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Saga closes fund-of-funds on €600m
Vehicle was launched in March 2018 with a €700m target and held a first close on €170m
Longship-backed Sensio acquires Vestfold Audio
Combined group is majority owned by Longship, employs 75 people and projects revenues of NOK 150m
European direct lending up 9% but turbocharged growth wanes
Rate of growth in alternative debt deals slows from 32% in 2017, according to Deloitte's Alternative Lender Deal Tracker
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Karmic balance sheets
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses recent developments in the impact investment space
Kirk Kapital invests in Catacap’s TPA
Both Catacap and the company’s management team will remain invested in the business
Standout invests in X-akseli
GP invests from its SEK 1bn buyout fund Standout Capital I, which was 35% invested by November
Ex-ATP investment manager joins Industriens Pension
Appointment becomes effective in June, and he will report to head of private investments
Triton-backed Glamox buys Luxonic
Triton acquired a 75% stake in Glamox for a consideration of NOK 2.8bn in December 2017
Figuring out the ESG middle-ground
How can managers draft a policy that does not result in paralysis by over-analysis?
Herkules-backed Seagull Maritime buys Tero Marine
Herkules bought Seagull for around €100m in 2015 through Herkules IV, a NOK 2.5bn buyout fund
LP Profile: Novo Holdings
Principal investments senior director Samir Kamal discusses Novo's investment plan, direct investments and approach to ESG
Voima raises €40m for deep-tech startup fund
Fund is targeting €50m and will make 25-30 investments in seed, pre-seed, series-A and series-B rounds
Intera sells Trafotek to trade for €28m
Sale ends a nine-year holding for Intera, which made the investment from the €125m Intera Fund I
Owl Ventures leads $21m series-B for Labster
Balderton Capital, Northzone and Swisscom Ventures also take part in the funding round
Axcel sells Ball Group to Findos, wraps up fund
Sale ends a holding period of around 12 years for Axcel III, which made 11 platform investments
Partners Group buys CapeOmega from HitecVision for €1.2bn
Partners Group said it will work to further expand in offshore infrastructure and related assets
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Ready, debt set, go
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, dedicated to the latest developments in the private debt market
Cinven sells €750m stake in Visma to Hg and CPPIB
Cinven made the realisation from its fifth fund, a €5.3bn vehicle that backed Visma in 2014
DN leads $10m series-A for Leapwork
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand in the US
LP Profile: Munich Private Equity Partners
Unquote catches up with MPEP, which has committed approximately €750m to 70 funds and is currently raising a fund with a target of €100m
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business
Bet the farm: reaping the rewards in agri-food investing
Investments in the agri-food tech space have bloomed in the past few years, while an increasing number of new players have entered the sector
Norvestor-backed Xllnc buys Lin Education
Bolt-on comes two months after the GP acquired Xllnc with capital from Norvestor VII
EQT buys Dellner Couplers
GP draws capital for the transaction from its latest flagship buyout fund, EQT VIII
