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Private Equity Wire’s Technology Summit continued on Thursday, where LPs and GPs explored themes around digitisation and how the adoption of new tech is shaping private equity.
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DIGITAL SUMMIT
Private Equity Wire’s Technology Summit kicked off on Wednesday, an event that will look at how digitisation and the adoption of new technologies are shaping the world of private equity and some of the future trends in private equity tech.
RESEARCH
Last year proved to be an outstanding year for SPACs in the US, while the total number of SPACs already surpassed the 2019 total in the first three weeks of 2021 alone, according to data published by Finnish investment fund Sijoitusrahastot.
Their research found that 248 SPACS raised USD83.04 billion in 2020 in the US. That figure was almost double the USD47.11 billion that SPACS have raised in the previous 10 years combined.
Compared to the 59 deals made in 2019, there was also a 300 percent increase in deal volume during this time. Based on SPAC Alpha data, the
WEBINAR
This webinar explores some of the trends for 2021 which we think fund managers ought to keep an eye on…
Guest ARTICLE
By Alex Di Santo (pictured), group head of private equity at Crestbridge – It’s a good time to raise assets – which will more than double for the private equity and venture capital space by 2025.
RESULTS
Washington-based Carlyle Group reported a USD518.8 million fourth-quarter profit on the back of strong asset sales at the end of last year, including its divestment of a 50 percent stake in streetwear fashion brand Supreme to VF Corporation as part of a USD2.1 billion deal in November.
VF Corporation already includes the brands Vans, The North Face, Timberland and Dickies, and the company said that it expects Supreme to contribute at least USD500 million of revenue and USD0.20 of adjusted EPS in the fiscal year 2022.
Carlyle’s December results swung upwards from a loss of USD8.3 million, or 8 cents
NEWS
The Governments of Luxembourg and Cote d’Ivoire will invest a total of EUR10 million into Bamboo Capital Partners’s BLOC Smart Africa, a technology impact fund with a target of EUR100 million.
The move follows Cote d’Ivoire’s previous intention to commit EUR5 million to the fund, announced at the UN’s High-Level Political Forum in July last year.
The fund will invest in high-growth potential start-ups to scale up across the continent, and is part of the Smart Africa Alliance, a pan-African initiative to accelerate sustainable socioeconomic development by investing in underserved African communities.
The organisation helps funds with fundraising efforts, by
GUEST ARTICLE
By Phil Spratt, co-founder of digital intelligence service Deltabase – With the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic suppressing some sectors, the attention of the private equity industry is now even more acutely focused on assets in the resilient SaaS technology sector and on firms that have successfully managed to ‘pivot’ towards digitalising their propositions and underlying business model.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
GUEST ARTICLE
PGIM’s Stephen Oxley asks whether the convergence of liquid and illiquid alternatives really is in the best interests of investors?
GUEST ARTICLE
PGIM’s Stephen Oxley asks whether the convergence of liquid and illiquid alternatives really is in the best interests of investors?