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The tech buyout market has watched deal activity take a downward trend through Q1 2023. But there are signs a new valuation environment is turning back in its favour.
Special situations capital solutions provider Sandton Capital Partners has strengthened its UK and European team further with the appointment of Toby Bundy, an experienced finance and operations professional, as investment manager.
Antwort Capital, an independent feeder fund specialist firm based in Luxembourg, has appointed José Kabana as managing partner with responsibility for developing the firm’s distribution network across Europe.
IBM has entered into a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners to acquire Apptio Inc, a specialist provider of financial and operational IT management and optimisation software, for $4.6 billion.
Fidelio Capital has closed its third flagship fund (Fidelio III), with total capital commitments in excess of the fund’s €1 billion target, more than triple the size of its predecessor fund, Fidelio II, which closed in 2018.
Vertex Ventures HC has launched its third and largest fund, the $200 million Fund III, which will be deployed to support life sciences and medical technology companies “aiming to drive innovation and improve patient outcomes”.
Buyout funds continued to display resilient performance during a turbulent Q1 of 2023, according to research by Neuberger Berman, with small and mid-cap buyout funds, the largest asset class in the sample, up approximately 3% on average over the quarter.
Odoo SA, a provider of open-source integrated business software applications for small and medium-sized enterprises, has secured a strategic investment of approximately €150 million from global growth equity firm General Atlantic
IQ Capital, a London-based deep tech venture capital firm, continues to strengthen its senior team with the promotion of two new partners – Archie Muirhead and Alex Wilson, who join existing general partners Kerry Baldwin, Max Bautin, Simon Hirtzel and Ed Stacey.
Chrysalix Venture Capital has held the first close of its fifth fund, the Carbon Neutrality Fund, which will invest in early-stage companies developing technologies to enable carbon neutrality for industries such as energy, mining, transport, chemicals, building materials like steel and cement, and forestry.
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