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Covid heightens need for cybersecurity in digital world, says Hampleton Partners’ M&A report

Hampleton’s latest Cybersecurity M&A report highlights the importance of cybersecurity vendors as all industries seek protection from cyber-attacks, now that millions more people are working and learning from home using VPN networks and potentially suboptimal computer equipment and inadequate cybersecurity.   Henrik Jeberg, director, Hampleton Partners, says: “A spike in phishing

Global pandemic prompts 40 per cent of institutional investors to accelerate deployment of capital into European VC funds

Mountside Ventures and ALLOCATE, today released their inaugural annual report entitled, “Capital Behind Venture 2020.” The report provides insights on Venture Capital (VC) firms looking to raise funds from Limited Partners (LPs) such as pension funds, university endowments, government agencies, fund-of-funds, and high net worth (HNW) individuals or family offices

European buy & build activity resilient in H1 2020

Despite the global pandemic, private equity backed businesses completed a substantial number of add-ons in H1 2020, according to Silverfleet Capital’s European Buy & Build Monitor, highlighting the resilience of buy & build as a value creation strategy.The European Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by

European private equity activity registers resilient fundraising and investment in H1 2020 amid Covid-19 disruption

A new report from Invest Europe, an association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, has revealed a resilient private equity investment and fundraising environment, as investors and fund managers continue to actively invest in European businesses despite the disruption caused by Covid-19.According to ‘Investing in Europe: Private

European Direct lending fell by 29 per cent in H1 2020

Non-bank or direct lending saw a total of 140 European deals in the first half of 2020, compared to 197 for the same period last year, a decrease of 29 per cent. The latest Alternative Lender Deal Tracker from Deloitte showed deal count dramatically slowing as the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the

Global software sector deal activity surged in Q3 2020, says Pagemill Partners

Pagemill Partners, the technology division of Duff & Phelps, has published data revealing a sharp bounce-back in software deal activity in Q3 2020, with 466 transactions recorded between July and September 2020. As boardroom focus shifted away from bracing-for-impact, a combination of strong operating performance and more readily available financing resulted

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