Syncona Ltd, a healthcare investment company focused on the life sciences sector, has appointed Roel Bulthuis as managing partner and head of investments. Bulthuis has over 20 years of life science venture capital, business development and investment banking experience. Bulthuis joins from Inkef Capital, an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm, where
Ethos Capital has acquired Newforma, a collaboration platform aimed at helping companies deliver complex architectural, engineering, and construction projects more efficiently and cost-effectively.
KKR has held the final close of European Fund VI with $8.0 billion in capital commitments, making it the firm’s largest European Private Equity fund to date, surpassing the $6.6 billion KKR raised for its predecessor vehicle in 2019.Â
US private investment giant Blackstone is hoping to agree a £700 million deal to acquire British commercial property company Industrials Reit after offering to pay shareholders a 42% premium to Friday’s closing price to take the company private, according to a report by the Financial Times. The board of Industrials
Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm specialising in distressed investing with around $55 billion under management, has completed the sale of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to SATS for an enterprise value of €2.25 billion. Cerberus acquired WFS in 2018 for an enterprise value of €1.2 billion. Since then, WFS
The Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) has added two additional private equity funds to its investment portfolio in recent weeks, despite recently announcing a reduction in its annual PE commitment, according to a report by Alternatives Watch. The new managers hired are growth equity focused Parthenon Capital and
Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, the middle-market focused private equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is to sell Ovation Fertility to US Fertility. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
M&G Investments, along with two other large shareholders, is to vote against a proposed private equity takeover of British events group Hyve PLC because the bid significantly undervalues the international exhibition company, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Ancala Partners has acquired a majority interest in Noventa Energy Partners, a global renewable energy company which provides a full suite of services to decarbonise the heating and cooling of buildings, for an undisclosed amount.Â
BC Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Metropolitan College and AKMI IEK, a provider of post-secondary education in Greece, in partnership with founders Konstantinos and Kalliopi Rodopoulos, who remain shareholders and will continue to support the business.
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