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Bridgepoint mulls London listing
GP could be valued at ТЃ2bn and is also planning fundraises for its Europe and Growth strategies
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Rede appoints three new partners
Alexandra Bazarewski, Magnus Goodlad and Bruce Weir all make partner as the firm celebrates its 10th anniversary
Leta launches $100m fund to back Russian-speaking founders
GP will focus on eastern European and Russian-speaking founders who it believes are undervalued and overlooked for funding
Artá Capital becomes independent, eyes €400m for Fund III
Management team buys out Corporación Financiera Alba's stake in the Spanish GP
Queen's Park Equity hires Manning from Livingbridge
Nick Manning spent two years at Livingbridge following stints at Arrowpoint Advisory and KPMG
High-Tech Gründerfonds to launch fourth seed fund
Fund expects to launch its official fundraising process in September 2021, subject to BaFin approval
LBO France hires Ethica for Vetroelite exit
Auction for the Italian specialist containers manufacturer is expected to kick off in September
Over a third of LPs track GPs on social media - survey
Survey finds that 38% of LPs use social media to track GPs and a further 29% use social media as part of their due diligence on potential investments
Squire Patton Boggs launches new funds practice in London
Steven Ward joins from Paul Hastings as partner in order to lead the new practice
UK universities team up to launch Impact 12 fund
Fund will launch later this year with an initial fundraising target of ТЃ8m
Marlink admits Providence, I-Squared, CVC to second round of sale
France's Apax Partners is looking for bids in the region of 10x EBITDA for its portfolio company
Eurazeo kicks off sale processes for Peters Surgical, In'Tech
Eurazeo recently said it would accelerate its asset divestment programme in 2021 and 2022
KKR appoints new senior adviser for Europe
Ajay Kavan most recently served as CEO of Matches Fashion, following several roles at Amazon
Mayfair-backed Seraphine announces IPO intention
Mayfair Equity Partners acquired Seraphine from Bridgepoint Growth in December 2020
Five Arrows wins £300m Sygnature Discovery auction
GP will take over Phoenix Equity Partners' minority stake, acquired in 2017
BIP on look-out for targets following CVC investment
CVC acquired the Italian management consulting and business integration service earlier this month
Swen recruits two to launch Blue Ocean impact strategy
Christian Lim and Olivier Raybaud join as managing directors to focus on ocean regeneration
17Capital provides portfolio finance facility to Investcorp
Deal results in exposure to a portfolio of PE, real estate and credit assets in the US and Europe
HIG prepares Conet for H2 2021 auction pipeline
Sponsor appoints GCA Altium to advise on the sale of the €25m-EBITDA business
Oakley hires new partner, makes raft of promotions
GP makes six promotions within its investment team, and hires Valero Domingo as partner
LP returns from PE at "record levels" – Coller Capital
Two thirds of LPs have now achieved overall net returns of between 11% and 15% from private equity
BC Partners forms €1bn single asset fund for Springer Nature stake
BC acquired a majority stake in the academic publisher in 2015 via its 2011-vintage BCEC IX fund
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe