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Development Partners International makes USD56m investment in SICAM

Pan-African private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI), through its third fund ADP III, has made a USD56 million investment in Tunisian tomato processing and agri-business, SICAM.Established in 1969, SICAM is a leading producer of canned tomatoes, pepper pastes, and jams and one of the most recognised brand names in

Healthcare technology

US discretionary healthcare sector feels the impact of coronavirus pandemic

While the US healthcare industry has historically been stable throughout economic cycles, it has a large consumer retail component to it, and “foot traffic” has been meaningfully reduced as a result of the coronavirus.  As such, many sectors within healthcare have been materially impacted.  The more discretionary the service, the

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Crisis accelerates changes already underway in PE space

By Audrey Nangle, director of private equity & real assets at MUFG Investor Services – What happens when you take a part of the investment industry that was already changing and subject it to a profound shock? That’s the question that will challenge private markets for the foreseeable future. The

Amsterdam

Committed Capital closes EUR55m fund

Amsterdam-based Committed Capital has raised EUR55 million in two months for its third investment vehicle from entrepreneurs, family offices and institutional investors, both in and beyond the Netherlands. The fund, which closed in January, was oversubscribed, while a large part of the subscriptions came from existing investors in the previous

Benson Oak Capital sells online insurance broker

Benson Oak Capital’s private equity arm and co-investors have sold 100 per cent of their stake in Klikpojisteni.cz (Klik) to a company majority owned  by TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, and minority owned by MCI EuroVentures, a technology investment fund.Klik operates a leading online insurance brokerage in

Eos Venture Partners closes Strategic InsurTech Fund

Eos Venture Partners (Eos) has closed its Strategic InsurTech Fund, which invests in global InsurTech companies.Eos believes the current Covid 19 crisis is acting as a catalyst for change and is expected to supercharge innovation activity. Digital engagement, agility, flexible usage based products, tailored pricing and remote claims assessment are

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Deal flow will stay flat until we come out of lockdown

Deal flow will remain depressed until the UK lockdown eases, according to the UK & Ireland Private Capital Breakdown, which covers Covid-19’s impact on the private equity industry. One of the key findings of the latest report is that until we see substantial easing in the UK & Ireland lockdown

CapStone launches GameAbove Capital venture fund

CapStone Holdings has launched GameAbove Capital, a USD50 million private venture fund focused on minority – and women – operated businesses engaged in sustainability-related products and services. GameAbove Capital looks to deploy capital with thoughtful acquisitions, joint ventures, and equity financing in successful expansion-staged entrepreneurial ventures. Investment targets include, but

Promising prospects along a bumpy road

By A Paris – Starting the year with record levels of cash, the private equity industry was, arguably, in a favourable position to weather the storm caused by the Covid-19 pandemic which threw the world into chaos in March 2020. Due to its inherent long-term characteristics and patient capital, private equity

Medical lab

Omnes supports Biofutur group LBO

Omnes has invested EUR60 million in a primary LBO, carried out as a proprietary deal with the Biofutur group, a cluster of medical biology analysis laboratories in Ile-de-France, which is managed by independent medical biologists.

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