The UK mid-market buyout firm has secured £153m from eleven investors on route to a £200m target, including a £75m cornerstone investment from former parent Zurich Financial.
The family office has announced plans to commit between E20m and E70m to a range of sector-focused private equity funds over the next three to four years.
Apax leads £15m Nexagent round; DVC, Motorola back UK software provider; Giza leads Cellectivity round; VCs back $15m CoreOptics investment
The pan-European private equity firm has hired three associates to join the newly-launched Paris office, adding to offices in London, Munich and Milan.
The French private equity house has agreed to back a E100m buyout of the French technology components manufacturer, marking the firm’s eighth investment.
The UK private equity firm has made its fourth acquisition of the year, backing a £20m management buyout of the UK-listed company’s UK asset management operations business.
Global Life Science Ventures leads $13m biotech round; VCs back French semiconductor company; UK Web filtering firms lands £7.3m round; DVC leads $8.5m Klotz Digital investment; NBG exits Bulgarian DIY chain;
US firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is to acquire MTU Aero Engines, the group’s aircraft engine maintenance and repair unit, for an undisclosed sum.
Apollo Management, Soros Private Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have invested $350m to take a majority stake in Cablecom, the Swiss cable television company.
Apax leads £25m series C round; Quester launches top-up for VCT5; Nordic funds back T-cellic B-round; Atlas, Gilde back merger with $7.5m investment;