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Montana Capital completes US venture secondaries deal
Transamerica Ventures spinout HighScale Ventures will manage the assets following the sale by Aegon
EY Law hires Schulz
Daniel Martin Schulz joins the firm's Hamburg-based PE and M&A team from Allen & Overy
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Leading industry participants will discuss the outlook for growth equity on Thursday 22 April
Silverfleet promotes two to partner
Knight is based in London while Sommer is based in Silverfleet's Munich office
PE-backed Synlab announces IPO intention
Cinven, Novo Holdings and OTTP hold stakes in the Germany-based laboratory diagnostics group
Superhero Capital to close second fund by mid-summer
Fund was previously aiming for a final close by the end of 2020
Deutsche Handelsbank expands growth finance team
Firm aims to strengthen its venture debt offering via two promotions and a director appointment
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Hamilton Lane registers latest Large Cap Buyout Club Fund
Hamilton Lane and Scala originally teamed up to launch the line of vehicles back in 2017
L Catterton gears up for fifth European fund
Vehicle makes majority investments in companies operating across the consumer industry in Europe
Balderton hires Ahluwalia in DACH team
Shikha Ahluwalia has experience as a co-founder of India-based online women's fashion retailer SBL
Astorg Mid-Cap anticipates summer final close
Fund will make pan-European investments in mid-market companies and has a €1bn target
European GPs get top ESG marks, but diversity remains sore point - survey
Only 23% of Aberdeen Standard Investments' GPs have clear diversity targets in their portfolio companies
Gyrus bolsters team
Christian Wipf from GCA Altium Switzerland and Mattias Terribilini from Rothschild join the executive team
BIP management presentations ongoing, with strong PE interest
Apax acquired a 60% stake in the business from private equity firm Argos Wityu in early 2018
Investindustrial launches takeover for Guala
Minority shareholders GCL Holding and Peninsula Capital might try to block the takeover
Semantix owner Segulah preps exit with William Blair
Semantix was originally established in 1969 and was acquired by Segulah in 2015
H2 Equity readies Brink exit with Houlihan Lokey
Brink will be marketed based on EBITDA of more than €25m, according to one source
Cairngorm eyes £200m final close in July
Fund's predecessor, Cairngorm Capital Partners II, reached a final close on ТЃ107.5m in April 2017
ICG invests in $80m round for Eliem Therapeutics
This is the first investment made by ICG Life Sciences, which was launched in January 2021
Stirling Square clinches Medisup deal – report
Deal reportedly values the French medical education business at around €350m, or 14x EBITDA
Ardian buys LP interest in Bregal Freshstream
Freshstream I is a fund established in 2015 with €600m in commitments, and targets mid-market companies
Bridgepoint sells US-based Calypso to Thoma Bravo
Deal values the financial services software firm at $3.75bn, according to several media reports
UVC Partners set for Q2 2021 final close for third fund
UnternehmerTUM Fonds III is targeting €150m and held a first close in October 2020 on €108m