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Delivery Hero announces intention to float
Company will target gross proceeds of around €450m from the sale of newly issued shares after costs
Nordic Capital back on trail with Fund IX
Minnesota State Board of Investment could commit up to $150m to the Nordic GP's new vehicle
PEP, Equita join forces to launch SPAC
Vehicle aims to provide mixed debt-equity instruments to Italian SMEs on a deal-by-deal basis
Adams Street hires vom Hagen to head Munich office
Vom Hagen joins the firm as a partner and will oversee the GP's investments across the DACH region
Draper Esprit raises extra £100m
Share placement adds to the £60m already raised in 2017 across EIS, VCT and secondary co-investment fund platforms
Permira Debt Managers set to close third direct lending fund
With the end of its latest fundraise in sight, the credit specialist is in full deployment mode
Stirling Square hires ex-Segulah partner Henrik Lif
Lif will join the firm's origination team in London and target the European market
Epiris promotes Wood, Wilson and Gray
Owen Wilson and Ian Wood become investment partners, while Nicola Gray is promoted to investment director
Hannover Finanz announces CEO appointment
Goetz Hertz-Eichenrode will take the lead of the firm from November 2017
EU agrees new rules to foster venture investments
Proposals extend the range of eligible managers, tweak the scope of investments and limit host country fees
Brexit to boost European corporate carve-out activity, says Aurelius
Special situation investors are likely to be the biggest buyers, survey respondents said
Epiris returns £1.5bn to Electra over eight-month period
Recent exits bring to an end Epiris's remit as investment portfolio manager for the listed LP
YFM hires Thomas as investment director
Andy Thomas leaves Maven Capital after four years to join the VC firm's Manchester office
Park Square promotes three to partner, hires two as VP
Sharp, Dennison and Haywood become partner, Wehtje and Bozuwa are appointed vice-presidents
Pollen Street Capital to merge with MW Eaglewood
GP will become a majority shareholder in the group, with the deal expected to complete later this year
Cairngorm appoints McGill as investment director
Neil McGill leaves BDO after seven years to join the UK-based private equity firm
Sofinnova promotes Seghezzi to managing partner
Graziano Seghezzi joins existing managing partners Antoine Papiernik, Denis Lucquin and Monique Saulnier
Caledonia appoints Tizard as investment executive
Theo Tizard leaves Houlihan Lokey to join the unquoted team of the UK-based investment trust
Activa appoints Govare as industrial committee chair
Xavier Govare leaves Labeyrie Fine Foods to join the French GP's industrial committee
Silverfleet hires four in investment team
Johan Boork, Jan Kux, Guntram Kieferle and Constance d’Avout join the firm's offices across Europe
Neuberger Berman hires Patschkowski as principal
Patschkowski worked at Coller Capital as principal between 2008-2017
Oakley reaches €750m hard-cap
GP is understood to have asked investors for approval to raise the vehicle's hard-cap further
China-backed Silk Ventures raises $500m for maiden fund
London-based venture investor will invest in US and European businesses looking to expand into China
Unigestion hires Kosowski as head of quantitative research
Robert Kosowski maintains his position at Imperial College Business School