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Astorg closes Mid-Cap Fund on EUR 1.3bn
Fund will target EUR 150m-500m EV deals, expanding on Astorg’s current flagship strategy
Lightrock gears up for Climate Impact Fund
Impact investing GP raised USD 900m for its Lightrock Growth Fund I vehicle in 2021
August sells Zenergi to ECI for 5.3x
Sale of the energy and sustainability service provider ends a holding period of just over four years
Exponent buys majority stake in H&MV
Limited structured sale saw the GP acquire the Irish high voltage electrical engineering firm
Ardian sells ProduceShop stake to Gilde Buy Out
Ardian Growth bought a minority stake in the Switzerland-based home goods e-commerce firm in 2020
Apax gears up for Fund XI
Apax Partners' USD 11bn predecessor flagship fund was 64% deployed as of September 2021
Inflexion sells Alcumus to Apax for 5.9x money
Inflexion acquired the UK-based risk management and compliance firm for GBP 92m in 2015
Warburg Pincus leads USD 150m round for Scandit
Switzerland-headquartered barcode scanning software is valued at more than USD 1bn
Nuveen closes impact fund on USD 218m
GP could return to market for Fund II in 2022 or early 2023 given current deployment opportunities
Inflexion acquires Enviolo in USD 245m buyout
Investment in the Netherlands-based e-bike components producer was led by the GP's Amsterdam office
Hamilton Lane opens Swiss office
EMEA head of client solutions Ralph Aerni and vice-president Rainer Kobler will head the initiative
Polestar launches circular debt fund with EUR 400m hard-cap
Fund will back Netherlands-based projects and companies involved with carbon and waste reduction
BC Partners announces EUR 6.9bn fundraise for BC XI
Final close fell below the original target; GP expects to return to market for its next fund in H2 2023
Eight Advisory opens Cologne office; appoints KPMG's Luchtenberg
Fourth German office will be headed by Curt-Oliver Luchtenberg, who has joined from KPMG
PE impact fundraising surpasses EUR 4bn in 2021
Figures from Unquote Data reflect the increasing prevalence of impact and impact-driven deals
Baird sells Nigel Wright majority stake to management
Baird will retain minority stakes in the recruitment firm, having first acquired it in 2010
Tikehau records EUR 6.4bn in fundraising in 2021
GP deployed EUR 5.5bn from its private equity, private debt and real estate funds in the same year
Access Capital registers ninth growth buyout fund
Fund-of-funds strategy makes primary and secondaries deals, backing funds investing in European SMEs
CapMan commits to science-based targets for net zero
Commitment is part of the GP's ESG strategy across the firm itself and its portfolio
Coller to close USD 1.4bn debut credit secondaries fund
GP launched its first dedicated secondaries fund in May 2021 and has commitments from around 30 LPs
Polaris V holds final close on EUR 650m hard-cap
Fund has EUR 690m to deploy including the GP commitment, and has made five platform investments
Permira leads USD 180m round for GWI
London-headquartered market research software-as-a-service platform is valued at more than USD 850m
Abris exits Patent Co to trade
Sale to Raiffeisen Ware Austria ends Abris's six-year investment period in the animal feed company
Carlyle sells Cupa Group to Brookfield
GP bought the natural slate producer in 2016 for EUR 170m; it is now reportedly valued at EUR 900m