UK / Ireland
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
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Aurelius raises first fund for institutional investors
Investor's €360m fund has an extra capacity of €150m from the GP's listed vehicle and will focus on carve-outs
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
Electra exits Sentinel Performance Solutions to trade
GP acquired the heating and water systems cleaning and maintenance business in 2011
Phoenix launches £100m venture capital fund
Fund enables Phoenix to build portfolios with exposure to venture capital investments for its policyholders
BlackRock, Temasek launch decarbonisation fund platform
Decarbonization Partners has a fundraising target of $1bn for its first fund, including capital from Temasek and BlackRock
ECI looking to kickstart CPOMS sale after summer
GP appoints GCA Altium for the upcoming sale of the educational safeguarding software provider
PE players seek opportunities in minority deals, differentiated strategies
Minority investments, co-investments and other creative deals made via differentiated strategies could become even more relevant post-pandemic
H2 Equity sells Healthcare 21 to trade
H2 invested in the medical supplies business in 2018, merging it with portfolio company Aquilant
Q&A: Debevoise's Bet-Mansour and Scoville on Spacs' relevance for PE
The partners share their thoughts on why Spacs are so attractive, what sponsors should be wary of, and whether they expect a similar uptake in Europe
Ardian Buyout VII closes on €7.5bn
Fund invests in high-growth potential businesses with enterprise values of €300m-2bn
Quadrivio launches €400m Silver Economy Fund
Fund targets European and North American companies, which specialise in products and services for people over 50
Searchlight's Survitec completes refinancing
Ares' £270m package will be used in part to finance the add-on of IK's Hansen Protection
UK buyout rankings: who invested the most in Q1
Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the UK buyout space in an exceptionally busy first quarter
Future Planet Capital acquires Midven
Midven was founded in 1990 and focuses on West Midlands-based science and technology investments
Horizon Capital invests in The Marketing Practice
GP has made a £20m commitment to the UK-based B2B marketing company, with add-on deals to follow
Peak Rock Capital Fund III hits $2bn hard-cap
Fund makes equity and debt investments in mid-market companies based across North America and Europe
Shackleton launches fifth venture secondaries fund
Fund combines secondaries purchases with the deployment of fresh capital directly injected in promising companies
UK buyout activity sets new record in Q1
UK buyout market is truly back in full swing, according to preliminary figures from Unquote's proprietary database
Piper invests in Wild Nutrition
GP is investing £5m in the nutritional supplements producer via its Piper VI vehicle
Investcorp, LDC exit Kee Safety
Exit sees the UK-based building safety business acquired by management, backed by ICG
Silverfleet promotes two to partner
Knight is based in London while Sommer is based in Silverfleet's Munich office
