Cushman & Wakefield and Spire Ventures have formed a strategic partnership with Pi Labs, Europe’s first property-focused technology accelerator company. Founded by Faisal Butt (founder and CEO of Spire Ventures) and Umesh Kumar (former Techstars and Oxygen Associate) Pi Labs was created to assist start-ups focused on property and technology
Strategic Partners Fund Solutions has held the final closing of Strategic Partners Fund VI, its sixth secondary fund, at the hard cap of USD4.4 billion. SP VI began investing in April 2014 and is focused on generating attractive, risk-adjusted returns by acquiring portfolios of high-quality private equity interests and co-investments.
A total of USD59bn has been invested in 5,272 venture capital deals globally in 2014 so far, compared to USD37bn invested in 5,940 deals over the same period in 2013, an increase of 60 per cent, according to Preqin. While activity for the third quarter is below that of Q2
Law firm White & Case has advised private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on the EUR820 million sale of Dutch-based full service payment service provider GlobalCollect to Ingenico. GlobalCollect employs around 500 people and helps clients accept payments from more than 170 countries in more than 150 currencies,
Three Hills Capital Partners, the new private equity investment platform launched in November 2013, has held the final close of its first fund at the hard cap of EUR100 million (USD127 million). Three Hills Capital Partners was founded by Mauro Moretti, a former partner at Hutton Collins, the firm he
In Q3 2014, 185 private equity funds held a final close and secured an aggregate USD73bn, a figure which is expected to increase by 10 to 20 per cent as more information becomes available. This is the lowest quarterly amount of capital raised in three years, when USD66bn was secured
Perella Weinberg Partners has held the final closing of its USD600 million PWP Growth Equity fund. The fund exceeded the original USD400 million target and met the revised cap of USD600 million. PWP Growth Equity is a private equity investment strategy focused on primarily US-based growth-oriented companies in the
Octopus Investments is expanding its healthcare business through the acquisition of MedicX Holdings Ltd, a UK healthcare real estate investment manager. The acquisition has been completed via Octopus’ parent company, Octopus Capital Ltd. Octopus Capital Ltd and the MedicX management team, led by Mike Adams, have agreed to acquire
Europe-targeted M&A through to the end of the third quarter has already surpassed 2013 values by 11.4 per cent, with deals totalling USD714.7 billion, according to Mergermarket. A rise in valuable European targets coming to market so far this year has been one driver for corporates seeking assets – over
Albion Ventures has raised over GBP21m across its six venture capital trusts through its offers for subscription in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 tax years. The offers closed at midday on 30 September 2014. Due to the high levels of investor demand that followed the launch of its top-up offers
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