Sekhmet Ventures has launched a new venture capital fund focussed on beauty and wellness. The fund focuses primarily on companies with science-based products in the beauty and wellness markets. Sekhmet Ventures provides its portfolio companies with more than just capital. Sekhmet Ventures has assembled a team of experts who support its
Overall European private equity deal volume reached an all-time annual record of 2,230 in 2018, according to Preliminary figures released in the Q4 2018 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote in association with Aberdeen Standard Investments. Deal value in 2018 reached an 11-year high of EUR199 billion, with Q4 the
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) data collection and reporting solution for private equity (PE) firms, venture capital (VC) firms, their portfolio companies and investors. The solution is part of iLEVEL, a sophisticated platform connecting participants in
BlueBay Asset Management’s (BlueBay) Private Debt Group has closed its Direct Lending Fund III and associated vehicles with investable capital in excess of EUR6 billion. BlueBay’s Private Debt platform has approximately EUR13 billion of AUM and has successfully completed more than 100 transactions across 11 geographies since inception in 2011.
Alantra Private Equity fund has acquired a majority stake in the capital of FrÃas Nutrición (FrÃas). The management team will continue to be a relevant shareholder in the company, maintaining its involvement in the management and daily operations of the business. The deal, which is subject to approval by the
An affiliate of CenterGate Capital (CenterGate), an Austin-based private equity investment firm, has made an investment in Mid-State Industrial Maintenance (Mid-State), a provider of on-site and off-site industrial maintenance and service solutions. Established in 1973 and headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, Mid-State serves a wide customer base across the southeastern United
The market for private equity (PE) collateralised fund obligations (CFOs) continues to gain traction post-financial crisis, according to Fitch Ratings. Since the first post-financial crisis CFO deal came to market in 2014, five transactions with a face value of USD3.4 billion have been issued. “The resurgence of the PE CFO
Kuber Ventures, an alternative investment platform specialising in EIS and SEIS, has added three new funds available to individual investors and advisers building diversified tax efficient portfolios on behalf of their clients. The three new funds announced by Kuber are the Evergreen EIS Fund from EMV Capital (EMVC), Vala EIS
HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the sale of its portfolio company Caraustar Industries (Caraustar) to Greif, Inc for USD1.8 billion. Headquartered in Austell, GA, Caraustar is a specialist in the production of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) and coated recycled paperboard (CRB), with a variety of applications that include tubes and
athenahealth, a provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory customers nationwide, has been acquired by an affiliate of Veritas Capital (Veritas) and Evergreen Coast Capital (Evergreen) for approximately USD5.7 billion in cash. Virence Health (Virence), the former GE Healthcare Value-based Care assets that Veritas acquired in 2018, will combine
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