AURELIUS has acquired Ceramic Tile Distributors (CTD) in a carve-out transaction from parent company, Saint-Gobain (ISIN: FR0000125007). The transaction will be completed by AURELIUS’ co-investment structure with AURELIUS European Opportunities Fund IV controlling a 70 per cent stake and AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co KGaA (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8) controlling 30

The Ageras Group announced today that it closed a EUR30 million investment round raised from a group of European and American investors. Among seven new investors, Centripetal Capital and Saeid Esmaeilzadeh are participating and joining existing investors Investcorp Technology Partners, Lugard Road Capital and Roosgruppen, which all are participating in

NEXUM Capital has launched the NEXUM TOR Funds I SCSp SICAV RAIF and has engaged ARCIDA Advisors as exclusive advisor for its investment and asset management activities in the German-speaking region (DACH region). NEXUM TOR Funds I provides national and international institutional investors with access to investments in the real

Stronghold, a payments and financial infrastructure company, has launched Stronghold Capital to invest USD100 million in pioneering companies and funds across three core areas: overlooked and underrepresented founders and fund managers; the payments and fintech ecosystem; and the Web3 and blockchain ecosystem. The creation of an investment arm follows the

Venture capital investment manager, Deepbridge Capital, is opening a new GBP1 million tranche of the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS fund. The Deepbridge Innovation SEIS enables private investors to access a portfolio of early-stage companies within the UK’s vibrant tech sector, whilst benefiting from the generous potential tax reliefs available via the

Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on technologies for the global real estate industry, has closed the European Real Estate Technology Fund (European Fund) at EUR 140 million. Like prior Fifth Wall funds, the European Fund attracted the largest owners and developers of real estate, including Aldar Properties, Azora

HV Capital has launched the first continuation fund in the German venture capital tech sector, with a size of over EUR430 million. HV COCO Growth will enable HV Capital to continue supporting portfolio companies from existing funds and take advantage of further growth opportunities facing them. All existing investments from

Hildred Capital Management (Hildred), a New York based private equity firm, has closed its first institutional fund, Hildred Equity Partners II with total commitments of USD362.5 million, exceeding its target. Hildred will continue to focus on generating strong financial returns for its partners by tapping into secular growth opportunities in

Asterion Industrial Partners, an independent investment management firm focused on European infrastructure in the mid-market, has held the final close of its second Fund, Asterion Industrial Infra Fund II FCR, with EUR1.8 billion in commitments. The closing of the Fund, which had an initial target of EUR1.35 billion and a