomore fund targeting spinouts, projects from university’s academics

A new venture capital fund targeting the commercialisation of projects and spinouts from academics at University College London has hit a £100m first close.

PropTech company JetClosing eyes new markets after closing $9bn Series B round

PropTech startup JetClosing has bagged $9m in its Series B round amid a plan to move into new markets.

Madison Dearborn Buys IPL Plastics

Madison Dearborn Partners has partnered with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to acquire publicly traded IPL Plastics at an enterprise value of $736 million. IPL Plastics (TSX: IPLP) is a maker of

HLD to acquire majority stake in Microwave Vision Group

HLD is to acquire a 52.95% stake in listed France-based electromagnetic waves testing company Microwave Vision Group (MVG).

Illinois public pension reveals triple private equity investment, Clearlake Capital gets biggest commitment

The $42.3bn-managing Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has agreed a trio of new private equity commitments worth $125.

Nomura to cut around 10% of London dealmaking team

Nomura’s London operation, which is headquartered in Angel Lane in the heart of the City, is understood to be hit harder than its US office

AMB :- APAC VC funding: Seed and Series A funding dominate in Q2 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Early-stage funding rounds (comprising Seed and Series A funding) dominated the venture capital (VC) funding landscape during the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region....Article Link

Leonard Green-backed CPA merges with Clarivate in $6.8bn deal

Leonard Green & Partners-backed information provider CPA Global has merged with NYSE-listed information provider Clarivate.

Programma 102 closes on €100m

Italian venture capital house P101 has held a final close for its second vehicle, Programma 102, on €100m, Unquote understands.

3i posts increase in net asset value as PE portfolio proves resilient despite Covid-19

The UK-listed business posted a total return of 6.8% for the period

Argos Wityu to acquire Sword Group’s French operations

Argos Wityu has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the French operations of listed IT consulting and software business Sword Group.

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