Unquote Data
Pandemic sinks dealflow in restaurants & bars to 10-year low
Activity in the sector has not yet returned to previous levels, with four buyouts totalling €285m recorded to date in 2021
Nordic H1 VC and growth deal value at all-time high
Nordic venture capital and growth investment has recorded its highest aggregate deal value in the first six months of a year
Multiples Heatmap: hectic Q1 further fuels valuation hike
Deal multiples saw four consecutive quarterly increases to reach 11.5x in the first quarter of 2021
Funds maturing in 2021: what is still in PE and infra portfolios
Unquote and Inframation delve into seven of the largest funds maturing around 2021 to highlight potential M&A and secondaries opportunities
PE-backed IPOs on track for best year since 2017
This year has already seen 26 portfolio companies listing, with a total offering volume approaching €12.7bn
Q1 Barometer: Total European deal value reaches new decade high
The latest Unquote Private Equity Barometer, produced in association with Aberdeen Standard Investments, is now available to download
Q1 DACH VC and growth deals surpass previous volume high
Deal volume has grown steadily since Q2 2019; aggregate value has also been rising since Q2 2020
PE funds raised in pandemic increasingly target TMT opportunities
GPs' origination preferences and 2020 investment volume have already shown a clear shift to technology investments, with new fundraises following suit
European PE exits back to historic highs in Q1
Greater visibility on the pandemic's impact, attractive comparables and PE's strong appetite on the buy-side embolden managers
Fundraising fortunes: prevailing LP preferences persist
Alessia Argentieri looks at the winning strategies, and gathers insight from placement specialists as to what the rest of 2021 has in store
VC-backed Darktrace lists on LSE
Cybersecurity platform has a market cap of around £1.7bn; it raised its first funding round in 2013
DACH buyouts continue recovery from Q2 2020 low
Both deal volume and value are now back on par with the figures for Q4 2019, prior to the pandemic
Tech overtakes consumer in Italy
Numerous Italian GPs with a generalist approach have reshaped their activity towards the tech sector
Buyout rankings: who invested the most in Europe in Q1 2021?
Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the European buyout space in the first quarter
UK buyout rankings: who invested the most in Q1
Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the UK buyout space in an exceptionally busy first quarter
KPS to buy Crown's EMEA tinplate packaging business
European packaging sector buyouts in 2021 already exceed the aggregate value recorded in 2020
Quiet market for final closes in Q1, as backlog of funds on the road grows
The number of final closes for European PE funds was down by 22% year-on-year in Q1 2021
UK buyout activity sets new record in Q1
UK buyout market is truly back in full swing, according to preliminary figures from Unquote's proprietary database
Q4 Barometer: How European activity returned to pre-pandemic level
European PE deal value staged an impressive recovery over the course of 2020, capped by a busy Q4
UK & Ireland Fundraising Pipeline - Q1 2021
Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the UK & Ireland market across the buyout, venture and debt spaces
European fund launches off to slow start in 2021
Number of PE funds launched by European managers in Q1 this year is significantly down on the volume recorded for the same period in 2020
Quantifying PE's appetite for recurring revenue models
Buyouts in sectors where recurring revenue models are predominant went from 8% of European volume in 2010 to 22% in 2021 to date
How UK PE buyouts soared ahead of 2021 Budget
Amount of dealflow in the past three months is significantly higher than in previous December-February periods
Multiples Heatmap: average pricing hits 11x in busy Q4
Healthcare, financial services and TMT assets continue to drive valuations up, while Nordic and UK regions see highest multiples