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With GPs increasingly – and often reluctantly – holding portfolio companies for longer, more is now expected from PE owners. Xhulio Ismalaj reports on the restructuring approaches being used to maximise returns in today’s macro environment

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Innovation Industries raises €500m for third VC fund

Innovation Industries raises €500m for third VC fund

The new vehicle focuses on financing deeptech companies in Benelux and Germany

European Investment Fund Innovation Industries Netherlands

Hg-backed Cube acquires Thomson Reuters’ US regtech business

Hg-backed Cube acquires Thomson Reuters’ US regtech business

Hg bought the UK RCM specialist from Bregal Milestone in March 2024

Cube Hg

Fund in Focus: Done deals help FSN Capital with successful Compass fundraise

Fund in Focus: Done deals help FSN Capital with successful Compass fundraise

"You need to have something to show,” head of investor relations Morten Welo tells Real Deals following the final close of its €400m small-cap thematic fund

Campbell Lutyens Carey Olsen Esg Fsn Capital Impact Investing Kirkland & Ellis

3TS Capital Partners sells gym software business to PSG-backed Sport Alliance

3TS Capital Partners sells gym software business to PSG-backed Sport Alliance

The portco has achieved 4x revenue growth since the GP first invested in 2017

3ts Psg

White & Case adds funds partner in Luxembourg

White & Case adds funds partner in Luxembourg

Emmanuel Gutton joins from the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry

White & Case

Equistone sells Netherlands-based specialist manufacturer to Castik Capital

Equistone sells Netherlands-based specialist manufacturer to Castik Capital

Andra Tech Group completed four acquisitions during Equistone's holding period

Equistone Partners Europe

Insights

Exclusive: Blume Equity eyeing July close for maiden fund

The vast majority of the fund's LP base is European, dominated by institutional investors and a few single as well as multi-family offices, co-founding partner Clare Murray tells Real Deals

Deal in Focus: GRO’s new portco DigitalRoute to follow same path as Tacton investment

GRO’s lead partner on the investment Lars Lunde speaks to Real Deals about its acquisition of the usage data management software provider

Profile: Fondo Italiano d’Investimento celebrates raise of €1.2bn despite headwinds

Senior partner Gianpaolo Di Dio speaks to Real Deals about what makes the perfect deal and the current Italian PE landscape

Fund in Focus: Starting point for CapMan Growth’s third fund ‘really difficult’

Managing partner responsible for the Finnish investor’s fundraise Antti Kummu speaks to Real Deals after CapMan Growth Equity III hit its €130m hard-cap last week

Deal originators part two: crafting a successful buy-and-build

In the second part of our deal originators series, Shivani Khandekar examines the significance of deal sourcing and integration in successful buy-and-builds

Deal in Focus: Omni Partners eyes 20% annual revenue growth for Compass CHC

Partner Elissa Von Broembsen-Kluever outlines the rationale behind its latest acquisition and its ambitions for the healthcare company

Deals

Hg-backed Cube acquires Thomson Reuters’ US regtech business

Hg bought the UK RCM specialist from Bregal Milestone in March 2024

Cube Hg

3TS Capital Partners sells gym software business to PSG-backed Sport Alliance

The portco has achieved 4x revenue growth since the GP first invested in 2017

3ts Psg

Equistone sells Netherlands-based specialist manufacturer to Castik Capital

Andra Tech Group completed four acquisitions during Equistone's holding period

Equistone Partners Europe

Mutares-backed Ganter Group strengthens German presence with add-on

Mutares first invested in Ganter Group in October 2021

Germany Mutares

Main Capital Partners exits Optimizers in trade sale

The exit to TA Associates-backed Orisha follows a five-year hold

Main Capital Partners Ta Associates

Vaaka Partners extends Tietokeskus hold with continuation vehicle

The portco was originally acquired by Vaaka II in late 2016

Borenius Fairview Capital Finland Stephenson Harwood Vaaka Partners

Funds

Innovation Industries raises €500m for third VC fund

The new vehicle focuses on financing deeptech companies in Benelux and Germany

European Investment Fund Innovation Industries Netherlands

Fund in Focus: Done deals help FSN Capital with successful Compass fundraise

"You need to have something to show,” head of investor relations Morten Welo tells Real Deals following the final close of its €400m small-cap thematic fund

Campbell Lutyens Carey Olsen Esg Fsn Capital Impact Investing Kirkland & Ellis

Genesis Capital to launch seventh private equity fund

Central Europe-focused vehicle has a €250m target

Genesis Capital

Capital D closes second fund on €156m

Fund 2 is double the size of its predecessor, the firm revealed

Capital D Goodwin Sfdr

Astorg VIII holds final close on €4.4bn

Firm attracted capital from broader LP base for largest flagship fund to date

Astorg

Norrsken VC closes oversubscribed second fund on €320m

Norrsken targets investments in climatetech, energy, biotech AI and healthtech

European Investment Fund Norrsken Vc Sweden