General Atlantic
Hellman & Friedman kicks off talks for TeamSystem stake sale
Sponsors and sovereign wealth funds have been selected for discussions with the Italian cloud software group
General Atlantic holds USD 2.6bn final close for debut climate fund
BeyondNetZero strategy has USD 3.5bn to deploy in total with additional firepower from the GP
Eurazeo, GA-backed Doctolib weighs growth financing options
Appointment booking platform is holding preliminary talks for its next growth milestone
EcoVadis valued at over USD 1bn in Astorg, BeyondNetZero-led round
Deal brings total raised by sustainability rating group to USD 725m; CVC remains largest institutional shareholder
General Atlantic appoints head of ESG from PAI
Cornelia Gomez joins with an aim to bolster the sponsor’s ESG efforts and will be based in London
PE-backed Argus Media explores potential 2022 IPO
Listing could value the information data provider at more than GBP 2bn
General Atlantic leads EUR 254m round for PayFit
HR and payroll software developer is valued at EUR 1.82bn; its existing backers include Eurazeo and Accel
General Atlantic flagship fund GA 2021 closes on USD 7.8bn
Sixth flagship growth equity fund is more than twice the size of its USD 3.3bn predecessor
General Atlantic leads USD 150m Matillion round at USD 1.5bn valuation
Series E brings the total amount raised by the business to USD 310m
Aeternum et al. invest in Hg's Visma at EUR 16bn EV
Deal sees Aeternum Capital, Government Pension Fund Norway (Folketrygdfondet), Vind and GIC invest
General Atlantic leads EUR 100m Series C for Chrono24
Aglaé Ventures, Insight Partners and Sprints Capital also take part
General Atlantic leads €276m round for €2.6bn-valued Back Market
Round sees participation from Generation Investment Management, Aglaé, Eurazeo, Goldman Sachs and Daphni
Lumos leads €70m series-C round for OpenClassrooms
Education technology company also attracts Salesforce Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and GSV Ventures
PE-backed Hemnet lists in €1.15bn IPO
General Atlantic and Sprints Capital, which previously owned 60% and 17%, will remain as Hemnet's largest owners with around 41.1% and 11.8% shareholding, respectively
PE-backed Hemnet plans to list in Q2
The proposed listing comes six years after General Atlantic acquired a controlling stake in the company reportedly for around SEK 2bn
General Atlantic leads $145m round for Staffbase
Round for the employee communications software is the fifth-largest in DACH so far in 2020
BlackRock et al. back Immunocore in $75m series-C
Biotech company has raised $620m in equity and debt since being founded in 2008
General Atlantic promotes two
Melis Kahya Akar becomes managing director and Caroline Woodworth is promoted to principal
Viking, General Atlantic lead $80m round for Pharvaris
Foresite, Bain Life Sciences, VenBio Partners and Venroc also back the biotechnology company
Oakley acquires WindStar Medical
Pharmaceutical company's vendor is General Atlantic-backed NuCom, a ProSiebenSat subsidiary
Hg invests $1.5bn in Hyperion at $5bn valuation
Hyperion's management team and employees will remain the largest shareholder group in the company
Hg-backed Visma acquires Cash Software
Deal is Visma's fourth strategic acquisition in the accountancy software market
General Atlantic invests in Gymshark at £1bn valuation
First round bids for the minority stake were collected in early July 2020
VCs ramp up coronavirus mitigation efforts
Partners from Balderton, General Atlantic, Anthemis Partners, TCV and Speedinvest dicuss the crisis