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No need to panic about high dry powder as PE market comes roaring back, says Bain
Appetite remains high for deal-making and exits, according to Bain & Companyтs 2021 Global Private Equity Report
Hiro Capital invests $15m in three gaming studios
Funding will help the studios expand their development pipelines and accelerate global growth
GP Profile: Energy Impact Partners
EIP managing partner Matthias Dill discusses the firm's origination network, its sector focus, and impact investing in a more competitive era
Multiples Heatmap: average pricing hits 11x in busy Q4
Healthcare, financial services and TMT assets continue to drive valuations up, while Nordic and UK regions see highest multiples
17Capital hires Chatin as IR and fundraising director
Chatin will manage European investors, with an emphasis on French-speaking countries
Skylake Capital holds first close, makes first deal
Debut fund leads a $3m round in UK-based deep-learning startup Mindtrace
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
3i invests in US-based WilsonHCG
Equity investment of $120m follows previous backing from Frontier Capital and CIP Capital
Video: "A day in the life" of Beringea CIO Karen McCormick
McCormick shares her experience of a typical day working from home, and her outlook for venture and growth capital trends in 2021
Advent Life Sciences raises $215m across two new funds
Funds invest in early- and mid-stage life sciences companies developing new therapeutics and technologies
Secondary pricing flies high for infra funds; venture sees big jump
Across all strategies, highest prices are paid for 2016-2018 vintages, Setter Capital research shows
Hamilton Lane Closes fifth secondaries fund
This is the largest fund to date for Hamilton Lane, exceeding the vehicle's $3bn target
Tikehau launches SPAC to invest in financial services sector
Tikehau sponsors the vehicle in partnership with FinanciУЈre Agache, Jean-Pierre Mustier and Diego De Giorgi
Q&A: 17Capital's Thomas Doyle
"We see no ceiling for the adoption of NAV-based financing as a standard tool for portfolio management"
Video: Healthcare Sector Focus virtual event
Expert speakers discuss the short-term impacts of Covid-19, as well as the longer-term effect on traditional healthcare infrastructure
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Abingworth Bioventures 8 closes on $465m
ABV 8 targets companies developing innovative therapeutics, with investments across the US, UK and continental Europe
PSG closes debut European fund on €1.25bn
PSG Europe invests in lower-mid-market software and technology-enabled services companies
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Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Venture's immunity
Simon Philips, CEO of ScaleUp Capital, joins the Unquote podcast to explore recent trends in the European venture space
Register for the Healthcare Sector Focus virtual event
Our expert speakers will discuss the short-term impacts of Covid-19, as well as the longer-term effect on traditional healthcare infrastructure
Moonfare, Lexington launch digital secondaries platform
Platform will enable smaller investors to put their secondaries stakes up for sale
LP Profile: IMCO
Managing director Craig Ferguson discusses accelerated deployment activity during the pandemic and plans to scale up the PE allocation by 2025
Coller Capital closes $9bn secondaries fund
CIP VIII's predecessor vehicle closed on $7.15bn in December 2015