Nordics
Harper to lead HIG's London small-cap buyout team
Prior to joining HIG, John Harper was a partner at Inflexion Private Equity and previously worked at LDC
Nordic e-commerce confident "silver krona" uplift will persevere
Lockdowns have т out of necessity т introduced a new age group to online shopping, boosting prospects for several PE-backed assets
Cimbria acquires Danish software company APX10
Cimbria Nord buys the two-year-old business from Danish organisation Hedelskabet
BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II holds €576.5m final close
Investment period for the GP's тЌ500m predecessor debt vehicle ended earlier in 2020
Baudon to remain Invest Europe chair, EBRD's Fossemalle named chair-elect
Fossemalle has been the director in charge of equity funds at the EBRD since 2009
Connect Ventures closes $80m seed fund
Fund deploys capital in companies operating across all B2B and consumer software segments
FSN wins €87m in arbitration ruling against Procuritas
Ruling comes two years after FSN sued Procuritas in relation with the Gram Equipment transaction
Mediobanca, Russell Investments launch third private market fund
Fund invests in secondaries, distressed assets and opportunities in dislocated industrial sectors
Video: Cambridge Associates' Marcandalli on impact investing moving centre stage
In a new instalment of Unquote's Lockdown series, Annachiara Marcandalli explains why it is unlikely that coronavirus will sideline impact investing
Buy-and-building through the storm
Bolt-ons remain one way of deploying capital and building value, but a tough financing market and pricing mismatches make for a challenging landscape
From PE darling to hard-hit sector: gyms face uncertain post-covid future
As gyms and fitness clubs across Europe gear up to welcome back consumers, Unquote explores their tricky path out of lockdown
BlackRock and ApoBank launch healthcare fund
BlackRock-managed fund aims to give ApoBank's institutional clients access to healthcare investments
EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint
There were five or six bidders in the early stages of the sale auction, including Schroders
European fund closes slump by 42% amid lockdown
Unquote recorded 44 first or final closes of European PE funds between March and May, a 42% drop on the three-month average seen across 2019
Lifeline in €6.2m round for Tilt Biotherapeutics
Healthcare startup has raised тЌ18m in funding since its foundation in 2013
Meta Change Capital launches €100m fund
Fund is dedicated to investments in blockchain companies across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa
CapMan to launch first Special Situations fund after summer
Nordic private equity firm CapMan has launched CapMan Special Situations to focus on turnarounds.Т
Main Capital-backed Alfa acquires Joliv
GP plans to merge Joliv and previously acquired e-health business Alfa
Tesi et al. in $40m series-B round for Swappie
Company has so far raised $48m and saw a fivefold increase in revenues during the lockdown period
Secondaries players weigh up risk and rewards of "ring-fencing" deals
GP-led transactions isolating assets hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis could appeal to adventurous secondaries players, but challenges abound
The Deals Pipeline
A fortnightly highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
EQT to sell Hector Rail to Ancala
Company's revenues have grown by 80% during EQT's holding period
Francisco Partners to acquire Consignor – report
Shipping software company was reportedly marketed based on an EBITDA of тЌ7.5m
Kinnevik to sell 23.2% stake in Qliro to Rite Ventures
Deal will make Rite Ventures the largest owner of the Nordic e-commerce group