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KKR has made new leadership appointments in its flagship private equity businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Henry Kravis and George Roberts, Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Founders of KKR, say: “While our firm has evolved over the years, private equity is where it all began. Today, this asset class remains as important as ever as it continues to support companies and communities and meet the critical needs of our fund investors. We believe these promotions will enable us to maintain our leadership in private equity for decades to come.”
KKR currently has USD75 billion in private equity assets
Idinvest Partners, aa investor in SMEs across Europe, has anheldnounced the final closing of its third digital fund at EUR350 million, having surpassed its initial fundraising target of EUR300 million.
The fund, managed by a team of nine investors, has attracted many new LPs from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America. It has also been highly successful among investors who, following their participation in the previous fund, extended their commitment.
The final close of the Idinvest Digital Fund III has surpassed that of its predecessor, the Idinvest Digital Fund II, which secured EUR154 million.
Benoist Grossmann,
European venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest early-stage healthcare fund Sofinnova Capital IX, oversubscribed at EUR333 million.
The firm now has more than EUR2 billion under management with more than EUR1 billion raised in the last four years across its platform of life sciences funds.
Pursuing the strategy it has consistently applied over the years for its flagship early-stage Capital funds, Sofinnova Capital IX will invest in the healthcare industry and more specifically in the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Sofinnova Partners will seek to invest as a founding and lead investor in start-ups and corporate
Ocorian, a provider of trust, administration and fiduciary services to corporate, institutional and private investors has appointed Pamela Valasuo as Head of Sales for Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Valasuo brings over 20 years’ experience of professional and financial services experience to Ocorian and will lead the business development strategy for the region.
A native English and Finnish speaker, Valasuo has previously held various senior management roles with several established service providers in Luxembourg. She holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Buckingham and Stellenbosch University respectively and has also completed INSEAD’s International
Nu Quantum, a quantum photonics company, has completed a GBP650,000 pre-seed investment round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from IQ Capital, Ahren Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group.
The raise follows eight years of research at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Nu Quantum is building high-performance single-photon sources and detectors that work at room temperature. These devices are the building blocks that will enable a range of quantum technologies, the most near-term being Quantum Key Distribution (QKD): communication links which are completely secure as end users are
MSIF, a Liverpool-based SME fund which this week celebrates 25 years in business, is to merge the team of investment company SPARK Impact Limited with its regulated fund management subsidiary Alliance Fund Managers (AFM).
The agreement will see SPARK Impact Director Mark Borzomato appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AFM, and an experienced equity investment team of Marc d’Abbadie, Jerry Mobbs and Lynsey Barnes join the existing AFM business.
Borzomato, who has over 24 years’ corporate advisory and investment experience and who has worked for MSIF twice before, says: “I am delighted to be back and incredibly excited
The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold Fisher Unitech (Fisher), a provider of 3D design software tools and 3D printers, to Computer Aided Technology (CATI), a portfolio company of CIVIC Partners (CIVIC).
Based in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, Fisher has 17 locations with sales showrooms and training venues across the Midwest and Northeast. Fisher serves as a key channel partner to design software provider, Dassault Systemes Solidworks and 3D printer manufacturer, Statasys. Fisher aims to advance manufacturing in the US by selling, supporting and training customers on 3D
Analyst Hub, an independent research infrastructure platform company, and DD Research, a boutique sell-side equity firm, have partnered to launch DD Research as the latest independent research provider to join Analyst Hub’s portfolio of IRPs.
DD Research provides in-depth intelligence and corporate access to understand the food industry consumer by using proprietary methods. Recognised yearly by Institutional Investor from 2007 to 2019 as a top food researcher, founder David Driscoll has 20 years of equity research experience at Citi Research where he covered US food manufacturing. Driscoll led equity coverage of all top packaged and industrial food manufacturers and his
With European M&A value over the last 12 months (Q3 2018 to Q2 2019) down 22 per cent year-on-year to EUR652.2 billion, and only 27 per cent of respondents to a recent survey by law firm CMS expecting the level of European M&A activity to increase over the next year, the storm clouds seem to be building on Europe’s M&A horizon. But as Private Equity Wire’s James Williams highlights in this week’s newsletter, deals will still be done as new opportunities arise…
And new research by law firm Dechert and MergerMarket out this week highlights how in the midst of
Global beauty brand SLG has acquired three high street brands – Amie Naturally Kind Skincare, Johnny’s Chop Shop Grooming and COLAB Dry Shampoo.
The three deals amount to a consideration of over GBP15 million.
SLG Brands was incorporated in 1985 and has evolved from contract manufacturer to award-winning multi-category brand innovator and global brand builder. It has fashioned a unique market positioning as a highly responsive and trend-led organisation, with integrated studios, brand development and R&D laboratory with headquartered in Cheltenham, England.
SLG received GBP10 million from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses,
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