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Icebreaker closes second fund on €100m
VC also closes a тЌ20m Opportunity Fund, which will be used for follow-on investments in portfolio companies from the first fund
Keensight Capital acquires Ram-IT
GP intends to boost the company's growth, further develop its technology and bolster its expansion
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Onwards and upwards for Jersey
The Unquote Private Equity Podcast welcomes back Jersey Finance to discuss what the jurisdiction can offer private equity GPs
Searchlight hires new global head of value creation
Amanda Good joins from Hg as partner; she has prior experience with Bain & Company
Lansdowne et al. in $120m round for TechMet
Company intends to launch a new round of funding later this year, with the goal of raising around $250m
Muzinich holds third close for second European debt fund
Private debt fund focuses on lower-mid-market companies; its predecessor closed on €706.5m in 2018
Ardian backs MCH's Logalty
GPs plan to consolidate Logalty's market position in Spain and boost its expansion, especially in Portugal and Mexico
NB Renaissance launches €362m takeover for Sicit
NB Renaissance intends to take the company private alongside its current shareholder Intesa Holding
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Aurelius appoints Dränert in Wachstumskapital division
Markus Dränert will focus on software and technology investments, joining from his role at Finleap
Essling founder sells business to private investors
Frank-Noël Vandenberghe exits the business he co-founded with Michele Mezzarobba, who left last year
Aurelius raises first fund for institutional investors
Investor's тЌ360m fund has an extra capacity of тЌ150m from the GP's listed vehicle and will focus on carve-outs
Brightlands Venture Partners IV holds €45m first close
Fund invests in renewable chemistry, regenerative medicine and agri-food across the Netherlands, Belgium and parts of Germany
Battery Ventures buys IMC Test & Measurement
Company will operate with the GP's existing test and measurement companies in the US and Denmark
Tech overtakes consumer in Italy
Numerous Italian GPs with a generalist approach have reshaped their activity towards the tech sector
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
Hg acquires Auvesy from Brockhaus
Industrial automation software platform is the first investment from Hg's €1.3bn Mercury 3 fund
Electric car maker Polestar raises $550m from new investors
Company raised $1.2bn in a series-A round last year and said that further fundraising was being considered
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
Summit Partners leads $68m round for Lingoda
Existing investors in the Germany-headquartered online language school include Grazia Equity
Alantra appoints UBI's Ferrari as head of investment banking Italy
Ferrari has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking, strategy consulting and private equity
Abac sells Isolana to Blackstone's BME
Sale ends a two-year holding period for Abac, which acquired a stake in Isolana via its €320m fund Abac Solutions I