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EQT has held the final close of EQT Ventures III at €1 billion of fee-generating commitments, and €1.1 billion of total commitments, making it the largest European fund to date focused on investments in European and North American early-stage tech startups.
The fund, which includes participation from a wide range of European, North American and Asian institutional investors, foundations, and endowments will make investments of €1-50 million in founder-led startups using technology to try and solve some of the biggest challenges facing society.
EQT Ventures III brings total commitments raised across the EQT Ventures Funds to €2.3 billion since launching
Invictus Growth Partners has closed its oversubscribed debut fund, Invictus Growth Fund I, LP, with fund commitments totaling $322 million to its core fund and related co-investment funds.
The funds include an oversubscribed Fund I at $216 million, which closed above the fundraising target of $200 million, as well as $106 million in related co-invested capital subscribed by the institutional limited partners (LP) as part of Invictus’ programmatic co-investment program. The institutional LP base includes state pension funds, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family offices.
Invictus acquires and invests in bootstrapped and capital-efficient enterprise cloud software,
GHO Capital Partners, a European specialist investor in global healthcare, and the Vistria Group, a middle-market private investment firm, are to acquire a controlling interest in Alcami Corporation, a pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation, from funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and Ampersand Capital Partners.
An affiliate of Angeles Equity Partners has acquired Data Clean, a provider of specialised contamination control and removal services for critical environments. Angeles will partner with Data Clean’s prior owners, Richard Hill and Dean Sirakides who will retain an ownership stake in the company.
A group of leading alternative asset managers and industry bodies in the private and broadly syndicated credit markets have launched the ESG Integrated Disclosure Project template, which is aimed at enhancing transparency and consistency for both private companies and credit investors.
Stax LLC, a global strategy consulting firm specialising in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banks has appointed Brigette Lumpkins in the role of Business Development.
In this newly created position, Lumpkins is responsible for driving strategic business relationships to support the firm’s growth and business strategy for the Stax Data Analytics offering. Through a combination of proprietary tools, specialised teams, and deep knowledge of data analytics software and infrastructure, Stax Data Analytics helps management teams make data-driven decisions and drive organizstional change for continuously better use of
Warburg Pincus has exited its investment in primary, specialty and urgent care provider Summit Health-CityMD through a $8.9 billion sale to VillageMD with support from Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), and an affiliate of Evernorth, a subsidiary of Cigna Corporation.
European private equity major Hg has raised $11 billion for its latest fund, Saturn 3, significantly ahead of its original $8.5 billion and making it the largest European buyout fund to close so far this ear, according to a report by Private Equity International.
The fund which launched at the end of last year, reportedly closed in August. The $11 billion raised makes it 22% larger than the year’s next biggest European fund Nordic Capital‘s €9 billion Nordic Capital XI, which closed in October, and around 59% larger than BC Partners‘ €6.9 billion BC European Capital XI, which closed in
KKR is to invest $400 million in Serentica Renewables, a decarbonisation platform that seeks to enable the energy transition by providing complex clean energy solutions for energy-intensive, hard-to-abate industries.
EcoVadis has raised $500 million in a funding round led by General Atlantic and Astorg, with participation from Princeville, GIC, Blackrock and GP Bullhound. This latest funding brings the total investment in EcoVadis to more than $735 million since its founding in 2007.
Founded in France, EcoVadis is a leading provider of globally trusted business sustainability ratings. The company assesses the quality of the sustainability management systems of their clients and their supply chain to provide a holistic view of sustainability and ESG policies and practices. As ESG engagement becomes a key topic for senior leadership, EcoVadis’ solution acts as a
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