José Rojo
José Rojo joined unquote" in March 2015 and has since followed the private equity market in France and the Benelux. Prior to his current role, he worked for Spanish news agency Europa Press, online newspapers, foundations and acted as correspondent for the Nordic countries during a one-year stay in Helsinki.
Having graduated from Madrid's Complutense University with honours in July 2014, José is a certified speaker of Spanish, English, French and Swedish and a published outdoors and nature photographer.
Email: jose.rojo@unquote.com
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ACapital leads €5.2m round for Sunpartner
GP financed half of the equity ticket via its China-Outbound fund, now 80% invested
Sodero and BPI France in Emballage OBO
Firms aim to support the company’s expansion in France and abroad as minority owners
Accel leads £12.5m series-B for Carwow
Round follows £1.3m seed investment and £4.6m series-A in February and December 2014
Portobello in Laulagun MBO
Industrial buyout is fifth deal financed via GP’s €375m third fund
Ardian creates TimeOne via portfolio companies merger
GP injects fresh €5m and will become minority shareholder in post-merger group
Dutch MPs unveil green paper against private equity
Dutch Labour MP Henk Nijboer has published his proposals on how to reform the private equity market
Activa backs Mecadaq OBO to create build-up platform
Second build-up project to be financed by the GP’s third fund in the space of a month
Vendis kickstarts second fund with Petrol buyout
SME-focused vehicle understood to have raised €160m, up from €150m target
Mandarin closes second fund on €200m
Figure falls far below €500m target vehicle launched with in March 2013
Miura to create Reefer group with Chereau buyout
Asset will be merged with Spanish peer SOR Ibérica, acquired by the GP last month
Dayuse raises €15m from Partech et al.
Series-A saw VC draw equity from its €130m, 2011-vintage sixth venture fund
Initiative & Finance buys minority stake in Fermatic
MBO is maiden deal for GP's recently closed €168m second small-cap buyout fund
Deal in Focus: Arle and Eyrir complete three-step divestment of Stork
An in-depth look at Arle and Eyrir's three-step sale of Dutch oil and gas services company Stork
Adveq promotes six to executive director
Announcement comes a year after fund-of-funds named four professionals to the role
Peak Rock bolsters Brussels team with new principal
Carsten Beck will manage deal sourcing in Europe for mid-market investor
Ysios et al. in €11.5m series-A for Aelix
Ysios has backed the HIV vaccine developer via its €100m second healthcare-focused fund
Gimv buys Itho Daalderop and Klimaatgarant for merger
Group is latest business to enter Gimv’s Sustainable Cities programme
Equistone exits Sogetrel to Quilvest and BPI France
Quilvest and BPI France to become company's respective majority and minority owners
Bridgepoint et al. buy PE-backed Anaveo
Deal marks exit for minority owners CM-CIC, ACG and Garibaldi Participations
Ardian’s Trescal bolts on Primo
14th add-on since GP's takeover in June 2013 is Trescal's first in Canada
Ixo buys majority stake in Evas
MBO is ninth deal for GP's third fund, currently invested at 40-50%
Corvm appoints Pinault to board
Latest senior hire by mid-market GP after launching with deal-by-deal approach in 2014
Catterton, LVMH, Arnault merge PE operations to create L Catterton
New player to target global consumer space as it grows portfolio beyond $12bn
Balderton promotes two to partner
Moffat and Wise appointments bring VC's partner count up to eight