Benelux
Healthcare valuations heat up as high-profile assets crystallise competition
Healthcare sector saw multiple valuations pick up in Q1 2021 and hit a record high of 13.7x
ABN Amro launches €425m Sustainable Impact Fund
Fund will make PE and VC investments in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries
IK to sell Veritas Petroleum Services to Fremman Capital
Fuel testing company was reportedly marketed off EBITDA between €18-20m
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Fundraising full steam ahead
With record amounts of capital raised in 2020 and a roaring start to 2021, it seems not even a pandemic could slow the momentum of PE fundraising
PE deal-making surge of 2021 could break one more record
Recent trends in the mega-deal segment indicate that the Alliance Boots buyout of 2007 is a record that is close to being broken
VC fundraising enjoys strong 2020 vintage, sunny prospects
With record amounts of capital raised for the strategy, venture capital fundraising does not appear to have been slowed by the pandemic
DN Capital's Global Venture Capital V surpasses €200m
GVC V targets seed and series-A investments in the software, fintech and online marketplace sectors
Balderton holds final close for $680m debut growth fund
GP's previous vehicles have targeted earlier-stage primary and secondary venture deals
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Pandemic premiums
Following the publication of the Q1 2021 Multiples Heatmap, Unquote welcomes Clearwater's executive team to discuss pricing trends
Pollen Street Capital IV raises £560m, close to surpass target
PSC IV invests in lower-mid-market companies across the financial and business services industries
Cerea Mezzanine IV holds €215m first close
Fund invests in small- and mid-cap companies operating across the food and beverage value chain
Heritage funds: Large-cap players explore mid-cap opportunities
With Astorg on the road, and Triton and PAI having closed smaller funds this year, Unquote looks at what is driving the trend
CapVest gears up for launch of CapVest V
GP backs mid-market companies in essential goods and services; it sold Valeo Foods to Bain for тЌ1.7bn in May 2021
Waterland secures €500m ESG facility for eighth fund
ABM Amro, Rabobank and Natixis arrange the facility for the GP's €2.5bn latest fund
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: First-time fortunes
Vincent Van den Brink and Greg Kok from fund administrator JTC discuss how recent months have affected the fortunes of first-time funds
Silver Lake invests in KKR-backed Exact
KKR acquired the Netherlands-based accounting and ERP software company in 2019 from Apax Partners
Sanne board rejects fourth Cinven offer
Latest proposal offers 850 pence per share, a small uptick on the 830 pence offered earlier
Pandemic success boosts appeal of "misunderstood" gaming sector
PE and VC interest for the sector has picked up in the past few years after a lull, and the pandemic could turn some of these bets into winners
KKR gears up for sixth European fund
GP's predecessor vehicle closed in 2019 on €5.6bn and was 41% deployed as of December 2020
Riello launches €80m agri-food venture fund
Linfa Ventures will be dedicated to late-stage and growth capital investments across the agri-food sector
Multiples Heatmap: hectic Q1 further fuels valuation hike
Deal multiples saw four consecutive quarterly increases to reach 11.5x in the first quarter of 2021
Ysios Capital closes third fund on €216m
Fund provides private equity financing to early- and mid-stage life sciences companies
Bain Capital Ventures Fund 2021 raises $1.3bn
Fund intends to focus on digital commerce, fintech, digital healthcare and cloud infrastructure
Keensight Capital to buy Symeres from Gilde Healthcare
Gilde's exit comes four years after it invested in the drug discovery and medicinal chemistry company