Tom Steyer’s Galvanize is targeting venture debt, focusing on lending to early-stage companies, but avoiding the private credit market as it swells to about $3tn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone has launched a new unit to channel global retirement savings into private market strategies, targeting a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in defined contribution plans, according to a report by Reuters.
Digita Group has reached an agreement to be acquired by GI Partners. Digita is one of the largest independent, diversified tower companies in the Nordics, with nationwide tower portfolios across both Finland and Iceland. It also has a longstanding partnership with Yle, Finland’s public TV and radio broadcaster.
AUB Group shares fell sharply on Monday after EQT and CVC Asia Pacific ended a takeover pursuit that saw the Australian insurance broker valued at AUD5.25bn ($3.44bn), according to a report by Reuters.
Perwyn, a European private equity investor, has entered an agreement to exit its holding in Interact Software (Interact) to funds managed by Castik Capital, realising a 3.2x multiple on invested capital.
Epiris Fund III, advised by Epiris LLP, has agreed to acquire Winterflood Business Services, a provider of trading and custody solutions to the UK wealth management industry, from Marex Group plc.
CVC Capital Partners has agreed to invest £1.1bn ($1.3bn) in UK-based renewable energy developer Low Carbon, taking a majority stake in the company, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Italian Benetton family has merged its private capital arm 21 Invest with Milan-based Tages to create a new €3bn platform, 21 Next, as part of a plan to scale its assets to €10bn within five years, according to a report by the Financial Times. Edizione, the family’s holding company,
Law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed Walid Salib to the firm’s Corporate & Finance team as a partner in Riyadh. Salib joins from Eversheds Sutherland, where he was Head of M&A, Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A, Saudi Arabia, at Freshfields.
LGT Capital Partners has launched its first public equities impact strategy, positioning listed markets as a critical complement to private markets in addressing global social and environmental challenges, according to a report by Impact Investor.
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