Private equity investors are still seeking new deal opportunities despite expected declines in revenue as experienced by their portfolio companies and no wider ‘return to normal’ until 2021.That’s according to a new global study on how Covid-19 has impacted private equity firms’ and investors’ forecasts and strategies from international audit
Chiltern Capital (Chiltern) has completed an investment in Doby Verrolec Limited (Doby), a UK-based manufacturer of HVAC ductwork jointing systems and ductwork components. Doby was previously a subsidiary of Heitkamp & Thumann, a family owned industrial manufacturing group headquartered in Dusseldorf. Based in Stanley in County Durham, Doby can trace its
Investment company Kinnevik has agreed to sell 23.2 per cent of the shares in Nordic digital commerce group Qliro Group to Swedish VC fund Rite Ventures. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020. As a partial payment for the sold Qliro Group shares, Kinnevik will
The Luxembourg-domiciled euro denominated structure closed with EUR 260 million of commitments on 27 March, surpassing its EUR200 million target. Neuberger Berman launched the Crossroads funds of funds platform in the early 1980s, with the aim of constructing diversified private equity portfolios across asset classes, strategies and geographies. The new
Kian Capital Partners (Kian), a middle-market focused private investment firm, has exited its investment in TrueLearn (TrueLearn) through a sale to LLR Partners (LLR). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Headquartered in Mooresville, NC, TrueLearn is a leading provider of virtual learning and exam preparation software for physicians and
WIT Fitness, a London-based sportswear retailer, has secured an additional GBP1.5 million in follow-on funding from growth capital investor VGC Partners after growing revenues by 56 per cent in the last year.Activated by ecommerce, WIT Fitness sells high-quality branded training footwear and activewear apparel in the UK, US and Europe. It also operates a store
Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners have agreed to acquire and grow Solvias, a contract research, development and manufacturing company based in Switzerland.
Zürich-based private equity firm Evoco has held a first close of its third fund, Evoco TSE III SCSp at EUR93 million, representing more than 50 per cent of the target size of its third institutional fund. Domiciled in Luxembourg, Evoco TSE III SCSp has a target size of EUR150 million.
IQ-EQ has acquired Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US-based provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers. The acquisition of Blue River marks the Group’s latest strategic acquisition, the first in the US private equity and hedge fund services space. The newly combined IQ-EQ US operation brings together a
Spanish biotech VC firm Ysios Capital has held a first close of its third fund, Ysios BioFund III, at EUR155 million. The fund has a final target size of EUR200 million. Ysios Capital is the largest venture capital firm in Spain specialised in biotechnology with EUR346 million under management through
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