Benelux
AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII closes on $3.5bn
ACF VIII invests alongside GPs in private equity buyouts and growth capital transactions across a variety of sectors
Endeavour Vision closes Medtech Growth II on $375m
Fund is 30% larger than its predecessor and will continue to focus on medtech growth investments
Cusp Capital announces €300m debut fund
Newly launched VC is led by former Tengelmann Ventures partners and managing directors
BDT invests in AGP Group
BDT is investing alongside the Mannheim family, who will continue as the controlling shareholder
Forbion Growth Opportunities I holds €360m final close
Strategy will target later-stage life sciences businesses, as well as undervalued listed companies
Primo Digital Fund launches with €80m target
Fund has a special focus on the e-commerce, software, cybersecurity, fintech and blockchain sectors
Van den Ende sells stake in Endeit Capital
Partners Hubert Deitmers and Martijn Hamann will now be the sole owners of the firm
Gilde sells Vivera to JBS in €341m deal
Sale includes three manufacturing plants and a research and development centre located in the Netherlands
Keensight Capital acquires Ram-IT
GP intends to boost the company's growth, further develop its technology and bolster its expansion
Muzinich holds third close for second European debt fund
Private debt fund focuses on lower-mid-market companies; its predecessor closed on €706.5m in 2018
Aurelius raises first fund for institutional investors
Investor's тЌ360m fund has an extra capacity of тЌ150m from the GP's listed vehicle and will focus on carve-outs
Brightlands Venture Partners IV holds €45m first close
Fund invests in renewable chemistry, regenerative medicine and agri-food across the Netherlands, Belgium and parts of Germany
Buyout rankings: who invested the most in Europe in Q1 2021?
Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the European buyout space in the first quarter
Altor sells Centralpoint to trade for €425m
GP intends to acquire a stake in acquirer Dustin, which Altor listed in 2015
BlackRock, Temasek launch decarbonisation fund platform
Decarbonization Partners has a fundraising target of $1bn for its first fund, including capital from Temasek and BlackRock
PE players seek opportunities in minority deals, differentiated strategies
Minority investments, co-investments and other creative deals made via differentiated strategies could become even more relevant post-pandemic
Q&A: Debevoise's Bet-Mansour and Scoville on Spacs' relevance for PE
The partners share their thoughts on why Spacs are so attractive, what sponsors should be wary of, and whether they expect a similar uptake in Europe
Ardian Buyout VII closes on €7.5bn
Fund invests in high-growth potential businesses with enterprise values of тЌ300m-2bn
Main Capital buys majority stake in Paragin
Software-focused GP plans to pursue a buy-and-build strategy, targeting education software companies
Quadrivio launches €400m Silver Economy Fund
Fund targets European and North American companies, which specialise in products and services for people over 50
Peak Rock Capital Fund III hits $2bn hard-cap
Fund makes equity and debt investments in mid-market companies based across North America and Europe
Shackleton launches fifth venture secondaries fund
Fund combines secondaries purchases with the deployment of fresh capital directly injected in promising companies
NPM Capital to sell Deli Home to Ardian
NPM reportedly based the sale on an EBITDA figure for the retailer of roughly €40m
Q&A: do not give up on the lower-mid-market, says Monument's Karl Adam
Monument partner Karl Adam tells Greg Gille how an opportunity to break through still exists for lower-mid-market managers in a very top-heavy market