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Consonance Capital Partners makes partnership promotions

Consonance Capital Partners (CCP), a US healthcare focused private equity firm, has promoted Javier Starkand and Sean Breen Partner. Both joined CCP in 2012 and had previously worked with the Founders prior to CCP.Stephen McKenna, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CCP, says: “We’re thrilled to recognise these two impressive individuals

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Buyout fundraising declined by over 70 per cent due to Corona Crisis

The CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook for the first quarter of 2020 using the latest data from the CEPRES Platform shows how buyout fundraising in the US declined by almost 50 per cent QoQ and 20 per cent YoY, but is still substantially above volumes during the post-GFC era of 2009 -2012.

Private capital ready to support UK SMEs with recovery from Covid-19 crisis

High Net Worth private investors are ready and willing to provide small and medium-sized British businesses (SMEs) with the financial support they will need as they recover from the impact of Covid-19, reveals research by Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business.According to a survey among 233 Connection Capital

Fund+ adds two to Board of Directors

Fund+, an VC investment firm focused on innovative European Life Sciences companies, has added Luc Debruyne and Gérard Lamarche to its B hard of Directors. In accordance with the Company’s governance charter, Honorary Chairman Désiré Collen, Arnoud de Pret, Pierre Drion and Hilde Laga have stepped down from the Board following

Ancala Partners to acquire Hector Rail AB

Ancala Partners (Ancala), an independent infrastructure investment manager, has agreed to buy Hector Rail AB (Hector Rail) from EQT, including its subsidiary Hector Rail GmbH, on behalf of its European Infrastructure Fund II. Completion on the transaction is expected in Q3 2020.   Hector Rail is the largest privately-owned rail freight

Innova Capital appoints new partner

Innova Capital, a private equity fund in Central and Eastern Europe, has promoted Magdalena Pasecka to the position of Partner. As Partner, Pasecka will continue to fulfil the role of Innova Capital’s CFO.   “I am proud to have earned the trust of the Innova Partners and to have received this

Enstar recapitalises StarStone US with PE investment

Enstar Group Limited (Enstar) has agreed to a recapitalisation of StarStone US Holdings (StarStone US) led by SkyKnight Capital (SkyKnight), Dragoneer Investment Group (Dragoneer) and Aquiline Capital Partners (Aquiline).The Investors have committed USD610 million in new equity capital which, together with the rollover of Enstar’s existing ownership, and an additional

Increase in carve-outs despite Covid-19

A new survey by Intertrust, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, reveals how Covid has impacted the decision making behind carve-outs.During a recent webinar, addressing how best to create value through carve-outs, a third (33 per cent) of industry professionals said they intended to start looking

Majority of global PE investors continue to pursue transactions despite Covid-19

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 invests in Doby Verrolec

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

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