Unq2015Feb
17Capital hits €500m hard-cap
Fund attracted commitments from 95% of existing investors
Ideological differences push political due diligence to the fore
Looming UK general election sparks increase in political due diligence
Adveq promotes four to executive director
Fund-of-funds manager Adveq announces promotions
Axcel exits VPG and fully realises fund
Exit comes after 14 years' ownership of the troubled company
Delivery Hero acquires competitors
Damejidlo and Jidloted serve Czech Republic and Slovakia
Goldman Sachs leads $40m Mister Spex round
Scottish Equity Partners, XAnge, DN Capital also take part in round
Verdane sells CRF Health to Vitruvian
Exit comes two years after company was acquired in direct secondary
Alchemy secures majority stake in Incisive Media
Debt reduced from ТЃ110m to ТЃ25m
Polaris holds DKK 2.2bn first close
The fund's DKK 3bn target exceeds predecessor's тЌ365m close
OEP divests Constantia Flexibles for €2.3bn
Enterprise value is 9x estimated 2014 EBITDA
Bain acquires Wittur in SBO
Third private equity owner for elevator component supplier