Build-to-rent and PBSA investor Amro Partners has launched a venture capital arm in order to invest in proptech and fintech start-ups that are looking to solve pain points in property deal processes.
By Chris Gauld, director, Equator – A positive repercussion of Covid-19 has been the massive uptick in the interest in healthy activities and healthy living. Exercise equipment sales in the UK have spiked 5,800 percent during the pandemic, while corporate wellbeing investments, ranging from free gym memberships through to mental health and general wellness services, are on the rise too.
The European fund environment is increasingly attracting US private funds looking to invest in alternative assets and deploy capital. In partnership with Intertrust, Private Equity Wire is hosting a webinar to discuss some of the key themes that fund managers should consider when thinking about Europe from an investor perspective.
Companies hit hard by the pandemic may be attractive targets for SPAC vehicles. In this podcast Private Equity Wire speaks to Nina Kelleher, director at US-based advisory firm EisnerAmper, about some trending themes surrounding SPACs & PE, probing her outlook regarding the growth trajectory of SPACs.
An in-depth look at how Cambridge Innovation Capital is leveraging its position within the University of Cambridge’s ecosystem to seek out disruptive innovators in technology and life science.
Superb, a guest experience management platform for restaurants, has raised EUR12 million in a Series A round backed by a group of investors in the hospitality, online reservation, and Point of Service space.
Curb, a Nordic dark kitchen startup which uses technology and data in order to improve customer experience, has secured EUR20 million in funding by Point72 Ventures, with participation from its existing investor EQT Ventures.
By Steve Phillips, CFO, and Somil Goyal, Investment Lead, at GovGrant – The UK has a rich history of scientific discovery and research. Of the top 100 prescription medicines used around the world today, about 25 per cent were discovered in the UK. The country also has recognised expertise in sectors like AI and machine learning developing around leading universities.
European private equity deal activity value and volume increased to quarterly records spurred by increasing middle-market and micro-cap activity, respectively, according to PitchBook’s newly released Q1 2021 European Private Equity Breakdown report.
In this week's podcast, Sunaina Sinha, managing partner at Cebile Capital, discusses the findings of the firm's recent survey of 100 global LPs, including how LPs have shifted their modus operandi in 2020, who the winners are in terms of allocation flow during the pandemic, and the fact that 51 per cent of LPs expect to increase commitments to private equity in 2021.
Venture capital and growth equity firm Endeavour Vision has a 20-year history of investing in growth-stage medtech and digital health companies in Europe and the US. Here Private Equity Wire asks Bernard Vogel, co-founder and managing partner, and Meret Gaugler (pictured, above-right, with Vogel), head of investment strategy, for their thoughts on the innovations and key drivers that are shaping the sector’s future.
In a yet a further sign of continuing maturity in private equity, its secondary market is being driven by GP-led deals, giving rise to a greater proliferation of single asset transactions. And as AlpInvest’s Neal Costello explains, this is presenting wider opportunities for liquidity providers.
