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Dawn promotes Plotnikova to general partner
Evgenia Plotnikova is the youngest woman promoted internally to general partner in Europe, Dawn says
KKR drops out of Zooplus race
Hellman & Friedman increased its take-private offer to EUR 3.29bn earlier this week
Triago hires Apposite's Auffray as new London partner
Matt Swain and Victor Quiroga are named co-heads of the Americas in NYC
General Atlantic leads USD 150m Matillion round at USD 1.5bn valuation
Series E brings the total amount raised by the business to USD 310m
BlackPeak aiming to wrap up EUR 120m fundraise by year end
BlackPeak held a first close for the fund on EUR 68.5m in June, with a target of EUR 120m
Bridgepoint targeting EUR 7bn for seventh flagship fund
Bridgepoint is officially in the market for its latest flagship private equity fund
Sun European names new healthcare managing director
Sun recruits Mark Braganza, a former partner at GHO Capital, to spearhead its push into healthcare
Carlyle revives USD 1.2bn Hunkemoller sale – report
Initial plans to sell the asset were delayed by the pandemic, Reuters reports
H&F increases Zooplus take-private offer
Increase from EUR 3bn to EUR 3.29bn follows competing takeover interest from EQT and KKR
HIG to collect first-round bids for Conet next week
Mid-cap private equity firms are taking an interest in the asset, sources say
Perwyn names le Huray as partner
Le Huray joins the firm from Hg, where he was an equity partner
Mobeus sells VCT business to Gresham House
Mobeus intends to focus on its UK small-cap buyouts business, including raising Mobeus Fund V
KKR, Bain among suitors for Unilever's tea business
Cinven, Blackstone, Apollo, CD&R and CVC are among the other sponsors considering bids
DBAG eyes Italian B2B industrials, services deals via local subsidiary
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG has established a Milan office, hiring Giovanni Revoltella as partner
EQT Ventures gears up for third fund
Fund registration comes less than two years after the final close of its EUR 660m predecessor
StepStone registers next Secondary Opportunities fund
Firm held a final close for SSOF IV on USD 2.1bn in early 2020
Templeton PE on road for EUR 500m CEE-focused fund
Templeton Private Equity Partners will be looking to select a placement agent by the end of this year
EQT investors close share sale at SEK 370 apiece
Largest individual seller was EQT chair Conni Jonsson, who sold around 5.23 million shares for SEK 1.93bn
Edmond de Rothschild's Eres IV eyes second close in H1 2022
Firm recently raised EUR 300m at first close, and could add another EUR 150m at second close
Triton appoints Paun as head of sustainable investing
Ashim Paun joins from HSBC Global Research and will assist with both investments and capital raising
British Private Equity Awards: last chance to vote
The public vote is coming to an end т pick your winners before 5pm tonight
IQ Capital lines up next fundraise
Deep-tech specialist has registered IQ Capital IV, the successor to its $175m third effort
DocPlanner raises round valuing business at USD 1bn
Another undisclosed round is expected within the next year, sources say
DBAG opens Milan office, hires Revoltella
DBAG can invest a total of up to EUR 300m in equity in Italian companies from its EUR 1.1bn DBAG VIII fund