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Warburg Pincus broadens Once For All sale to sponsors ahead of launch
Information memoranda expected in the coming weeks for the supply chain risk-management software firm
Sullivan Street carves out Tracerco from Johnson Matthey for GBP 55m
Fourth exit attempt for oil diagnostics arm garners 6.8x EBITDA sale multiple, family office Souter joins ticket
Carbon Equity open to commitments for new impact fund with EUR 125m hard-cap
Netherlands-based fund-of-funds manager will broaden its strategy to incorporate co-investments for its second fund
VC Profile: Klima lines up green energy deals from EUR 210m debut fund
Franco-Spanish Alantra and Enagás-backed VC initiative expects to lay the foundations for its second fund in 2024
Squire Patton Boggs hires Dublin corporate partner from Philip Lee
George Kennedy will join the law firm’s new Dublin office ahead of its opening later this week
CVC Credit targets EUR 7bn for new European direct lending fund
Fresh fundraise follows the EUR 6.3bn final close for the strategy's predecessor vehicle in December 2022
Women in VC: MMV’s Brunet on tech opportunities and navigating volatile markets
Alix Brunet speaks to Unquote about the VC firm’s deal pipeline and how it is engaging with portfolio companies and new founders
DAC Beachcroft hands exclusivity to Limerston for Claims Solution Group carve-out
UK-based sponsor Limerston Capital could close a deal in the coming weeks following a formal auction
GP Profile: Opera Investment Partners doubles fund size with EUR 200m target for next vehicle
Fund I ‘almost fully committed’ with one exit completed and two-three more realisations expected in the next 18 months
Exponent reaps more than 3x on Enva exit to I Squared Capital
GP sells Irish recycling group to infrastructure sponsor for over GBP 600m
A&M Capital Europe to acquire majority stake in World of Sweets and Bobby’s
Investment in UK-based wholesaler of confectionary products marks London-headquartered sponsor’s first investment in the food sector
Women in PE: Foresight’s Alvarez on SME deployment plans, regional expansion drive
Partner Claire Alvarez speaks to Unquote about opportunities in the current market and the UK-based sponsor’s diversity ambitions
Podcast: Q1 2023 - Bank runs, fund home runs and markets come undone
Unquote’s reporting team discuss themes that have arisen in Q1 2023, ranging from liquidity management to venture and growth activity
Tenzing to buy Willis Towers Watson’s Saville Assessment
Talent assessment firm marks eighth investment out of the firm's near-fully deployed second fund
GP Profile: Aurelius goes global with US expansion as it eyes new EUR 800m fund
German carve-out specialist is 18-24 months away from fundraising for its Fund V with EUR 750-EUR 800m target
Squire Patton Boggs hires funds partner from MJ Hudson
Rob Eke’s move follows Apex Group’s acquisition of several business divisions of asset management service provider
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 17 April 2023
Unquote’s selection of the latest add-ons with Triton's BFC Group, Seven2's Groupe Crystal, Palatine's FourNet and more
Vitruvian pivots to unstructured talks for OAG amid valuation pressures
Airline data provider drew early interest from sponsors when sale process kicked off earlier in 2023
Montagu-backed intel provider Janes attracts takeover interest amid defence spending boom
Formal auction for the security and defence intelligence specialist unlikely to start before early 2024
VC fundraising sinks further with lowest Q1 in a decade
Eight European firms secured just over EUR 2bn in commitments in Q1 2023 as continuing uncertainty suppresses LPs’ risk appetite, but fundraising pipeline looks promising
Houlihan Lokey hires new capital markets MD from Numis
David Kelnar told Unquote that the firm is seeing a growing pipeline of companies looking to fundraise
Hunter Point buys minority stake in Coller Capital
Proceeds from the deal will be invested into secondaries investor Coller Capital’s funds
Spending bottom dollar: Valuation gaps take Q1 buyout levels back to 2009
Sponsors make just 95 buyouts in Europe in the first quarter - a figure not seen since Sony sold 12m floppy discs in one year
LDC appoints Houlihan Lokey for Kerv sale
LDC backed IT managed services firm's formation via a two-company merger in 2020 with a GBP 30m investment