Quaero Capital completed fundraising for Quaero European Infrastructure Fund II (QEIF II) at its EUR600 million hard cap, exceeding the initial target of EUR500 million set at its launch in July 2019. The management company is also expecting additional investment capacity given the strong interest from investors for co-investment opportunities.
Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group and one of the largest and most active VCs in Europe, has appointed Emma Davies as Co-CEO. Davies has more than 20 years’ experience as an investor and portfolio manager and will work alongside the current CEO, Alliott Cole, as Octopus Ventures expands its
NovaQuest Private Equity (NovaQuest) has acquired CoreRx, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO). Based in Clearwater, Florida, CoreRx provides clinical and commercial CDMO services to a wide range of small to mid-sized pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Founded in 2006, the Company offers pre-formulation, formulation, analytical and stability, clinical manufacturing,
Tel Aviv-based global fund manager Liquidity Capital and Dubai-based Vault Investments are to form a joint USD100 million Venture Debt Investment fund based in Dubai. The new fund will deploy debt financing funding aimed at fuelling technology financing in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and will leverage technology
Fast-growth UK businesses closed 2020 in their strongest position, attracting more than GBP3.8 billion of Venture Capital (VC) investment during the final quarter of the year, according to new figures. Despite further Covid-19 related restrictions being in place, Q4 was the strongest quarter of the year for VC-backed deals, according
The total number of registered Jersey Private Funds (JPFs) has grown by almost two-fifths year-on-year, according to the latest figures, as the structure continues to assert its appeal for cross-border alternative fund structuring. According to the latest quarterly statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and published by Jersey
The latest Enterprise Software M&A report from Hampleton Partners, an international technology mergers and acquisitions adviser, reveals that the number of deals targeting enterprise software assets has jumped, with 836 deals recorded in the second half of 2020 compared to 641 deals in the first half of the year. Total
EMH Partners, and the Founding Shareholders of Native Instruments, are to to sell a majority of their shares in Native Instruments Holding, the Berlin-based specialist in digital music creation software and hardware, to Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses. As part of the
Falfurrias Capital Partners (FCP), a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, is to merge Corsis, a provider of data-powered technology due diligence services, with its newest portfolio company, Crosslake Technologies. Corsis brings a consistent, data-driven approach to technology due diligence assessments through their extensive TechIndicator best practice
Eurazeo Growth announces a EUR55 million investment in PPRO, an infrastructure provider in the cross-border alternative payments space. Eurazeo Growth is co-leading this round of EUR153 million, alongside Sprints Capital and Wellington Management among other investors. After Younited Credit, Wefox, Thought Machine and Tink, PPRO is Eurazeo Growth’s fifth
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