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BGF appoints two investors for Central Scotland team
Devine and Nixon join a team of five investors working across both BGF's Edinburgh and Belfast offices
ArchiMed's MED II fund fully invested following Cube buyout
Cube is the last platform investment for the MED II fund, which closed in 2017
Apax, Warburg Pincus consider exiting Inmarsat – report
Shareholders could also think about listing Inmarsat, according to sources in the Bloomberg report
Carton Pack attracts Chequers, Clessidra, A&M Capital Europe
21 Invest has hired Vitale&Co and William Blair to guide it in the sale
eEquity reaps 15x on sale of PriceRunner to Klarna
Deal values PriceRunner at more than SEK 9bn, allowing eEquity to exit in less than two years
BC Partners uses special-purpose fund to back Pet City in Greece
BC Partners GR Investment is set up to invest in high-growth SMEs in Greece
Kempen holds EUR 173m first close for European Private Equity Fund II
New fund is focused on small and lower-mid-market private equity buyouts in Europe
Insight Partners leads USD 125m Series C for Moonfare
Moonfare exceeded EUR 1bn in assets under management in September
Marlin Equity readies Collenda for auction
Raymond James is advising on the process, which could kick off before year-end
LBO France, PAI in second round for Alliance Marine
Alliance Marine went on a bolt-on shopping spree under Weinberg ownership
Nauta closes fifth fund on EUR 190m
Fund was launched in December 2019 and went on to hold a first close in July 2020 on EUR 120m
Aurelius buys McKesson UK in GBP 477m deal
Carve-out of McKesson UK includes LloydsPharmacy and is Aurelius's largest deal to date
Bridges hires Sarma for Evergreen fund
Eva Sarma joins as an investment director for the firm's long-term capital vehicle
Ufenau registers third continuation vehicle
Switzerland-headquartered Ufenau Capital Partners invests in services-focused SMEs
Consumer dealflow rebounds strongly in Q3
More on-trend verticals such as technology and healthcare took a backseat in the third quarter, Unquote Data shows
Palatine sells Estio to PE-backed BPP
Deal is the first exit from Palatine's first Impact Investing fund, which closed in 2017 on GBP 100m
LP Profile: ACP opens up PE programme
Co-head of PE Michael Lindauer speaks to Unquote about the LP's allocation strategy and its approach in an increasingly competitive market
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Startup Wise Guys raising up to EUR 52.5m across three funds
Estonian VC is raising Cyber Fund I, its second Challenger Fund and its Opportunity Fund II
Procuritas backs Strandberg Guitars
GP is backing the headless guitars producer via its EUR 318m Capital Investors VI fund
Healthcare buyouts approach record EUR 30bn in 2021
France has been the source of more than half of the aggregate value recorded to date
Anaveo sale pulled despite late-stage talks with 3i
Competitive process stalls as vendor Bridgepoint's price expectations were not met, sources say
France's Apax appoints chief sustainability officer
Dominica Adam has taken up the newly created management position at the Paris-headquartered GP
IK invests in Prophecy Group
Minority investment in the cybersecurity firm is IK's sixth deal to be announced in H2 2021