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415 CAPITAL Management (415 CAPITAL) has held a first closing of its new medtech venture capital fund, 415 CAPITAL Fund I. The new fund will invest in medical device companies in Europe, Israel and the United States, with a focus on startups developing groundbreaking technologies to diagnose and treat Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors, including coronary artery disease, structural heart disease, stroke, hypertension and vascular disease. The fund will hold a final closing at up to USD100 million (EUR85 million) later in 2020.
The new fund marks the first time that the partners are bringing in capital from outside
AUA Private Equity Partners has acquired Van-Lang Enterprises, a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of appetisers and hors d’oeuvres in the US. Van-Lang serves luxury hotels, private clubs, specialty distributors, banquet houses, and caterers. The transaction was completed on behalf of AUA Private Equity portfolio company Gourmet Culinary Partners (GCP).
AUA Private Equity has completed four acquisitions in the specialty prepared foods segment with a focus on creating the leading manufacturer of appetisers, hors d’oeuvres, breakfast foods, side dishes, soups, sauces, and entrees for the hospitality, banquet, airline, retail, education, and corporate sectors. With the acquisition of Van-Lang, Gourmet Culinary Partners
Boyden, a global talent advisory and leadership solutions firm has named Anita Pouplard, a Managing Partner of Boyden France, as the leader of its new Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice, effective immediately.Pouplard, a trusted advisor to the C-suite and boards, has completed numerous international search assignments over the past 20 years. A large share of her client work is in fast-growing sectors with large volumes in investment by PE and VC firms in technology, digital transformation, SaaS, Internet of Things, fintech and cleantech/greentech.
“Anita was our board’s unanimous choice to lead our Global Private Equity and Venture Capital
Private Equity Wire and RFA have partnered for the webinar: Threats and Trends in 2020: Mitigating IT risk in PE funds on the 12 February 2020.
– Global venture capital fund performance continued to soar in 2019, reaching its highest level ever in Q2 driven by the success of Western European VC funds –
Venture capital funds globally reached their best ever performance in the second quarter of 2019, surpassing the previous high recorded one year earlier, according to the latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report, published by eFront.
“The European VC industry has had a strong year: it’s extremely well-capitalised following a number of new funds in the market and there are no gaps in the funding chain, which has hampered the ecosystem in
Aquiline-backed ClearCourse has acquired Hart Square, a provider of specialist Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and digital consultancy services for charities, not-for-profits (NFP) and professional membership organisations across the UK. The acquisition aligns closely with many of ClearCourse’s existing businesses who have clients in these sectors and reinforces the Group’s commitment to the space.
Since its foundation in 2009, Hart Square has become a market leading technology consultancy to the NFP sector. Its clients include professional membership bodies, trade associations, charities, voluntary organisations, healthcare and education bodies. Hart Square educates and provides independent advice to its clients on the positive impact
CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) CVC Fund VII is to acquire the Greek, Croatian and UAE businesses of D-Marin, an operator of yacht marinas in the Mediterranean and United Arab Emirates (UAE), from Turkish conglomerate the Doğuş Group.Headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, D-Marin, under concessions or management agreements, is an international operator of premium yacht marinas in Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Turkey and the UAE, with several new locations identified across its current geographical footprint and beyond. All marinas in Turkey (Turgutreis, Didim and Göcek) will remain under the ownership of Doğuş Group while managed by D-Marin.
István Szőke, Partner at CVC
Pathway Capital Management has closed on a USD1 billion private credit fund. Pathway Private Credit Fund II will provide debt financing in support of acquisition, recapitalisation, refinancing, and growth capital transactions sponsored by leading private equity firms.
To date, Pathway has committed more than USD5.7 billion to private credit opportunities since it began investing in the asset class in 1994, and has created more than 90 customised programs for its investors since its inception. Pathway has committed more than USD85 billion across a wide variety of private market strategies since its inception in 1991.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Harsh Agarwal as a Principal on its investment team. Agarwal, who is based in the Firm’s New York office, is principally engaged in evaluating and executing investments in the software and technology-enabled services sectors.Prior to CD&R, Agarwal spent nine years at EQT Partners in New York and TPG Capital in San Francisco, where he focused on transactions in the technology and media sectors. He began his career in the Technology, Media and Telecom group of the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co.
Agarwal earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has held the final close of its flagship US fund, HarbourVest Fund XI. The fund closed above its USD2 billion target at USD2.61 billion.“We continue to see strong demand for primary partnership funds, especially among US investors that are new to private markets, and global investors seeking exposure to North American assets,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “HarbourVest’s access to attractive managers, combined with our more than 35 years of portfolio construction experience and expertise, provides our investors with fully diversified, comprehensive fund portfolios that help meet their return objectives.”
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