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Alix Brunet of MMV Capital
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

  • GPs
  • 28 April 2023
Inusrance claims and brokers
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

  • Buyouts
  • 27 April 2023
Claire Alvarez of Foresight Group
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

  • GPs
  • 21 April 2023
Conducting job interviews over video conferencing software
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

  • Buyouts
  • 18 April 2023
EPassi specialises in mobile payments for employee benefits
Bregal Milestone prepares Epassi exit via JP Morgan

Bregal Milestone has held a majority stake in the Finnish employee benefit platform since 2019

  • Exits
  • 18 April 2023
Food production lines and packaging machines
Polaris acquires majority stake in Sealing System

GP currently deploying capital in its 2021-vintage Polaris Private Equity V with EUR 690m in commitments

  • Buyout
  • 17 April 2023
Bolt-ons and buy-and-build platforms
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

  • Expansion
  • 17 April 2023
Digital logistics technology software and services
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

  • Exits
  • 17 April 2023
Fundraising in euros
Procuritas raises EUR 407m for PCI VII

Swedish GP's seventh fund is 28% larger than predecessor and will invest in Nordic buyouts

  • Buyout
  • 13 April 2023
Recruitment services personnel management and temporary staffing agencies
HIG Capital acquires Office People

German staffing agency will seek to grow organically, as well as via add-ons and selective internationalization

  • Buyouts
  • 12 April 2023
Cloud business management solutions providers
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

  • Exits
  • 12 April 2023
Legal services platforms
Bowmark Capital distributes IMs for Lawyers On Demand exit

GP backed the MBO of the UK-headquartered legal services and tech consulting platform in 2018

  • Exits
  • 03 April 2023
Pedro Barros of Target Global
VC Profile: Target Global assesses B2B opportunities in final stretch of current fund deployment

Nearing full deployment for its second growth fund, pan-European VC firm outlines plans to back defensive B2B models and institutionalise its co-investment strategy and LP base

  • GPs
  • 31 March 2023
Raffaele Petrone of Fortiland
GP Profile: Fortiland launches debut fundraise with ‘focus investing’ strategy

Sponsor is speaking to European professional investors and has a series of targets lined up, focusing on a single B2B distribution subsector in Italy

  • GPs
  • 24 March 2023
Recruitment software and services
MML buys majority stake in sponsor-backed Freeland

Existing investors IDI and Chevrillon will reinvest in the France-based freelance HR and IT platform as part of the SBO

  • Buyouts
  • 24 March 2023
Andy Gregory of BGF
GP Profile: BGF to deploy GBP 500m-plus per year for minority growth deals with entrepreneurs

UK and Ireland-based growth investor remains committed to filling a market gap for founders who want flexibility and control

  • GPs
  • 23 March 2023
Credit Suisse Headquarters building and UBS building to the left Paradeplatz Bahnhofstrasse Zurich
European sponsors sidestep panic, concede gloom over bank woes

Fallout from Credit Suisse collapse adds to slew of macroeconomic challenges for PE dealmaking and fundraising

  • Industry
  • 22 March 2023
Teddy Mouawad of Keyhaven Capital
Keyhaven eyes Q4 2023 fund launch amidst lower mid-market GP-leds boom

Secondaries firm looks ahead to fourth fund; sweet spot of EUR 50m-100m for deals but can go up to EUR 500m

  • Funds
  • 20 March 2023
Albert Farrant of Inspirit
GP Profile: Inspirit anticipates carve-outs uptick with fundraising on the horizon by year-end

Complex carve-outs specialist could raise around GBP 75m for its second fund with debut vehicle around 70% deployed

  • Exits
  • 17 March 2023
Dr. Thomas Buhler of Afinum Management
Afinum nears EUR 410m-EUR 420m fund close; mulls new fundraise

Plans for Fund 10 to be contemplated by mid-2024 “at the earliest” as GP advances on succession changes

  • Fundraising
  • 16 March 2023
Electricity infrastructure
Aliter Capital to exit Ipsum in sale to IK Partners

Deal for utilities and infrastructure maintenance provider is third exit from GP’s 2017 vintage fund

  • Buyouts
  • 13 March 2023
The Unquote Podcast
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: What’s next for ESG – Fedrigoni case study

Harriet Matthews is joined by colleague William Cain to discuss ESG investing amid macro clouds and interviews Bain’s Ivano Sessa about the sustainability strategy for one of the sponsor's portfolio companies

  • Investments
  • 10 March 2023
The Star Capital sale of Pepcom to Tele Columbus highlights consolidation in the DACH cable market
Equistone to sell Amadys to PE-backed ETC in third exit this year

Cinven, Carlyle-backed French connectivity solutions provider will buy majority stake in Belgian peer

  • Buyouts
  • 09 March 2023
Fundraising in euros
Permira raises EUR 16.7bn for Fund VIII, 50% up on previous vintage

Final close comes in a market largely devoid of multi-billion fundraises from European managers in recent months

  • Buyout
  • 08 March 2023
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