Direct secondary
Direct secondaries: not just the last resort
In three years Europe has seen just nine direct secondaries transactions
Sobera acquires Polytechnos portfolio
Assets include Nanotron, Panoratio and Capella
Deal in Focus: DFJ acquires TTP's venture portfolio
DFJ Esprit made its 10th direct secondary acquisition by taking over the £34m venture portfolio of TTP Group
Graphite Trust transfers out of Vision
Graphite Enterprise is no longer an investor in Vision
Northleaf closes secondaries fund on $225m
Firm now manages $600m of capital aimed at secondaries
Verdane acquires Aggregate Media portfolio
Portfolio includes 10 Swedish e-commerce companies
Saints Capital buys Star Ventures' portfolio
Secondaries investor Saints Capital has bought 20 separate assets from Germany- and Israel-based venture capital firm Star Ventures.
Direct secondaries: breathing new life
An industry-wide impetus is needed to resuscitate an ailing sector. Kimberly Romaine reports
Cipio Partners Q&A: venture direct secondaries
Cipio Partners managing director Roland Dennert talks to Kim Richters about what venture capital could gain from direct secondaries as a potential exit route.
Sobera buys BayTech Venture portfolio
Direct secondaries specialist Sobera Capital has acquired BayTech Venture Capital Fund I from German venture firm BayTech Venture Capital.
UBS puts Reid in charge of secondaries
Following a string of departures, UBS has named Rodney Reid as its latest head of European private equity secondaries.
17Capital Fund II holds final close on €208m
17Capital has closed its second mezzanine fund above target on €208m.
GCS Capital buys Dexia Asset Management
Hong Kong-based GCS Capital has acquired Dexia Asset Management (DAM) from its parent company Dexia SA.
KBC sells majority of PE portfolio to KeBeK
KBC Private Equity has sold a large part of its portfolio to KeBeK I, a new fund managed by four former KBC employees, including CEO Floris Vansina.
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Triago's Dréan launches online PE marketplace Palico
Palico, a global online marketplace for the private equity fund community, launched yesterday.
Falling listed fund valuations hint at secondaries boom in 2012
Listed private equity funds are suffering from lower valuations in 2011. This is likely to have broader implications for investors in private equity funds looking to divest, and the secondary specialists hungry for deals. Diana Petrowicz investigates.
Vision acquires Speyside Equity portfolio
Secondaries investor Vision Capital has acquired a two-company portfolio from Philadelphia-based private equity group Speyside Equity.
N+1 in talks to buy Corporación IBV
N+1 Private Equity is in talks to buy most of the portfolio of industrial holding company Corporación IBV, according to sources cited by Spain’s El Confidencial.
Easter sees double secondaries deals
The Easter weekend has seen major developments in the secondaries market, with both HarbourVest and Eurazeo attempting to expand their presence through acquisitions. John Bakie reports
Verdane Capital acquires Eqvitec’s Fund III
Secondary specialist Verdane Capital has acquired Eqvitec Technology Fund III from Eqvitec.
Apax and Bridgepoint team up again on CEP buyout
Apax Partners and Bridgepoint Capital are teaming up to buy French mortgage insurance services company Compagnie Européenne de Prévoyance (CEP) from PAI Partners, according to media reports.
Cipio hits €137m final close for Fund VI
Direct secondaries specialist can now invest in US.
Eqvitec in secondary direct transaction with Verdane
Eqvitec Partners and the investors in Eqvitec Technology Fund II have completed a secondary direct transaction with Verdane Capital.