Kartesia
Kartesia’s management to take majority stake in Flexam
Pan-European capital solutions provider’s partnership with France-based fund manager will add real-asset financing to its offering
YFM sells FourNet stake to Palatine for 6x return
YFM invested £9m for a minority stake in the cloud contact centre business in 2017
Kartesia Credit Opportunities Fund V hits €1.5bn hard-cap
Fund provides flexible and bespoke credit solutions to lower-mid-market European companies
Kartesia Senior Opportunities I holds €1bn final close
Fund provides senior financing to European small and medium-sized companies with strong credit profiles
Kartesia takes control of ADL Biopharma
Company's board of directors is reduced to three seats and Ignacio Urbelz is appointed as new CEO
Kartesia's International Cookware bolts on Duralex
International Cookware plans to invest around €17m by 2024 to innovate Duralex's business and improve productivity
Apse-backed Kallidus acquires Sapling
This is Kallidus's second acquisition following the purchase of Engage in Learning in March 2020
Kartesia in €32m refinancing for Enterprise-backed Nu-Med
Enterprise Investors acquired a minority stake in the oncology company in 2013
Kartesia injects €75m into HeadFirst
Kartesia backs the recruitment company via its KCO IV and KCO V funds
UK Fundraising Pipeline - Q4 2020
Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the French market across the buyout, venture and secondaries spaces
Kartesia carves out ADL Biopharma from Black Toro's ADL Bionatur
Deal includes a new debt tranche of €5m made available by Kartesia at closing and a capital increase of at least €10m
Nexxus Iberia buys STM
GP invests in the company via Nexxus Iberia Private Equity Fund I, which closed on €170m in February 2020
Kartesia backs £26m refinancing for BGF-backed Clearway
Debt has been invested from Kartesia Senior Opportunities I, marking the fund’s first UK investment
Kartesia buys International Cookware from Aurora Resurgence
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Aurora, which acquired the company from Arc International Group
Kartesia expands DACH presence via new Munich office
Firm's Munich expansion incorporates new hire Giuseppe Mirante, previously of HIG Capital
Kartesia hires Mirante to expand in DACH region
Mirante joins from HIG Bayside and previously worked at BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley and Rhône Capital
Oddo BHF hires Kartesia's Geiger as head of private debt
Oddo's first offering in the asset class will focus on German senior secured debt funds
Kartesia closes latest fund on €870m hard-cap
Alternative lender says it was on the road for nine months, raising €360m more than for Fund III