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Alantra bolsters private debt team with new appointments
Hires include managing directors Alberto Pierotti and Jean-Philippe Lantrade
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 19 April 2022
Triton's All4Labels; Committed's MR Marine; Goldman Sach's Advania; Main Capital's Perbility; and more
3i promotes six to partner
Four of the promotions sit in Europe, spanning the UK, Germany, and the Benelux
Hg bolsters team with promotions and new hires
GP has promoted three to partner and fills newly created role, head of talen
Carlyle acquires life sciences investor Abingworth
Deal follows EQT's acquisition of LSP in November 2021 as asset managers look for greater specialisation
European PE fundraising forges ahead amidst macro uncertainty
Unquote explores LP preferences, GP behaviour and the challenges ahead in what many expect to be a record fundraising year
Inovexus gears up for seed investments in AI, blockchain, metaverse startups
Evergreen fund's LPs include Crédit Agricole, according to Inovexus CEO and founder Philippe Roche
Volpi hires Fairlie from Synova
Tech specialist closed its second fund in January 2021 and has made three hires this year
European Q1 deal value drops amid market volatility
Buyouts in the first quarter fell to EUR 62bn, the lowest level since the recovery from the pandemic started
Clearwater Multiples Heatmap: UK and Ireland deals pass 14x mark in Q4
With PE buyouts in Europe shattering records again in 2021, average multiples continued to move up in Q4
Pemberton launches NAV financing strategy with new hire
Thomas Doyle joins alternative credit specialist from 17Capital
Aztec appoints new head of ESG
Caroline Mantoura joins the fund services provider after 12 years at Accenture
General Atlantic appoints head of ESG from PAI
Cornelia Gomez joins with an aim to bolster the sponsor’s ESG efforts and will be based in London
NorthEdge appoints two new partners amid several senior promotions
UK GP bolsters teams in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham with 80% of Fund III to invest and over 50% of its SME vehicle deployed
Polaris Investment Advisory makes board appointments
Eon's Dajana Brodmann, Axiom's Marc Lau and Omega Capital's Pablo López de Ayala bolster the board
Pinova Capital promotes Hofbauer to partner
Jean-Marie Hofbauer joined the Munich-headquartered Mittelstand technology investor in 2015
Lightrock announces promotions, board appointments
Impact investor expects to turn its focus to new deals in 2022 and grew its team by 30% in 2021
GP Profile: Patrimonium Private Equity aims for full fund deployment and add-ons in 2022
Swiss sponsor has EUR 150m in fund commitments and expects two to three more platform deals this year
Glendower eyes new secondaries fund
London and New York-based secondaries firm was acquired by CVC Capital Partners in 2021
Investcorp exits Agromillora to Edify
GP invested EUR 30m in growth initiatives since entry in 2016; founders of the Spanish plant propagation services group are reinvesting
Pamplona to liquidate LetterOne-backed funds, to sell LP stakes in cut-off process
GP to begin formal wind down process on three funds after sanctions hit the LP’s Russian backers
CVC’s Amsterdam IPO move adds impetus to calls for LSE reform
CVC Capital Partners’ reported preference for Amsterdam as a potential home for its shares shows that London’s regulatory regime still needs to be far more flexible, several sources said.
Mirabaud appoints Nouri as partner, plans new Lifestyle fund
GP plans to launch the second fund in its consumer-focused Lifestyle strategy later in 2022
Circularity Capital hires new investment director
Deanna Zhang joins the UK-based circular economy investor from L-Gam