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A farewell from the editor
Greg Gille leaves Unquote after more than 11 years with the publication, including five as editor
Beringea promotes three to partner
VC firm has announced the promotion of Eyal Malinger, Maria Wagner and Vanessa Evanson-Goddard to partner
PE activity reaches EUR 392bn in record-breaking 2021
Q4 may have shown signs of a market slowdown, but 2021 nevertheless stands out as a phenomenal year for PE deployment across Europe
Happy Holidays from the Unquote team
Check out a selection of our most impactful recent content, before the team returns on 4 January to resume covering the latest European PE news
Gyrus Capital's Essential Pharma refinances, inks two deals
In parallel with the refinancing, Essential Pharma completed two M&A deals in December
Livingbridge sells Southern Communications
GP appointed Oakley Advisory to launch the sale over the summer
Hayfin exceeds EUR 2bn target for Special Opportunities Fund III
Credit fund will target opportunities arising from post-pandemic dislocation
HungryPanda raises USD 130m in Series D round
London-headquartered company has now raised USD 220m over the last three years
PE-backed Ardonagh secures further investment at USD 7.5bn valuation
US private equity houses HPS and MDP merged five insurance firms to form Ardonagh in 2017
PAI sells Asmodee to Embracer in EUR 3bn deal
EBITDA for the France-based games business has risen from EUR 90m to EUR 240m under PAI's ownership
Grocery delivery startup Flink closes USD 750m Series B round
German grocery delivery startup has comfortably exceeded unicorn status in just a year since inception
Triton secures €1.45bn syndicated ESG-linked facility
Triton is the latest in a string of mainstream GPs to have announced ESG-linked loans this year
PE heavyweights line up for EUR 1.5bn Ligue 1 stake – report
French league's auction is expected to wrap up by the start of the second quarter
Connection Capital hires Anas Afzal as fund associate
Afzal joins from Aberdeen Standard, where he was a portfolio analyst on the fixed income team
Tikehau fully exits Eurazeo
Asset manager nets a 10.7% IRR on the investment in its listed peer
Kinnevik leads USD 500m round for JobAndTalent
Series E, which also features SoftBank Vision Fund 2, gives the company a USD 2.35bn valuation
Average fund size reaches new heights amid stark market bifurcation
Average buyout fund close for 2021 stands at EUR 1.33bn, more than double the EUR 629m recorded in 2017
FSN Capital appoints new co-managing partners
First succession transition for the Nordic firm since it was founded in 1999
Partech closes second growth fund on EUR 650m
Second vehicle is significantly larger than its predecessor, Partech Growth I, which raised EUR 400m in 2015
TA Associates buys Ambienta's Nactarome
TA beat contender Apax, which came second in the auction for the Ambienta-backed company
Intertrust gathers interest from other suitors following CVC offer
Several parties have submitted proposals at offer prices of up to EUR 22 per share
Valedo's Norva24 to list in Stockholm
Since inception in 2015, Norva24 has grown from NOK 150m in revenues to NOK 2.1bn
Tencent leads GBP 60m round for Ultraleap
Company develops haptics hardware technology, allowing touch-free interaction with devices
Carlyle clinches AutoForm in SBO from Astorg
Permira, Onex, EQT, KKR and Hellman & Friedman, as well as industry players, were also tipped as potential bidders