Creas leads €3.6m round for Qida

Spanish venture capital house Creas has led a €3.6m round for Qida, a startup specialising in homecare services.

Kennet V closes on €223m

Kennet Partners has held a final close for its fifth technology-focused venture capital vehicle on €223m.

Global Founders, Partech in €5.6m seed round for Symmetrical

Global Founders Capital and Partech have led a €5.6m seed funding round for London-based financial technology company Symmetrical.

Cirque du Soleil Gets Stalking Horse

In response to the disruption and forced show closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has filed for protection from creditors in Canada – under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement

Webster and MedEquity Expand BelMar

Belmar Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy and a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners and MedEquity Capital, has acquired APS Pharmacy. Compounding pharmacies combine, mix, or alter one or more ingredients to create a medication that

Datasite: AI to Speed Up M&A

According to Datasite, over the next five years new technologies, including artificial intelligence, will transform the mergers and acquisitions process by decreasing the time it takes to perform due diligence to less than a month

Hamilton Lane closes its first impact fund at $95m

The vehicle seeks to make primary or secondary investments in private market strategies, including buyout, growth, venture capital, and real assets

HV Holtzbrinck leads €60m round for SolarisBank

HV Holtzbrinck Ventures has led a €60m round for Germany-based banking startup SolarisBank.

Disruption from COVID-19 hits ASEAN private equity hard

Opalesque Industry Update - After a strong 2019, the ASEAN private equity industry has been shaken by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Preqin. As of September 2019 (the latest data available), ASEAN-focused private

PE-backed Mercell prepares for IPO

Viking Venture-backed Mercell, a supplier of digital bidding and procurement tools based in northern Europe, has announed plans for an IPO.

Innvotec launches Female Ventures Fund

Alternative investment fund manager Innvotec has launched Female Ventures Fund (FVF) to invest exclusively in UK female-founded or co-founded enterprises.

EQT leads $3m seed round for Willa

Swedish finanical technology startup Willa has raised $3m in a seed round led by EQT Ventures.

Carlyle buys into Bharti Airtel data centre unit at $1.2bn valuation

Carlyle has agreed a $235m investment in the data centre unit of India's largest integrated telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel.

Viking Venture acquires FotoWare

Nordic software-focused private equity firm Viking Venture has wholly acquired FotoWare, an Oslo-based B2B provider of digital enterprise asset management software. 

NordicNinja leads €2.2m seed round for Ziticity

NordicNinja has led a €2.2m seed funding round for Lithuanian logistics company Ziticity.

Microsoft’s M12, US Venture Partners lead $15m investment in cybersecurity company Hunters

Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Hunters has bagged $15m in a Series A funding round from Microsoft’s M12 and US Venture Partners.

EQT leads $3m round for freelancer payment, finance management app maker Willa

EQT Ventures has led a $3m funding round for Willa, which looks to make it easier for freelancers to arrange for payments and to get control of their finances.

Insurance chatbot startup Hi Marley gets $8m Series A1 investment

Insurance chatbot Hi Marley has closed an $8m Series A1 led by True Ventures and Underscore VC.

OEP Launches Spartronics

Sparton Corporation, a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital since March 2019, has agreed to sell its contract manufacturing unit, Manufacturing & Design Services (MDS), to One Equity Partners. MDS engineers, designs, and manufactures electronic and

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