Analysis
Manchester: it’s about who you know
Manchester
British Private Equity Awards honour unusual suspects
Crises often spawn new teams. This summer saw two spinouts announced in France, reminiscent of the early-2000s when many outfits – including many of today’s well-known names – were going it alone. Kimberly Romaine comments.
LPs highlight continued relevance of French private equity market
French Renaissance
Do food & drink and restaurant & hotel investments deliver?
In the last instalment of our investigation into trophy investments, Ellie Pullen and Alice Murray take a look at deals in high-end food and drink producers, as well as opulent restaurants and hotels.
VCs keep finger on the pulse of healthcare tech
Healthcare tech
Q&A: Altor's Krusell on Sweden's carried interest tax debate
Q&A: Altor's Krusell
Germany Report 2013
Germany Report
Trophy investments: Fashion and gadgets
Trophy investments
German election: Merkel wins third term
German election
LPs demand Asian presence for portfolio growth
Eastern promises
VCs hope to take away strong returns from food delivery services
With a number of online food delivery platforms now available to the public, venture backers must ensure too many cooks do not spoil the broth. Amy King reports
The potential impact of upcoming German elections
German elections
Q&A with Lars Hinrichs, founder of HackFwd
Following Lars Hinrichs’ shock announcement last week that HackFwd will no longer take on any new investments, Karin Wasteson catches up with the serial entrepreneur to discuss the start-up accelerator and his newest later-stage fund Cinco Capital.
Video: Vision’s Mash discusses impact of increased holding periods
Video: Julian Mash
Sector focus: An outbreak of biotech IPOs
Biotech IPOs
Fundraising: Winners and losers
Is the fundraising market as brutal as previously thought or does success solely depend on the type of fund being raised? Kimberly Romaine investigates
Trophy investments: Land and sea
Trophy investments
European start-ups halted by series-A chasm
Series-A chasm
Earlybird’s Nagel on Germany’s new stock market tier
Christian Nagel, partner and co-founder of Earlybird Venture Capital, speaks to Kim Richters about plans for the new stock market tier in Germany, proposed to aid financing prospects for start-ups
Video: SJ Berwin's Blake on fundraising, T&Cs
Video: Jonathan Blake
Exit activity remains low despite headline deals
Although divestments have featured prominently in the news recently, figures seem to tell a different story. Alice Murray takes a look at this year's exit landscape
