Private Equity Wire Newsletter

NEWSLETTER | 3 Dec 2020

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) has held the first close of UBP Private Debt Fund III, at over EUR110 million.

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

UK mid-marketprovate equity investor Livingbridge has agreed the sale of The Up Group, a European digital search, advisory and networking firm.

Novacap acquires Logibec

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Canadian private equity firm Novacap, in partnership with Investissement Québec, has acquired Logibec, a Montreal-based healthcare software company. The transaction brings Logibec back into Canadian ownership.

NextStage exits Fountaine Pajot

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

NextStage, an investment company listed on the Euronext Paris regulated exchange, and a specialist in long-term equity investments in mid-sized companies (MSCs), has sold of its entire stake in the Fountaine Pajot Group.

Financial services sector shows outperformance in VC deals through 2019

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

The latest CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook highlights how the venture capital industry and its underlying technology and innovation across many verticals such as financial services, entertainment, social media and healthcare can stand to benefit from the consequences of the pandemic.

Hg invests in Benevity

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Benevity, a specialist in corporate purpose cloud software, has secured an investment from global software investor Hg.

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Glenhawk as agreed to a GBP25 million mezzanine funding line with Balbec Capital, the global private investment firm, which will support the senior funding line Glenhawk secured with JP Morgan in March as it targets growing its UK loan book to GBP200 million by the end of 2021.

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH (SHS), based in Tübingen, is selling its shares in puracon to Klingel medical metal, a portfolio company of IK Investment Partners.

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Coadjute - a blockchain network for the UK property market that promises to double the speed of UK property sales by connecting all the parties involved in property transactions - has secured additional funding from a US venture fund, Collab+Currency.

The Riverside Company makes Cordico investment

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has invested in Cordico, a provider of purpose-built, mobile health and wellness applications that deliver high-quality wellness tools, resources and assessments to public safety customers including law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections and more.

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

London-based Investment group RD Capital Partners (RDCP) has completed the acquisition of Southampton-based construction firm Su-Fix Precast, which see the value of RDCP Group rise to over GBP100million.

Capstone Partners adds to team

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

Capstone Partners, an independent global placement agent, has appointed Tiffany Howard (née Bourgoin-Heskia) as a Principal.

Finncap makes analyst appointment

Thu | 3 Dec 2020, 12:11

finnCap Group, an adviser and broker to ambitious growth companies both public and private, has appointed Nigel Parson to support the increasing reach of its consumer research.