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Private equity players warn of fundraising “shake-out”
Attendees at IPEM 2022 are bracing for challenging fundraising market to continue into 2023
Stirling Square buys Eurofins Digital Testing for EUR 220m
Mid-market GP is deploying 2020 Fun IV in primary carve-out from French laboratories company
Triago expands primary directs strategy to Europe
Adviser plans to build on existing US practice, supporting sponsors raising primary capital deal-by-deal
LP Profile: YielCo preps for influx of special situations opportunities
Fund-of-funds and co-investment manager has set eyes on technology and turnaround cases
LDC expands in East England with hires from Alantra, PwC
Simon Peacock and Mikayil Salahov join sponsor's East Midlands and East of England investment teams
British Private Equity Awards: last chance to vote
Pick your winners in the shortlist for this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards – voting closes on 23 September
YFM to hit the road for GBP 80m-GBP 100m fundraising in 2023
Small cap GP in pre-marketing with existing LPs; Fund II full deployment expected mid next year
Q&A: Octopus Ventures on consumer investing in times of recession
Partner Rebecca Hunt on the VC’s approach to consumer tech deals and how household savings, pricing down will see businesses through the crisis
Lakestar eyes fundraise for second Growth Fund
Luxembourg regulatory filing paves the way for European LPs to invest in the vehicle
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 16 September 2022
Unquote’s selection of the latest add-ons with A&M's Ayesa, BC Partners' Valtech, Advent's IRCA, EQT's IVC Evidensia and more
Hogan Lovells hires Linklaters’ Livesey in London office
John Livesey takes up new partner role after a 14-year stint advising PE clients at competitor
British Private Equity Awards: voting extended to 23 September
Pick your winners in the shortlist for this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards – voting closes on 23 September
Vitruvian starts fundraising for VIP V
New vehicle registered this month; presented to Los Angeles-based LPs
ECI reaps 6.1x return on MiQ sale to Bridgepoint
New sponsor to continue international expansion of data analytics business alongside management team
HPE targets year-end first close for Growth Fund III
Second stage of the GP’s EUR 300m-EUR 350m fundraise will target US and Southeast Asian LPs
Hiro eyes EUR 400 hard-cap for metaverse and gaming fund by year-end
New vehicle has raised the "bulk" of its EUR 300m target and made six deals investments to date
ICG on EUR 10bn-plus direct lending fundraise for large deals
New unitranche fund will be on par with Ares’ latest, which has a target north of EUR 11bn
Levine Leichtman bolsters London team with former Charterhouse director hire
US-based GP appoints William Trevelyan Thomas as director for London office
Mayfair gears up for third flagship fund
Technology and consumer-focused GP raised GBP 650m for its previous fund in 2019
DC Advisory launches GP Secondaries practice with hire from Elm Capital
Michael Wieczorek will head the new practice, leveraging synergies with DC's other sponsor mandates
British Private Equity Awards: vote for the winners
Pick your winners in the shortlist for this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards – voting closes on 14 September
Thoma Bravo opens London office, hires Inflexion’s Hemmers
Office opening comes amidst the GP’s takeover talks with UK-based security software platform Darktrace
Pantheon eyes second GP-led secondaries fund
Predecessor vehicle in the Secondary Opportunities strategy raised USD 624m in 2021 and has a two-year investment period
H.I.G. poaches Alcentra director to lead European capital markets coverage
Philippe de Limburg Stirum will transition from direct lending into private equity at new firm
