Deals
2020 was expected to be the year when valuations would finally come down and present a ‘perfect vintage’ for private equity buyout firms, affording them the opportunity to buy assets at more reasonable purchase price multiples.
IK Investment Partners (IK) is pleased to announce that the IK Small Cap II Fund has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in You Sure Investments BV from Synergia Capital Partners (Synergia). Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to AFM clearance, have not been disclosed.
You Sure is a leading Dutch insurance distribution platform, providing insurance to small businesses and individuals. Operating mainly in the Property and Casualty (P&C) segment, You Sure acts both as an insurance broker and a Managing General Agent (MGA), and currently serves over 60,000 customers.
Headquartered in Ridderkerk, You Sure
Kirkland & Ellis has advised Avanti Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will target European businesses with a strong US nexus, in connection with its USD600 million IPO. The SPAC was sponsored by NNS Group, the investment group founded by entrepreneur Nassef Sawiris, and Sienna Capital, the alternative investment platform of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL). Avanti Acquisition’s shares began trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AVAN on 2 October, 2020.
This is the first IPO of a SPAC completed out of the Kirkland’s European offices. In the US, Kirkland is the market leader in SPAC IPOs
Future Energy Ventures, a venture capital platform that invests in the digital technologies and digital business models redefining the energy landscape, has launched with EUR250 million invested capital in its portfolio. The new fund is the venturing and collaboration platform of the energy company E.ON investing in digital and digitally enabled technologies that have the potential to redefine the future energy landscape – providing funding, mentoring and connections to accelerate their growth trajectory.
The launch of Future Energy Ventures follows the completion of E.ON’s acquisition of innogy and brings together an enviable level of expertise and experience in investing and
Gresham House Ventures has invested GBP5 million in eConsult Health, the NHS’s leading online consultation provider for primary care.The GBP5 million investment, made on behalf of the Baronsmead VCTs, is in addition to further investment from existing shareholders and will support the expansion of eConsult Health into the secondary care market. Beyond maintaining its position as the leading digital triage service in GP surgeries, eConsult Health will continue the rollout of its Urgent and Emergency Care triage solution, eTriage, and outpatient referral software, eSpecialist.
Digital triage allows patients to be dealt with more effectively and efficiently, moving from a world
SEKOIA, a French deeptech company specialising in cyber threat anticipation, has just completed its first round of funding of EUR10 million euros with Omnes and Alliance Entreprendre. The investment will be mainly devoted to accelerating the marketing of its platform for its European public and private companies and to strengthening its R&D teams.
Founded in 2008, SEKOIA has built its reputation on its expertise in responding to security incidents and its ability to assist companies under attack. Since 2016, the company is evolving towards software publishing with the aim of meeting a need that is still little covered by European cybersecurity
Leading capital markets and investment firm LGB & Co Limited and Smith Square Partners, a corporate finance advisory firm, have formed a strategic alliance to enable the clients of each firm to gain access to the other’s areas of specialisation and the two firms to benefit from opportunities to work together. Smith Square provides high quality corporate finance advice to public and private companies with particular strength in mergers and acquisitions, while LGB has established a strong reputation for debt and equity capital raising. Accordingly, the alliance will focus on introductions of corporate finance advisory business to Smith Square by LGB,
Monte Nido & Affiliates (Monte Nido) a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Rosewood Ranch, (Rosewood), the operator of three eating disorder treatment facilities in the greater Phoenix, Arizona market. Founded in 1998, Rosewood is an industry pioneer, offering curated treatment modalities for both adolescent and adult patient populations.
Monte Nido is a market-leading eating disorder treatment platform now operating 29 facilities across eleven states nationwide. With a track record of clinical excellence, Monte Nido has successfully treated adult and adolescent patients since its founding in 1996. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Monte Nido now offers residential
Law firm Paul Hastings has served as legal advisor to Romeo Systems, Inc. (Romeo Power), in its agreement to merge with RMG Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).The merger will result in Romeo Power becoming a publicly listed company. The combined company will be named Romeo Power Inc. and is expected to remain listed on the NYSE and trade under the new ticker symbol “RMO.” RMG Acquisition Corp. trades under the symbol RMG. The merger values Romeo Power at USD1.33 billion.
Romeo Power is an industry leading energy technology company focused on designing and manufacturing lithium-ion battery modules
MANTA, a unified data lineage platform provider, has closed a USD13 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, accompanied by SAP.iO Fund, German VC fund Senovo, and Czech VC fund Credo Ventures.MANTA’s platform pioneers the data management market, providing users with a fully automated lineage solution that helps them understand journeys and dependencies between data assets across the company’s entire system. Thanks to automation, the platform augments an organisation’s data management and gives its users immediate and in-depth visibility into the state of their environment by drawing a clear, yet detailed map of all of their data flows and
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
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