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Aenova sponsor BC Partners taps Jefferies to explore exit options
GP previously attempted to sell the pharma and healthcare CDMO in 2018, Mergermarket reported
Capiton aims to launch EUR 600m fundraise for seventh fund in 2024
Next year’s fundraising timeline could avoid current tough environment
VC Profile: NetScientific’s EMV gears up for debut fund targeting early-stage deep-tech startups
UK-based investment platform will step up investments in existing portfolio, while securing commitments for its thematic fund by year-end
RTP Global holds final close for fourth fund on USD 1bn
Fundraise is New York-headquartered early-stage venture capital firm’s largest to date
Volpi raises EUR 250m continuation vehicle for 2016-vintage assets
Volpi Capital Investments Conti will hold Dutch geospatial data company Cyclomedia and UK-based surveillance group Digital Barriers
Advisors court Permira for Golden Goose stake sale as alternative to IPO
A slew of Italian and international banks are trying to get in front of Permira to help the Golden Goose Spa majority shareholder refine its thinking around exit options, three sources told Unquote sister publication Mergermarket, adding that some were...
Open GI owner Montagu kicks off sale through BofA, Arma
GP previously attempted to sell the insurance software firm in 2018, having acquired the company in 2014
Frst aims to hit EUR 100m hard cap by year-end for AI-focused third fund
Paris-based VC has held a EUR 72m first close for early-stage vehicle, which will mainly invest in AI experts
Arma intensifies US acquisition talks with Mediobanca backing
Deal to acquire its first US peer could come as soon as next year
ESI Group advances talks with buyout firms as strategic interest wanes
Binding offers for the listed French software firm are expected pre-European summer
Many-headed Hydra: Private markets manager consolidation rears its head
Multi-asset managers set to roll-up credit, infrastructure and secondaries players to add strategies for scale
Sponsors drive record take-private activity as deployment pressure mounts
Discounted small- and mid-cap take privates expected to feed 2 pipelines amid M&A and IPO slowdown
Advent acquires majority stake in Parfums de Marly and INITIO Parfums Privés
GP will support the global growth of both fragrance brands, which will be managed separately under the same group
Alantra seeks to bolster US presence via buys, organic growth for advisory division - IB CEO
Financial services group aims to grow the geographical presence and sector specialism of its investment banking group
Civica owner Partners Group begins sponsor discussions for post-summer exit
GP previously attemped to sell the UK-based software firm in 2021, with the process stalling over valuation disagreements
Strada Partners heads for 2024 final close for EUR 150m debut fund
Emerging Belgian manager was formed last year and will ink deals with EUR 5m-EUR 50m equity tickets
Summa Equity sells Infobric in SBO to Stirling Square
Norway-based sponsor will be reinvesting in Swedish construction technology and services provider as a minority shareholder
Five Arrows launches CBA Informatique stake sale
GP invested EUR 50m in exchange for a 40% stake in the French healthcare software publisher in 2018
EQT Mid Market exits Ellab to Novo
Sale of Danish validation solutions group follows exit of BBS Automation as GP divests mid-market fund
Naxicap to exit ECF in SBO to PAI
Hospitality and care equipment producer marks fifth deal from PAI’s eighth flagship fund
IK-backed Klingel advances to round two with Altor among sponsors circling
Novo Holdings and AEA Investors also tipped to be in the final stretch for the German medical equipment company
TA Associates waltzes to USD 16.5bn fundraise
Seven-month raise for the US-based sponsor’s fifteenth vehicle bucks fundraising woes faced elsewhere
Women in VC: Lima Ventures’ Argun on exit plans and gender-equal investing
Turkish VC firm manages three funds, including Alima, which helps its portfolio companies attract global investment
Polaris sponsor CapVest weighs sale of children’s services giant via PwC
Regulatory scrutiny on children’s services and fostering sector has stepped up since a 2021 CMA report