Cathay Capital has held the closing of Cathay Innovation’s first investment vehicle for a total of USD320 million. This sum constitutes a record for a first-time venture capital fund raised in Europe. The success of this fundraising can largely be explained by the unique approach proposed by Cathay Innovation and
Cinven has sold of 40 per cent of its equity stake in Visma, a provider of business critical software to SMBs in the Nordic and Benelux region, to a group of investors led by HgCapital. An investor group led by HgCapital, an existing investor in Visma, together with GIC, Montagu
CVC Credit Partners (CVC Credit) has closed CVC Credit Partners Global CLO Management Limited, providing CVC Credit with risk retention capital for its global CLO business. Global CLO Management Limited closed at its hard cap of USD600 million. CVC Credit’s Global CLO Management Limited provides strategic balance sheet capital to
InMotion Ventures, a venture capital business powered by Jaguar Land Rover, has completed seed investments in four exciting mobility and transportation startups. Early stage businesses By Miles, Dovu, Wluper and Zeelo join the Seed Programme and will spend six months working from InMotion HQ in London. Founded by James
International law firm Ropes & Gray has advised Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) on the USD5.3 billion consortium buyout of Visma, Europe’s largest ever software buyout. ICG was part of a consortium of investors that bought stakes in the deal. Other investors included HgCapital, Cinven, GIC and Montagu, alongside Visma’s management team.
CVC Credit Partners’ European Private Debt Business has provided a EUR50 million unitranche facility to Trimb Healthcare, to support its acquisition of the Pevaryl and Fungoral brands in certain European countries from Johnson & Johnson. Trimb Healthcare, sponsored by lead investor Avista Capital since 2015, is a niche pharmaceutical company,
Mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Quayle Munro has added two new directors to the firm’s advisory team; James Local and Lalit Kasat. Local has over ten years of corporate finance experience providing independent advice on acquisitions, disposals and fundraisings. He has worked with entrepreneurs, financial sponsors and global corporates
An affiliate of Sun European Partners is to sell NextPharma, a pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), to funds advised by CapVest Partners (CapVest), subject to regulatory approval. NextPharma is a market leader in the western European pharmaceutical CDMO space, serving a global blue-chip customer base, including seven of
MPower Financing, a fintech company and provider of educational loans to high-potential, international students, has appointed Rohan Tibrawalla (pictured), to the position of Country Director-India to oversee the company’s operations in the region from its soon-to-be-opened office in Bangalore. In his new position, Tibrawalla is responsible for expanding and executing
Dyal Capital Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman Group, has acquired a strategic minority stake in private credit and special opportunities alternative investment manager, Atalaya Capital Management. Dyal will become a passive, non-voting partner in Atalaya. All of the proceeds from the investment will be retained on Atalaya’s balance sheet
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