Articles by Katharine Hidalgo
Mouro leads $26m round for Uncapped
Iron Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Seedcamp and White Star Capital participate in the round
Hg reinvests in Citation
Hg sold the compliance software company to KKR in August 2020 in a transaction valued at £500-600m
Hg sells A-Plan to trade buyer Howden
A-Plan was part of the portfolio of Hg 7, which closed on £2bn in April 2013
UK exits set to drag in Q3
Early figures from the third quarter suggest that very few GPs will be in sell mode for the rest of the year
Agilitas-backed LCG acquires Acorn
Agilitas acquired LCG in March 2020 for an enterprise value of £125-150m from MML Capital
IQ Capital et al. in £5.8m series-A for AccelerComm
Existing investors Bloc Ventures and listed technology investor IP Group also participate
Morningside leads £40.6m series-B for Immune Regulation
Morningside's Isaac Cheng will join the company's board of directors
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Allocate 2020 special
The Pod discusses our upcoming LP/GP conference, Allocate, touching on illiquidity solutions, secondaries, and ESG
BGF invests £3m in 365 Response
BGF's investment will be used to accelerate the development of the technology platform
Notion IV to close in 2020 above £125m target
LPs in the fund include Nuclear Liabilities Fund, Pentland Group, Pool Reinsurance Company and Pruger
Kindred's second fund closes on £81m
Kindred is currently projecting that around €5.4m will be returned to founders from Kindred I
Peak Rock acquires Halo Foods
Founded in 1980, Halo generated revenues of £35.2m in the year to 28 December 2019
MML hires Bond and Birkin
MML is currently raising for MML Partnership Capital VII, which held a first close in October 2019
Blackstone invests in $500m round for Ki
Blackstone is currently investing from its third-generation Tactical Opportunities fund
Aberdeen Standard appoints Redman as head of private markets
Redman will be supported by Neil Slater in his capacity as deputy head of private markets
Ardian Expansion V closes on €2bn
Launched in January 2020, the fund's original target was €1.5bn - already 50% larger than its predecessor
RDCP wholly acquires HVAC business Macair
Macair's management team will stay on with the company following the transaction
Clean Growth Fund to close in 2021 on £150m hard-cap
Typical equity cheques will start at £500,000-3m for any initial investments
BGF invests £2.6m in MRM
MRM Global also appoints former Diageo executive Andy Fennell as non-executive chairman
TIIN acquires Lantech to merge with Felton
TIIN Capital set up a fund to finance its plans, named Dutch Security TechFund, which held a first close on €25m
Alliance Entreprendre acquires Ecoclean, LT reinvests
LT and Alliance Entreprendre invest €6m and €10m respectively, according to Capital Finance
Palatine-backed Gusto applies for CVA
Palatine backed the company's management buyout from Living Ventures Group in April 2014
Partners Group in talks to acquire BC-backed Côte – report
A spokesperson for Cote confirmed a sale is among several options being explored for the company
Whitehelm in £80m funding round for Connexin
Whitehelm has taken a large minority stake, with the management team retaining the majority