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Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has sold inexio, a provider of fibre-optic broadband networks in Germany, to EQT Infrastructure.
Co-shareholders Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and other minority investors are selling their stakes alongside Warburg Pincus.
Inexio was founded by David Zimmer in 2007 and has invested heavily in fibre-optic infrastructure in rural and small-town communities in Germany, predominantly in the South and South West. Today, the Company provides high-speed internet access to more than 110,000 customers and 6,000 businesses. Inexio’s unique and scalable network, consisting of more than 10,000 km of fibre-optic infrastructure, provides a strong platform for continued growth.
Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm specialising in secondaries investing, has been named “Best Secondaries House” by industry publication Private Equity Wire.
The Private Equity Wire awards recognise the best private equity managers, consultants, advisers and service providers in a range of categories covering the global private equity space. The publication serves wealth advisers, institutional investors and investment managers around the world. Winners are based on a ‘peer review system’ whereby Private Equity Wire readers select a ‘best in class’ across different divisions.
“At Pomona, our mission is to construct portfolios of high quality assets with lower risk
Kemoen has held the third closing of the Kempen European Private Equity Fund, the private equity fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) with EUR158 million in commitments.
The private equity fund is exclusively available to clients of Van Lanschot and Kempen.
The fund’s investors are predominantly entrepreneurs, experienced private equity investors, and captains of industry from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Sven Smeets, co-head Private Markets, says: ‘This group of investors contributes to the broadening of our investment network. The investors in our private equity fund provide not only capital, but also knowledge, experience, and leads for new
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in M&A advisory services, is advising Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) on the pending sale of Siblu Villages (Siblu) to Naxicap Partners.
Siblu is a leading owner-occupied holiday park operator in France. The transaction is being led by Ed Arkus of the Harris Williams Consumer Group and Thierry Monjauze and Sylvain Noblet of the firm’s London office.
“It has been a pleasure to work alongside Siblu’s shareholders and management team as well as to have the opportunity to advise Stirling Square again on another great outcome,” says Ed Arkus, a managing
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Private Equity Fund X, a global and diversified private equity multi-strategy fund, at approximately USD278 million.
“We are glad to announce this close with the support of a diverse group of both new and existing LPs from around the world,” says Jackie Rantanen, Managing Director and Head of Product Management at Hamilton Lane. “Even with an overall shift in investor preference more towards customised separate accounts or single strategy-focused funds, the multi-strategy structure continues to fit the needs of certain investors, as evidenced by our long history of raising multi-strategy
The readers of Private Equity Wire have voted Centaur Fund Services winner of the Best Fund Administrator under USD30 billion category.
The Private Equity Wire Awards recognise the best private equity managers, investors, consultants, advisers and service providers in a range of categories covering the entire private equity space. Voting is via an online survey of the Private Equity Wire readership.
CEO of Centaur USA, Des Johnson, says: “What a fantastic month we have had so far: two weeks ago, we won the Best Administrator award at the HFM US Awards and just two days ago the firm celebrated our 10 year anniversary in New York. Now we
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), a business intelligence, data analytics, and research platform for corporate, academic and government institutions worldwide, has Preqin private equity data to its offerings.
As a part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS enables comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis, and insight into the latest innovations in research.
Preqin through WRDS provides private equity and venture capital data, giving WRDS researchers access to the industry’s most comprehensive source of information, including intelligence on hard-to-track indicators, private equity investors, deals and fund performance. It calculates dozens of granular benchmarks across different regions, industries
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has raised an additional USD1 billion in capital from Canadian, US, European and Asian investors across its global private markets program, reflecting continued strong investor interest in private equity, private credit and infrastructure investments.
These recent commitments include capital raised for Northleaf’s mid-market infrastructure and private credit programs, as well as significant new commitments to mid-market private equity and secondaries custom mandates managed on behalf of two of Canada’s largest institutional investors. Building on the firm’s strong growth momentum, this new capital brings Northleaf’s private equity, private credit and infrastructure commitments raised to more than USD13
The Management Board of teh Warsaw Stock Exchange Group (GPW) has launched a project aimed at the possible establishment of a Corporate Venture Capital fund (CVC fund) in conjunction with other financial market institutions.
In this connection, GPW has published on its website a Request for Information (RFI) addressed to teams experienced in venture capital fund management.
“We are starting yet another project, aiming to open a CVC fund, an effective tool for investing or collaboration with fintechs which develop technologies for capital market participants. Innovation is the very foundation of our strategic objectives. I am positive that this
Clessidra SGR, a management company in the Italian private equity market, has expanded its business scope by entering the bank credits segment, with a specific focus on the Unlikely to Pay receivables.
Clessidra seized the opportunity to expand into this market with the launch of a new fund dedicated to institutional investors, the Clessidra Restructuring Fund.
The Clessidra Restructuring Fund (CRF) includes two compartments dedicated respectively to the credits component and the new finance component. The credits compartment features receivables sold by 10 banking and financial groups towards 14 Italian companies, which are currently undergoing a financial and industrial
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