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Virgin wines prices IPO, set for £110m float
Selling shareholders, including Mobeus and Connection Capital, will reap ТЃ35m
August Equity hires Walsh, Stevens and Coates
UK-based PE firm August Equity hires Greg Walsh, Mark Stevens and Michael Coates
QPE hires three
Queen's Park Equity has hired Alison Price, Valentina Matheus and Prudence Jones
Kempen appoints Willigers
Jorrit Willigers is to join Kepmen's private markets team as a director on 1 March 2021
17Capital hires Chatin as IR and fundraising director
Chatin will manage European investors, with an emphasis on French-speaking countries
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Cipio Partners eyes March first close for eighth fund
Technology-focused investor's predecessor vehicle held a final close in July 2017 on €174m
3i invests in US-based WilsonHCG
Equity investment of $120m follows previous backing from Frontier Capital and CIP Capital
HQ Capital registers HQ Capital IV GP
Luxembourg-domiciled legal structure will allow HQ Capital to launch its next funds in 2021 and 2022
Sherpa appoints Retana as investment director
Retana has more than 10 years of experience in investment banking and private equity
Secondary pricing flies high for infra funds; venture sees big jump
Across all strategies, highest prices are paid for 2016-2018 vintages, Setter Capital research shows
Passion Capital closes venture secondaries deal
Fund closed in 2011 on ТЃ37.5m but now boasts a NAV north of ТЃ100m
Verdane-backed e-retailer Desenio to list in Q1
Private placement will give the company a valuation of around тЌ1.1bn
Addleshaw Goddard hires Bourgeois as partner
Nadine Bourgeois joins the firm's banking and finance team in Germany from Luther Rechtsanwälte
Piper promotes Stern
Stern led on the recent sale of Proper and on investments such as Neom and Wattbike
Schroder Adveq registers fourth secondaries fund
Both a US dollar-denominated and a euro-denominated vehicle have been registered
Tikehau launches SPAC to invest in financial services sector
Tikehau sponsors the vehicle in partnership with FinanciУЈre Agache, Jean-Pierre Mustier and Diego De Giorgi
Ufenau to target €800m for next vehicle
Swiss GP plans to launch Fund VII in mid-2022, according to managing partner Ralf Flore
JTC acquires Indos Financial
Staff from the depositary advisory firm will join JTC's institutional client services division
Apax to acquire Herjavec Group
Apax is currently investing from its 10th-generation fund, which closed on $9bn in February 2020
Latour to acquire 33% stake in Charterhouse's Funecap – report
GP reportedly placed the funeral service provider up for sale in 2020, advised by DC Advisory
BlackRock in talks to buy Aquila Heywood for £350m – report
Aquila Heywood is a pensions administration software company that generates revenues of ТЃ32.4m
BlackFin announces equity partner promotions
Kai Franzmeyer heads BlackFin's DACH region activities, while Julien Creuzé heads its fintech funds
Ermitage launches fund advisory boutique in Helsinki
Firm will help GPs raise capital from institutional investors and large family offices in Europe and South Korea