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Fund close for Italian fund
Equinox closes third fund on €360m

Equinox III targets Italian companies operating in the food, retail, technology and healthcare sectors

  • Funds
  • 01 July 2020
Online shopping
Nordic e-commerce confident "silver krona" uplift will persevere

Lockdowns have – out of necessity – introduced a new age group to online shopping, boosting prospects for several PE-backed assets

  • Nordics
  • 29 June 2020
US tech fundraising
Connect Ventures closes $80m seed fund

Fund deploys capital in companies operating across all B2B and consumer software segments

  • Funds
  • 25 June 2020
Fundraising in euros
Mediobanca, Russell Investments launch third private market fund

Fund invests in secondaries, distressed assets and opportunities in dislocated industrial sectors

  • Funds
  • 24 June 2020
Veterinary services
RJD to invest up to £12.75m in Improve

Improve most recently reported revenue and adjusted EBITDA of £10.1m and £1.7m respectively

  • Buyouts
  • 24 June 2020
Unquote Lockdown series episode 3 with Annachiara Marcandalli of Cambridge Associates
Video: Cambridge Associates’ Marcandalli on impact investing moving centre stage

In a new instalment of Unquote's Lockdown series, Annachiara Marcandalli explains why it is unlikely that coronavirus will sideline impact investing

  • LPs
  • 24 June 2020
Coronavirus relief funds
Sherpa Special Situations III closes on €120m

Fund targets distressed companies based in Iberia and active across a wide variety of sectors

  • Funds
  • 23 June 2020
Pounds sterling
Piper to launch next fund in 2021

Managing partner Chris Curry told Unquote the fund is expected to target £150-175m

  • Funds
  • 23 June 2020
European buyout and venture capital fund closes
European fund closes slump by 42% amid lockdown

Unquote recorded 44 first or final closes of European PE funds between March and May, a 42% drop on the three-month average seen across 2019

  • Data Snapshot
  • 18 June 2020
Boardroom discussions and office openings
Go Capital taken over by management

As part of this deal, Jerome Guéret is appointed as CEO and Bertrand Distinguin takes on the role of president

  • GPs
  • 18 June 2020
Fundraising in euros
Corten closes debut fund on €392m

Corten began raising in January 2019, thus avoiding potential delays in the current market

  • Funds
  • 17 June 2020
The frontline of coronavirus responders
Swedish institutions set up Covid-19-focused JV

Sindre Invest will start operating from 1 July and will invest in companies facing liquidity problems

  • GPs
  • 16 June 2020
Car painting
Gradiente buys three companies, creates Argos Surface

GP deploys capital from Gradiente II, which held a final close on its €135m hard-cap in 2019

  • Buyouts
  • 16 June 2020
Business loans
Cerea to launch third buyout fund

Cerea also plans to launch its fourth mezzanine vehicle with a €250-275m target next month

  • Funds
  • 11 June 2020
Unquote Lockdown series episode 4 with Delaney Brown of CPPIB
Video: CPPIB's Delaney Brown on improved LP/GP relations

In the fourth of Unquote's Lockdown series, Delaney Brown, managing director of CPPIB, discusses improved GP/LP relations since lockdown began

  • LPs
  • 11 June 2020
Computer animation of DNA strand
Ysios Capital raises €155m for third biotech fund

Ysios BioFund III provides financing to early- and mid-stage, highly innovative life sciences companies

  • Funds
  • 10 June 2020
Internet of things
Nordic GPs find solace in demand for tech deals

Buyout activity in the Nordic region has nose-dived in 2020, while venture capital activity surged in some countries

  • Investments
  • 10 June 2020
Fundraising in euros
K Fund launches €70m second vehicle

Fund targets companies operating in the internet and mobile technology sectors

  • Funds
  • 08 June 2020
Italian investments
Pillarstone Italy launches €600m turnaround fund

Responsible & Sustainable Corporate Turnaround Fund intends to support the recovery of Italian companies

  • Funds
  • 05 June 2020
delayed-train-sign-web
Panoramic delays fundraising to H1 2021

Panoramic Growth Fund 2, which closed on £65m in May 2016, is around 60% deployed currently

  • Funds
  • 05 June 2020
Travel in European cities
Enterprise Investors fully exits Novaturas

Following a high of PLN 55 in 2018, Novaturas' share price has been on a downward trend, further accelerated in February

  • Exits
  • 03 June 2020
Designer clothes
Polaris exits Danish fashion brand PWT Group

Covid-19 ends a 12-year investment period during which the company grew to acquire five other brands

  • Exits
  • 03 June 2020
Unquote Lockdown series episode 3 with Francois Aguerre of Coller Capital
Video: Coller's Francois Aguerre on PE's reasons to be cheerful

In the third of Unquote's Lockdown series, Francois Aguerre discusses how long-term secondaries prospects are still strong despite the turmoil

  • Secondaries
  • 03 June 2020
Fundraising in dollars
Ardian closes eighth secondaries mega-fund on $19bn

ASF VIII intends to provide the necessary liquidity to investors amid the global Covid-19 pandemic

  • Funds
  • 02 June 2020
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