Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Coalesce Capital Fund I, and parallel vehicles, with $900m in total capital commitments.
Independent infrastructure investment manager Ancala has held the final close of its third flagship co-mingled fund with €1.4bn in capital commitments, surpassing its original €1.2bn target and marking the firm’s largest single fundraise to date.
Private Equity Wire has announced the winners of the European Awards 2024, which recognise recognise excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in Europe across a wide range of categories.
Alternative asset, equity and fixed income fund managers have identified private equity, renewable energy and hedge funds as the alternative asset classes most likely to increased inflows in 2024, according to new research by fund management solutions specialist Carne Group.
Private equity firm Kennet Partners and the private equity division of investment manager Federated Hermes have invested €25m in software company Screendragon, a specialist in project management and workflow solutions catering to the agency and marketing sectors.
Consumer services-focused private equity firm Main Post Partners has made a majority investment in Highland Arms Enterprises, a garage door service operator within Neighborly, a franchise-based group focused on repairing, maintaining, and enhancing properties.
Economic headwinds saw UK M&A activity in 2023 fell to almost a fifth below levels seen in the previous year, according to PwC’s latest Global M&A Trends 2024 Outlook, a semi-annual analysis of global deals.
UK-based VCs Plural Platform and Iconical have co-led a $90m funding round for Starship Technologies, an autonomous robot last-mile delivery company founded by Skype Co-Founders Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla.
Braemont Capital, a Texas-based private investment firm founded by Robert Covington, a former Partner at RedBird Capital, has acquired Loenbro, a US construction services provider catering to the data centre, infrastructure and diversified industrial markets, from Tailwind Capital, a middle market private equity firm.
Ahead of the Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit, Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability at Stafford Capital Partners, talks to us about her vision of sustainability within the firm and the broader industry, trends to look out for this year and why GP outreach is key to net zero alignment.
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