The second quarter of this year saw two potentially worrying trends in US corporate credit: the number of public filers carrying debt of more than 7x going into Q3 had risen to 35 per cent (compared to 14 per cent in Q4 2018), while the percentage of leveraged loan defaults
The world’s largest online angel investment platform, the Angel Investment Network, has supported the raise of more than GBP1 million in UK-based disease screening and diagnosis startup Occuity. Launched in London by childhood friends James Badgett and Mike Lebus, Angel Investment Network (AIN) is an online platform connecting startups with
Kris Ring, debt finance equity partner at Goodwin Procter in Santa Monica, on the relationship between PE firms and direct lenders during the pandemic, the ways this downturn has been different to previous downturns, how the upcoming election will impact business in the US, and what a potentially contested election
Duff & Phelps, a provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions, has launched a new Equity Match service, which matches the equity funding requirements of UK based SMEs with specialist equity investors from a select network.Equity Match provides SMEs with access to difficult-to-find equity investors who are willing to inject
Listen in to PEWire’s podcast with Emily Pollock (pictured), alternatives director at Schroders, to find out how consumption patterns will change in the “new normal”, as well as her view on the potential for “buy-and-build” strategies in Europe and why she believes European private equity is well positioned for some of
To mark Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), PEWire is publishing a mini-series of three Q&A interviews with women working in venture capital. Third up is Itxaso del Palacio, Partner at London-based Notion vc, which invests in enterprise
Delivery Hero co-founder and serial entrepreneur Lukasz Gadowski (pictured) has invested EUR7.5 million in Finnish food delivery company Wolt, which recently achieved unicorns status with its EUR1 billion valuation following expansion into Japan and Germany.
Prime Capital, an independent asset manager and financial services provider managing EUR17.7 billion across multiple funds, has closed its first investment from its newly launched Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund (PGEIF). Project Björnberget in central Sweden is one of the largest onshore wind projects to start construction in Europe this year
OakNorth Bank is sector-agnostic, focusing mainly on lower mid-market businesses and established property developers/investors, and is active throughout England with offices in London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and East Anglia. The bank, which has UK restaurant fast food chain LEON in its portfolio, has continued to lend throughout the pandemic
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has listed its portfolio company Mintra Holding AS, a provider of on-demand digital learning and enterprise HCM software solutions for safety-critical industries worldwide, on the Merkur Market of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
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