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Business consultancy reports
Secondaries players hold fire despite copious dry powder

Market is likely to pause until Q2 2020 valuations are released, potentially leading to a flurry in Q4

  • Secondaries
  • 15 April 2020
Inusrance claims and brokers
Searchlight-backed GRP bolts on two insurance brokers

Company is seeking targets with £1-10m EBITDA for its insurance brokerage buy-and-build strategy

  • Portfolio management
  • 14 April 2020
London and UK-based deals
YFM hires BDO's Wrench

Wrench has taken the position of investment director in the firm's London office, investing in SMEs

  • People
  • 14 April 2020
Marketing strategy meetings
Bridgepoint-backed Fishawack acquires Skysis

Unquote understands the combined entry multiple of both Skysis and Fishawack was 12.8x

  • Portfolio management
  • 09 April 2020
School kids in classroom
Oakley exits Inspired Education

Oakley II held a final close on €524m in December 2014 and has since made five realisations

  • Exits
  • 09 April 2020
Fundraising in dollars
StepStone closes fourth secondaries fund on $2.1bn

SSOF IV's investment strategy focuses on the inefficient segments of the secondaries market

  • Funds
  • 09 April 2020
Josh Featherby of Cambridge Associates
Q&A: Cambridge Associates' Featherby on PE's time to shine

Very few managers will have net benefited from this crisis, says Featherby, but PE could still showcase its ability to outperform

  • Industry
  • 09 April 2020
Manufacturing peronal protective equipment in response to the Covid-19 outbreak
How private equity is helping fight the Covid-19 outbreak

A round-up of initiatives by GPs across Europe – and their portfolio companies – to help their communities

  • GPs
  • 09 April 2020
Internet search portals
Maven VCTs lead £3.5m round for Nano

Foresight Group, which is an existing investor in the company, also participates in the round

  • Expansion
  • 08 April 2020
Cloud computing software and services
Palatine invests in Acora

Acora was sold in an auction, which saw Inflexion Private Equity and LDC make bids

  • Buyouts
  • 08 April 2020
Craft beers and pubs
PE-backed pubs and restaurants looking for silver linings

UK-based pubs and restaurants have so far remained somewhat resilient, but the situation is still precarious

  • Consumer
  • 08 April 2020
Fundraising in pounds sterling
BVCA proposes £500m early-stage funding facility

Submission proposes a bridge funding facility in the form of a convertible loan of up to £5m per company

  • Regulation
  • 07 April 2020
The frontline of coronavirus responders
Inflexion donates £2.5m to support Coronavirus relief 

GP launched its foundation in 2018 and donates 1% of its profits from funds to the organisation

  • GPs
  • 07 April 2020
Investments in US dollars
Insight Partners XI closes on $9.5bn

Fund deploys equity tickets in the $10-350m range in startups operating across the software industry

  • Funds
  • 07 April 2020
UK fund closes and launches
YFM closes Buyout Fund II on £80m

GP plans to make investments this year and expects prices to drop "somewhat" in the current environment

  • Funds
  • 07 April 2020
Coders and programming software
Lakestar leads $13m series-A for Yapily

Lakestar is currently investing its third early-stage-dedicated fund and its first growth fund

  • Expansion
  • 07 April 2020
Fraud prevention services
Warburg Pincus leads $80m series-C for Privitar

Warburg Pincus is currently investing from its Global Growth Fund, which closed on $14.8bn

  • Expansion
  • 07 April 2020
Artificial insemination and pregnancy healthcare services
Elysian sells Wellbeing for 4.5x return

Wellbeing is a provider of radiology and maternity software that manages patient workflow and data

  • Exits
  • 06 April 2020
Deals Pipeline
The Deals Pipeline

A fortnightly highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe

  • Investments
  • 06 April 2020
Peer-to-peer loans between SMEs
KKR invests up to $500m in Kilter

Kilter Finance makes investments from its own balance sheet and is funded by its management team

  • Expansion
  • 06 April 2020
Cloud computing and hosting services
MMC leads $7m series-A for Ably

MMC Ventures invests from its MMC Greater London Fund, which closed on £52m in May 2019

  • Expansion
  • 06 April 2020
Conducting job interviews over video conferencing software
Welcome aboard: PE recruitment amid coronavirus

PE-focused recruiters and some GPs themselves are figuring out ways to progress recruitment processes, but challenges remain

  • People
  • 06 April 2020
European venture and growth capital activity
VC, growth activity collapses in March amid Covid-19 outbreak

European VC and growth capital dealflow was no more sheltered than its buyout counterpart

  • Data Snapshot
  • 03 April 2020
Shanghai in China
CVC closes fifth Asia-Pacific fund on $4.5bn

Both new and returning institutional investors participated in the fundraise for the Asia fund

  • Funds
  • 03 April 2020
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