Managers
Integral Venture Partners (Integral) has held the first close of its first private equity and growth capital fund, Evolving Europe Principal Investments I (EEPI I). The fund, which has a hard cap of EUR150 million, is backed by leading institutional investors including the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and prominent regional and international entrepreneurs.
Integral is focused on investing in central and south-eastern Europe, a region covering 25 per cent of Europe’s territory with population of 120 million. The fund will be seeking equity investments of up to EUR25 million in targets with
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has made an investment in VMG Health (VMG), a full-service valuation and transaction advisory firm exclusively focused on the healthcare industry. NCP invested in partnership with VMG’s existing management team and key employees, led by Founder and CEO Greg Koonsman.
Founded in 1995, VMG Health provides compliance related transaction services including: business, real estate, and asset valuation, physician compensation plan design and valuation, buy side and sell side quality of earnings, litigation and dispute services, and reimbursement consulting.
“I am thrilled that we have entered into a partnership with Northlane Capital Partners to continue our firm’s legacy
Guy & O’Neill, a portfolio company of Centre Partners, and a developer and manufacturer of wipes and liquid-fill products in the household cleaning and personal care categories, has acquired Boomerang Laboratories (Boomerang), a Minnesota-based manufacturer of a diverse array of liquid-fill personal care and light-duty household cleaning products. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition enhances Guy & O’Neill’s product breadth and capabilities in several attractive categories, provides meaningful additional liquid-fill capacity and creates a larger, more diversified and multi-site partner for customers. Founded in 1999 and based in Spring Park, Minnesota, Boomerang’s breadth of product capabilities
Venture Capital firm Mayfield has closed on USD750 million in new capital across two venture capital funds, the USD475 million Mayfield XVI and the USD275 million Mayfield Select II, bringing the firm’s current assets under management to over USD2.5 billion.Mayfield XVI will continue the firm’s early-stage focus, primarily investing in companies at the ideation or early product stage. Mayfield Select II follows the strategy of Mayfield Select I, to invest in later-stage rounds of Mayfield breakout portfolio companies. The firm is expanding the charter of Mayfield Select II to invest in companies outside its portfolio which are at early-growth stages
A consortium led by former CEO of Addison Lee Group, Liam Griffin, and Cheyne Capital’s Strategic Value Credit (SVC) business, has completed the buy-out of London’s largest taxi operator. Griffin and Cheyne SVC’s combined holdings give them a majority stake in the business, in a deal that sees at least GBP41 million of new investment flow into the firm.
The consortium was attracted by Addison Lee’s strong core revenues, which have remained resilient over the last five years, and by the firm’s enduring, pre-eminent position as London’s most trusted car service.
Griffin returns to his former role as CEO,
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners is to acquire MCL Computer & Zubehör, a provider of IT consulting services and hardware & software reseller.
ESG engagement by European firms is “strong” while their North American counterparts are “lagging behind”, according to a new survey by Aberdeen Standard Investments.
Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen providing customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has completed fundraising for Churchill Middle Market Senior Loan Fund II with USD2 billion in limited partner commitments, exceeding its original target of USD1 billion.
The Fund, an unlevered vehicle that invests in traditional senior and unitranche loans to private equity sponsor-backed US middle market companies, is the firm’s second commingled fund offering since becoming an affiliate of TIAA/Nuveen in 2015. The Fund attracted equity commitments from a diverse base of institutional clients globally, including several large pension plans
Covid-19 fallout continues to hit firms across the world, both in terms of supply and demand, and the predicted ensuing recession is likely to change how we live in the future. While the outbreak has unsettled lives and businesses across the world, delaying deal processes and fundraising, there are ‘new world’ sectors that will do well.
The coronavirus has decimated global markets in recent weeks. And with PE funds competing to complete deals last year at record high valuations, the big question now is how managers navigate the threats of recession over the coming period. Many will be asking themselves: ‘How far might valuation multiples fall in this current climate and do we have the right risk protection in place for our portfolios?’
New research in McKinsey’s latest report, A new decade for private markets, reveals that while most fund managers consider cyclical risk as part of their due diligence and portfolio management processes, only
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