Managers
Private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners portfolio company Mirion Technologies (Mirion) has entered into a Business Combination Agreement with GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (GSAH), which would see the Company list on the New York Stock Exchange.
GSAH is a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Mirion is a global provider of radiation detection, measurement, monitoring and analysis equipment and services that customers rely on to protect their personnel and environment while delivering their services safely and efficiently. Mirion employs around 2,500 people globally, and generated approximately USD650 million in pro
The Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested in Titan Wealth Holdings (Titan) to support Titan’s platform acquisitions and future acquisition strategy.
Titan has been formed to provide more integrated and flexible services to investment managers and independent financial advisers (IFAs) through a central proposition that combines discretionary fund management (DFM) with integrated trade, custody and settlement services through a leading technology platform. Titan presents an exciting opportunity within the rapidly evolving wealth management sector to offer higher quality, more flexible and independent services to clients. Titan, which is targeting GBP20-GBP30 billion in assets
EQT’s EQT VIII fund (EQT Private Equity) has agreed to sell Aldevron to Danaher Corporation for an enterprise value of USD9.6 billion.
Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, has acquired a stake in NetCo Group, following investment from funds managed by IK Investment Partners (IK) and Andera Partners.
The growing appetite for private capital on behalf of investors has led to an increasingly competitive environment. Therefore, managers, especially startups, need to be at the top of their game to fight for those deals.
“Every manager I speak to is both excited and anxious at the same time. There are many good deals available but there are also many other managers going after those same deals,” explains George Teixeira (pictured), partner and leader of Anchin’s Private Equity Group.
He notes a rise in competitive spirit is also causing a growing complexity in the deals themselves. Given managers are intent
By A Paris – Despite any headwinds caused by the pandemic, the private equity industry has remained strong, with investor demand and planned allocations continuing to grow. However, with high levels of dry powder and increasing regulator scrutiny, startup private equity funds have much to contend with.
“There is currently more money available in private equity. The among of dry powder has exploded and is the highest it’s been in 10 years,” remarks Alain Kinsch, co-chairman of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) Private Equity Committee and Vice-President of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
According to Hugh MacArthur, Partner, Bain
Last week London-based Balderton Capital, which is now actively deploying over USD1 billion in some of Europe’s most prolific breakout companies, announced the launch of a new tech growth fund – their largest in Europe to date. PEW caught up with partner Rana Yared who will manage the fund together with Balderton’s managing partner Bernard Liautaud and general partner David Thévenon.
CAPZA Growth Tech is to acquire a minority stake in Advens, a cybersecurity and SOC-as-a-Service specialist in France.
Founder Alexandre Fayeulle and the current management team remain majority shareholders. As a result of the transaction, which values Advens at more than EUR100 million, the shareholding will be extended to one third of Advens’ employees.
Advens offers a comprehensive cybersecurity package that combines high value-added services with an innovative Security-as-a-Service model to meet the growing needs of companies, regardless of their specific sector or business.
Advens has developed an operational security centre (“Security-as-a-Service Factory”) unique in France, which takes advantage of
bd-capital, a pan-European, operationally-led private equity firm, has made an investment in SportPursuit, an online private sales club in the UK and Germany focused on active lifestyle and sports products.
This latest investment into SportPursuit follows the firm’s recent investments into Symprove, the gut health products business, and Ascenti, the UK’s leading provider of physical and mental wellbeing services. All three investments follow a consistent strategy of investing in companies where changing patterns of consumer behaviour and technology disruption are creating growth opportunities.
SportPursuit was founded in 2011 by a group of friends with a shared passion for activity
SWEN Capital Partners, a specialist in sustainable private equity investments, has added Christian Lim and Olivier Raybaud, co-founders of Blue Oceans Partners, to its investment team and executive committee.
The two new managing directors are committed to financing innovations that have a systemic impact on ocean regeneration.
Ocean regeneration is one of the major environmental challenges of our time. A sanctuary of biodiversity, the ocean also plays a vital role in the production of oxygen (50 per cent of the oxygen we breathe) and is critical to the fight against climate change, absorbing 93 per cent of the excess heat
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