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Citrix Systems is to be acquired by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, and Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation (Evergreen), an affiliate of activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management (Elliott) in an all-cash transaction valued at USD16.5 billion, including the assumption of Citrix debt.
FUNDRAISING
NextEnergy Capital (NEC), a specialist in the global solar sector, has held the final close for NextPower III ESG (NPIII ESG), bringing the total capital raised to USD896 million, including an SMA.
INVESTMENTS
CoinTracker, a specialist in cryptocurrency tax and portfolio tracking for consumers, has secured USD100 million in Series A financing, bringing the firm’s total valuation to USD1.3 billion.
REGULATION
The US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed changes to the current Form PF reporting regime which would force hedge funds and private equity funds to report large investment losses or redemptions more frequently.
FUNDRAISING
BlackRock Real Assets’ BlackRock Infrastructure Solutions (BIS), the firm’s dedicated infrastructure multi-manager investment team, has successfully achieved a EUR1.4 billion final close for its latest private infrastructure equity fund, Global Infrastructure Solutions 4 (GIS 4), exceeding its initial target.
INVESTMENTS
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has exceeded its 2020 commitment to invest GBP2 billion in Africa over the last two years.
RESEARCH
Venture capital dealmaking, exit and fundraising values all broke records in 2021 by ‘stunning amounts’, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, a quarterly report produced by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association with support from Insperity.
FUNDRAISING
KKR has held the final closing of KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II (HCSG II), a USD4.0 billion fund dedicated to health care growth equity investment opportunities primarily in North America and Europe.
GUEST ARTICLE
We previously looked at how alternative data sets, having become ubiquitous within the hedge fund industry, are of increasing interest in the private equity asset class as well. Just as their hedge fund counterparts now routinely sift through satellite imagery or web traffic data to inform their investment strategies, private equity managers can gain an edge in investment origination and value creation by making use of non-traditional sources of information.
DEAL
Gousto, the only profitable B Corp Unicorn in the UK, has raised USD150 million of new investment in a fundraise that has brought SoftBank VF2 on to the Gousto share register.
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