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Tenzing hires Elliott
Elliott will continue to lead Tenzing's Entrepreneurs Panel, which he has been doing since 2017
PE examines portfolio liquidity options as coronavirus halts dealflow
Managing financial and liquidity risk is front of mind as managers fret over the potential impact of a severe downturn
UK Covid-19 liquidity support snubs leveraged and mid-market companies
CCFF initiative seems designed with traditional corporate issuers in mind instead of leveraged finance issuers
Secondaries: opportunistic buyers ready for fund stakes to hit market
With more sellers coming to market, prices are unlikely to stay at pre-Covid-19 heights, which could in turn encourage more opportunistic buyers
Promentum sells Danish AI business Grazper to Yokogawa
Danish venture capital firm exits the business after having invested in it in 2016
CVC to finance Deoleo capital increase
Restructuring agreement will reduce the company's current debt, amounting to €575m, to €242m
Gradient, Partech lead a $3m seed round for Kaizo
Former partner at IBM Ventures Christoph Auer-Welsbach joins Kaizo as a co-founder
One Peak backs DataGuard with $20m investment
GP has taken a significant minority stake in the Germany-based data privacy software provider
LP Profile: Kåpan Pensioner
Mikael Falck, head of alternatives, discusses the Swedish pension fund's appetite and exposure to the asset class
MJ Hudson Alma appoints Nigro as equity partner
Roberto Nigro will be based in Milan and focus on venture capital deals and transactions
Jerusalem Venture leads $25m series-C for Pyramid Analytics
Investment brings the total funding raised by Pyramid Analytics to $66.5m
Main Capital launches restructuring fund for Covid-19 crisis
Fund is dedicated to UTP exposures and is composed of a credit section and a finance unit
Gro acquires majority stake in Danish company Queue-It
Deal is Gro Capital's third investment from its GRO Fund II, a тЌ255m vehicle
Lone Star sells Isaria to Deutsche Wohnen for €600m
GP is selling the majority of Isaria's real estate project development platforms
Revo Capital Fund II holds first close on €40m
Domiciled in the Netherlands and structured as a BV, the fund has a 2% management fee
Investors participate in $34m series-B for SoftIron
Founded in 2012, SoftIron designs and builds purpose-built data-centre appliances
Arx reaps 3.6x on DCB trade sale
Divestment generates an overall cash-on-cash return of 3.6x and an IRR of more than 25%
Accel in $20m series-B for Humio
US-based Accel is currently investing from its London VI vehicle, which closed on $575m
Preservation Capital Partners Fund I holds first close
To date, PCP I has mainly institutional investors from both North America and Europe
French PE steps up gender diversity goals and monitoring
French private equity association France Invest launched its gender-parity charter at IPEM
Caledonia Private Capital hires Lazard's Corner
Corner joins Caledonia from Lazard's corporate finance division, where he worked for 16 years
BC, Vista-backed Advanced buys Tikit from BT Group
Advanced plans to consolidate its market position in the UK, while expanding its global footprint
Blackstone to continue preparations to acquire NIBC
Blackstone's offer comprises 995 euro cents per share, including the final dividend of 33 cents
Halder buys Sirag, Univer and Uniprod
Add-ons to the portfolio companies and Drumag and EPH will expand the buy-and-build Valeta Group