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Video: CPPIB's Delaney Brown on improved LP/GP relations
In the fourth of Unquote's Lockdown series, Delaney Brown, managing director of CPPIB, discusses improved GP/LP relations since lockdown began
Keyhaven Capital hires two
Anne Niederstaetter and Alma Lawrie will bolster the firm's investment and investor relations teams
Maven invests in Redwigwam
Steve Harris joins as MD for technology and operations while Dawn Paine becomes marketing director
Ysios Capital raises €155m for third biotech fund
Ysios BioFund III provides financing to early- and mid-stage, highly innovative life sciences companies
BGF invests €10.5m in Edgescan
BGF's investment is the first external capital or financing received by the company to date
CD&R-backed Huntsworth acquires Cormis
Cormis partners will continue to lead Cormis and join the Huntsworth division's leadership team
BGF invests £10m in Decora
For 2018, the window coverings and blinds manufacturer reported ТЃ72.7m in revenue
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Startups slow down
The Unquote pod asks, when will VC activity return to normal? And how will venture funds rebound in comparison to the previous GFC?
K Fund launches €70m second vehicle
Fund targets companies operating in the internet and mobile technology sectors
Silverfleet's Ashton leaves position as partner
Ashton will continue to act as a consultant to Silverfleet and as a non-executive director for Sigma
BGF invests £3m in ROI
Headquartered in Manchester the company reports annual revenues in excess of ТЃ1m
Norvestor Equity sells Wexus to TDR-backed Algeco
Sale ends a three-year holding period for the GP, which invested in the company via its seventh fund
Elephant, Mosaic Ventures lead $18m round for Keelvar
Ireland-based enterprise procurement software company is also backed by Paua Ventures
BGF invests £6m in Amdaris
Headquartered in Bristol, Amdaris employs 200 developers and generates revenues of ТЃ7.2m
Panoramic delays fundraising to H1 2021
Panoramic Growth Fund 2, which closed on ТЃ65m in May 2016, is around 60% deployed currently
Temasek leads $28.5m series-B for Tropic Biosciences
New investors include Sumitomo Europe, Genoa Ventures, Agronomics and Skyviews Life Science
OrbiMed leads $70m round for Mereo
Mereo announces plans to advance Etigilimab (Anti-TIGIT) into a phase-Ib study in Q4 2020
Spectrum appoints Patey
Patey was a director at BDO before taking this position as lead advisory director
Francisco Partners raises $9.7bn across three funds
Funds target the technology industry, with a focus on software, financial technology and healthcare IT
Novo Ventures leads $55m series-B round for NodThera
Biotech company has so far raised $95m over two funding rounds
Two thirds of PE professionals expect reduction in carry – survey
More than half of the private equity partners and directors surveyed also expect bonuses to reduce
Existing investors take part in $27m round for Verne
Investors Wellcome Trust, Novator Partners, Stefnir and General Catalyst participate in the round
Eurazeo holds €400m first close for France-China Cooperation Fund
Fund targets European companies with expansion and growth plans in the Chinese market
Alcuin sells AVMI to trade
AVMI reported EBITDA of ТЃ6.3m for the year ending on 30 June 2019 from revenues of ТЃ81m