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Oscar Geen

Oscar Geen

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Oscar Geen joined Unquote in 2017 as a reporter, focusing on the private equity market in the DACH region. He was later promoted to senior reporter and is now news editor, overseeing the news content on unquote.com. He previously worked for Unquote sister publication Creditflux as a researcher, focusing on the CLO market.

Oscar graduated from the University of Kent with a Master's degree in political theory in 2015 and spent a year at the Freie Universität in Berlin as part of his undergraduate programme.

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Articles by Oscar Geen

Fundraising in dollars
LP consortium announces $1.5bn seed platform

Venture is advised by Wafra and expects to deploy $1.5bn over the next five years

  • LPs
  • 23 February 2018
Direct secondaries acquisition
Lexington returns to market with record secondaries raise

Lexington held a final close for LCP VIII on its $10.1bn hard-cap in April 2015

  • Funds
  • 22 February 2018
Close-up detailed image of a euro coin
Capvis to close fifth fund on hard-cap

More than 80% of LPs reupped into the fourth fund, which closed on its €720m hard-cap in 2014

  • Funds
  • 22 February 2018
Dating apps
GA backs ProSiebenSat.1's Nucom

Oakley sells minority stakes in portfolio companies Parship and Verivox at a combined EV of €970m

  • Buyouts
  • 22 February 2018
Gearboxes and automotive transmission parts
Equistone sells E Winkemann to Cathay Capital

Equistone makes the divestment from its €1.5bn buyout fund Equistone Europe Partners IV

  • Buyouts
  • 21 February 2018
Oil refineries and commodity chemicals
Carlyle sells The Sniffers to trade

Sale ends a holding period of six years for Carlyle, which bought the company in December 2011

  • Exits
  • 21 February 2018
UK fund closes and launches
Mayfair raises for second fund in US and Europe

GP makes an SEC filing listing commitments of $130m from US-based institutional investors

  • Funds
  • 21 February 2018
Mood surveys
Alven backs €2.5m series-A for Supermood

VC firm 50 Partners also takes part in the financing, as well as Blablacar CTO Francis Nappez

  • Expansion
  • 20 February 2018
Euro loans made online
VC firms to sell Lendico to ING Diba

ING Diba has registered its intention to acquire Lendico with the competition authority

  • Exits
  • 20 February 2018
Internet of things
VC firms back $30m round for Relayr

Round is led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, a corporate venturing arm with $1bn in AUM

  • Expansion
  • 20 February 2018
Christian Knott of Capmanic
Capnamic promotes Knott to partner, hires two

Knott will be responsible for deal sourcing and execution, as well as portfolio management

  • People
  • 20 February 2018
Dentist clinics and equipment
Nordic Capital acquires dental group

New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator

  • Buyouts
  • 19 February 2018
Insurance brokers
BVI launches new LP law

BVI Finance outlines four key areas in which the new law will benefit investment funds

  • Funds
  • 19 February 2018
European PE houses set to benefit from increasingly friendly borrowing environment for remainder of 2015
Private debt funds expand market share in Germany

Growing use of use of first-out, second-out unitranche leads to private debt funds more than doubling their share of German mid-market deals

  • DACH
  • 19 February 2018
Banks and comsumer finance
Cerberus, JC Flowers to acquire HSH Nordbank

German daily reports that an informal agreement has been in place for several weeks

  • Buyouts
  • 19 February 2018
Car shopping websites
Hellman & Friedman makes final exit from Scout24

Shareholders sell 9.25 million shares at approximately €36.74 per share

  • Exits
  • 19 February 2018
Portfolio reorganisations
KKR launches Global Impact Fund

Fund will target investments with positive social and environmental impact globally

  • Funds
  • 16 February 2018
Roofing insulation
Gilde sells Synbra to trade for €117.5m

Sale ends an 18-year holding period for Gilde, which acquired the company in 1999

  • Exits
  • 16 February 2018
Making payments using NFC readers in smartphones
Speedinvest in $14.5m series-B for Payworks

Corporate venturing arms of Commerzbank (CommerzVentures) and Visa led the round

  • Expansion
  • 16 February 2018
Fundraising in euros
Essling closes second co-investment fund on €115m

Hard-cap was originally set at €100m, but was raised in order to meet increasing demand

  • Funds
  • 15 February 2018
Fundraising in euros
Golding to launch new FoF in H2

Golding announces new fund after a record year of fundraising across all strategies

  • Funds
  • 15 February 2018
Education and homework software
Frog Capital leads €3m series-D for Sofatutor

Acton Capital Partners, JCMB Beteiligungs and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft also take part

  • Expansion
  • 15 February 2018
Fundraising in pounds sterling
Imbiba holds final close on £50m hard-cap

New vehicle will target investments in UK-based leisure and hospitality businesses

  • Funds
  • 14 February 2018
Company management teams and non-executive directors
Hg promotes five to partner

Batchelor is also promoted to COO while GSK's Ruter is hired as head of responsible investing

  • People
  • 14 February 2018
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