Benelux
Direct lending moves into mainstream but confusion persists
Will corporate borrowers come to terms with direct lenders?
HPE hires new partner
Former TPG Capital partner Manfred Krikke joins HPE as partner
Gilde’s Nspyre bolts on Irmato division
New division to be named Nspyre Engineering Services
Gilde backs pack2pack MBO
GP carves out company's Netherlands-based tin can and pail division
Advent to buy Corialis from Sagard, Ergon
Deal will mark fourth private equity buyout for the company
No new investments for 3i in latest quarter
GP reports cash generation of £164m
Axivate acquires Feedback Co
GP is seeking investments in customer experience measurement sector
Secondaries: A balancing act
Transfers are becoming more complex as cash continues to flood secondaries market
EQT buys Bureau van Dijk from Charterhouse
Deal is latest in series of publisher acquisitions by GPs
Q2 Barometer: European buyouts hit 10-quarter high
Q2 sees uptick in buyout deal volume and value across Europe
DFJ et al. in $14.5m round for Bright Computing
Company counts Amazon, Cisco and Dell among user-base
Providence et al. sell majority stake in M7 to Astorg
Providence will retain a minority stake
VC-backed Quintiq sold for €250m
NewSpring and LLR backed the business in 2011
ICG Q2 results show appetite for direct lending
Senior debt fund raised €455m during the quarter
GEM Benelux III hits €275m final close
Fund was raised in just two months
Gimv exits dcinex in €26m deal
Transaction includes cash and share-swap
Carlyle acquires Expereo
Deal marks first investment from CETP III fund
Triton Debt fund closes on €500m
Vehicle is Triton's first debt-focused fund
Vitruvian invests in Bitbrains
Group formed after merger earlier this year
Belgian VCs fail to benefit from country’s hidden wealth
Belgian venture funds should be trying to access private wealth
Blackstone acquires Lombard for €399m
Increased vendor loan note could bring amount owed by Blackstone to €449m
Exact Holding in potential €854m buyout
Rothschild appointed to sell company
Investcorp buys Bencis’s SPGPrints for €240m
Deal marks Investcorp's fifth acquisition in 12 months
Idinvest closes second senior debt fund on €400m
Fund was on the road for only three months