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Q1 Barometer: Total European deal value reaches new decade high
The latest Unquote Private Equity Barometer, produced in association with Aberdeen Standard Investments, is now available to download
BaltCap sells Ecoservice to PE-backed Eco Baltia
BaltCap's exit comes seven years after the GP acquired a 75% stake in Ecoservice for €16.4m
EQT Growth leads €250m series-F round for Vinted
Latest round brings the total amount Vinted has raised to nearly €500m
Abingworth Clinical Co-Development Fund 2 closes on $582m
ACCD 2 finances the development of late-stage clinical programmes of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
Debt funds celebrate strong dealflow following Covid stress-test
Direct lenders now see shift away from refinancings and towards new deals, including 2020 processes coming back to life
Airbridge Investments contemplates new fundraise
Fund could tap family offices and wealthy individuals, while the VC's founders have so far invested their own capital
Park Square Capital Partners IV closes on €1.8bn
Fund invests in primary and secondary subordinated debt in both performing credit and dislocated debt
European PE exits back to historic highs in Q1
Greater visibility on the pandemic's impact, attractive comparables and PE's strong appetite on the buy-side embolden managers
Founders Circle closes third fund on $355m
Fund deploys flexible capital to meet the needs of growth-stage companies and support their expansion
Fundraising fortunes: prevailing LP preferences persist
Alessia Argentieri looks at the winning strategies, and gathers insight from placement specialists as to what the rest of 2021 has in store
Tikehau's SPAC Pegasus raises €500m
Tikehau, FinanciУЈre Agache, Jean-Pierre Mustier and Diego De Giorgi commit to invest a total amount in excess of тЌ165m
FlyCap targets €25-35m for mezzanine fund
Latvian government's development finance institution Altum commits around 60% of the fund
LP Profile: PFR increasingly eyeing funds outside Poland
Polish LP has invested €75m in four private equity firms in recent months, including Apax Partners, PAI Partners and Avallon MBO
Digital Alpha Fund II closes on $1bn
Fund invests in digital assets, with a focus on next-gen networks, cloud computing and "smart cities"
Columbus Life Sciences Fund III closes on €120m
Fund invests in early-stage and high-growth opportunities across the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries
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
Inovo II holds €54m final close
Fund intends to fuel the development of the startup ecosystem across the CEE region
Cusp Capital announces €300m debut fund
Newly launched VC is led by former Tengelmann Ventures partners and managing directors
Primo Digital Fund launches with €80m target
Fund has a special focus on the e-commerce, software, cybersecurity, fintech and blockchain sectors
Resource Partners buys dog food maker Atlantic Products
GP plans to merge Atlantic with portfolio company Maced, in which it acquired a majority stake last year
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
Tera Ventures closes second fund on €43m
According to Unquote Data, the fund was launched in January 2018 and had a target of raising €55m
BaltCap closes third fund on €177m hard-cap
GP committed €5m of its own capital to the fund, the largest amount it has committed to any of its own funds