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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 sponsorтs diversity ambitions
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
Bregal Milestone prepares Epassi exit via JP Morgan
Bregal Milestone has held a majority stake in the Finnish employee benefit platform since 2019
Polaris acquires majority stake in Sealing System
GP currently deploying capital in its 2021-vintage Polaris Private Equity V with EUR 690m in commitments
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 17 April 2023
Unquoteтs 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
Procuritas raises EUR 407m for PCI VII
Swedish GP's seventh fund is 28% larger than predecessor and will invest in Nordic buyouts
HIG Capital acquires Office People
German staffing agency will seek to grow organically, as well as via add-ons and selective internationalization
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Aliter Capital to exit Ipsum in sale to IK Partners
Deal for utilities and infrastructure maintenance provider is third exit from GPтs 2017 vintage fund
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 Bainтs Ivano Sessa about the sustainability strategy for one of the sponsor's portfolio companies
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
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
Glass ceiling shows first cracks in PE space
Greater focus on investment team gender equality and mentoring has shifted the balance, but room for progress remains
Inspirit Capital buys Capita's Modular People Solutions for GBP 21m
Carve-out deal is the seventh investment from the special situation GP's debut fund