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Growth equity investment firm FTV Capital (FTV) has closed its sixth and largest fund to date, FTV VI, at ts hard cap of USD1.2 billion in capital commitments from existing and new limited partners. Over its 22-year history, FTV has raised nearly USD4 billion and invested in 114 innovative, high-growth companies in its core sectors: enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing. The new fund will continue to pursue opportunities in these sectors with a target equity investment of USD30 to USD100 million, helping portfolio companies accelerate expansion.
FTV had a highly productive year in 2019 with
KKR is to acquire Roompot Group, a provider of holiday parks in Western Europe, from European private equity firm PAI Partners. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, having already received positive works council advice. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1965 in the region of Zeeland (the Netherlands), Roompot has progressively developed to become a leading holiday parks operator in Europe. The business directly owns and operates 33 parks in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, and works exclusively with more than 100 third-party park operators to support their booking and distribution efforts and provide development, design and
German independent asset manager Prime Capital AG has reached a EUR202 million first closing on its Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund, its first commingled product in the infrastructure space. The Fund focuses on wind-powered energy assets in the Nordic countries, with no reliance on government support and with the lowest cost of electricity in Europe. The Fund aims to secure assets in their late development stage and exploit their full return potential by employing a value-add strategy. This strategy includes the optimisation of permits, layouts and technology, together with full contract tendering whilst striking the optimal balance between long-term financing and
FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has promoted Chris Harris and Cas Schneller to Managing Partner.Harris and Schneller, who have both been with FFL for more than a decade, will join existing Managing Partners and co-founders Spencer Fleischer and Tully Friedman in overall management of the firm. They will have responsibility for overseeing the firm’s investments, operations, investor relations and strategic growth activities, while continuing to lead their respective investment strategies.
“These promotions reflect the invaluable contributions Chris and Cas have each made to FFL over the years. This new
eFront’s latest research finds that recent historically low levels of capital calls from LBO funds could protect them as markets fall into recession.According to the Private Markets in Downturns: 3 Observations report, which looks at LBO and VC performance during crises, the record performance of 2003 and 2009 vintage years in the US LBO market, as well as of 2002 and 2008 vintage years in European LBO market, indicate that funds that invest during a recession or in the early stages of recovery generate superior performance.
Funds that suffered the hardest hit on their NAVs meanwhile, are those with investment
eFront’s latest research finds that recent historically low levels of capital calls from LBO funds could protect them as markets fall into recession.According to the Private Markets in Downturns: 3 Observations report, which looks at LBO and VC performance during crises, the record performance of 2003 and 2009 vintage years in the US LBO market, as well as of 2002 and 2008 vintage years in European LBO market, indicate that funds that invest during a recession or in the early stages of recovery generate superior performance.
Funds that suffered the hardest hit on their NAVs meanwhile, are those with investment
The State Street Private Equity Index (SSPEI) posted its second highest quarterly return in the past two years at 4.35 per cent return in the fourth quarter of 2019, up from the 0.82 per cent return in Q3 2019. Venture Capital funds rallied 5.68 per cent after last quarter’s decline of -0.05 per cent return, followed by 4.24 per cent return from Buyout funds and 2.43 per cent return from Private Debt funds.
“Private Equity performance rebounded in Q4 and scored a respectable 14.22 per cent annualised return for 2019. The total capital raised in 2019 also surpassed the previous peak
Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in Irish insurance and financial services group Chill Insurance (Chill).Headquartered in Dublin where it employs almost 250 staff, Chill was founded in 2006 by brothers Padraig and Seamus Lynch and has subsequently grown into one of the largest independent personal lines insurance broker in Ireland with over 200,000 policyholders, representing a 6 per cent market share.
Chill has successfully disrupted the Irish personal lines insurance market through its strong brand and multi-channel distribution capabilities, offering high-quality service, whole of market choice through a panel of 14 major
Clearstream is to employ Finomial’s client lifecycle management technology to automate trade documentation completion for alternative investments.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial AI algorithms for robots and drones, has secured USD5 million in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures and MMC Ventures, with participation from Amadeus Capital Partners and Toyota AI Ventures. The funding will allow SLAMcore to meet the increasing demand of the robotics market, which has seen demand skyrocket due to Covid-19. This has occurred particularly in drone, robots and AR/VR usage, as effective robotics solutions that can support the ‘new normal’ of a post-Covid-19 crisis world are accelerating.
SLAMcore has seen a spike in demand from companies looking to apply robotics with enquiries
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