DACH
Pinova Capital buys AdzLocal
GP generally invests in DACH SMEs with revenues of €10-75m, deploying equity tickets of €10-25m
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
HIG hires Lorenz to lead DACH WhiteHorse team
Sebastian Lorenz joins HIG's direct lending division from Barings as a principal and head of DACH
Tencent leads $180m round for Scalable Capital
Existing investors BlackRock, HV Capital and Tengelmann also back the asset management firm
Cerea Mezzanine IV holds €215m first close
Fund invests in small- and mid-cap companies operating across the food and beverage value chain
Russmedia Equity buys secondhand sales platform Shpock
GP aims to develop the Austria-headquartered online marketplace into a leading player in the UK
Argand-backed Cherry announces intention to float
Gaming hardware producer is set to continue a busy H1 2021 for IPOs in the DACH region
Oakley buys Afterbuy, DreamRobot
GP is investing via its €455m Origin Fund and is merging the software firms to form ECommerce One
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
Ambienta hires four
Demeunynck and Héron join Ambienta's Paris office, while Leu and Balz join its Munich office
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
VCs in $240m round for Flink
Series-A round for the grocery delivery startup comes shortly after its foundation in December 2020
Kempen invests in BCP's Ounda
Beyond Capital Partners formed the optician and audiology chain as a buy-and-build platform in 2020
Duke Street acquires Compo
Acquisition of the gardening soil producer is the GP's first deal since June 2019
Canyon et al. in $650m series-G for FlixMobility
Latest round, which comprises both equity and debt, values the company at more than £3bn
KKA Partners holds first close for second fund
KKA Value Fund II has a €200m target and has made its first investment, acquiring IT service Xantaro
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
TA Associates closes TA XIV fund on $12.5bn
Firm also closes its second-generation re-investment fund, TA Select Opportunities Fund II, on $1.5bn
Eos Capital Partners acquires Mod IT Services
Company will be the centre of a newly established IT platform, Eos said in a statement
Cinven buys majority stake in Think-Cell
GP said in a statement that it sees potential to internationalise the PowerPoint chart software
Altamar and CAM combine businesses
New group is named Altamar CAM Partners and has a presence in Europe, America and Asia
Target Global leads $650m round for Wefox
Round is the largest ever raised in the European insurtech sector, according to Unquote Data
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