Exclusive: Apiary Capital closes oversubscribed fund
Managing partner Mark Salter reveals the factors that helped the firm win LP commitments and his advice on fundraising
Latest News
Thoma Bravo scoops up cybersecurity company Darktrace
The take-private values the company at £4.3bn
3i exits eyecare provider Nexeye to KKR
The buyer is acquiring the business primarily through its $8bn European Fund VI
Goodwin hires Travers Smith duo
Partners Ian Keefe and George Weavil join the UK private equity practice
Synova backs Synectics Solutions
The GP typically invests £15-150m into companies valued between £20m and £250m
IK Partners raises maiden continuation fund
The vehicle will allow the firm to extend its hold of Yellow Hive
BC Partners partially exits pharma CDMO Aenova Group in trade sale
BC Partners acquired the company from Bridgepoint in 2012
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Fund in Focus: INVL’s Baltic vehicle with wider ambitions
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Deals
Thoma Bravo scoops up cybersecurity company Darktrace
The take-private values the company at £4.3bn
3i exits eyecare provider Nexeye to KKR
The buyer is acquiring the business primarily through its $8bn European Fund VI
Synova backs Synectics Solutions
The GP typically invests £15-150m into companies valued between £20m and £250m
IK Partners raises maiden continuation fund
The vehicle will allow the firm to extend its hold of Yellow Hive
BC Partners partially exits pharma CDMO Aenova Group in trade sale
BC Partners acquired the company from Bridgepoint in 2012
BGF backs UK-based human risk management platform with £3.25m
Yorkshire and Northeast investor Rob Johnson, who led on the deal, will join the portco's board
Funds
IK Partners raises maiden continuation fund
The vehicle will allow the firm to extend its hold of Yellow Hive
British Patient Capital commits $50.8m to Evolution Technology Fund III
Evolution Equity Partners has raised $1.1bn for its latest vehicle
Exclusive: Apiary Capital closes oversubscribed fund
Managing partner Mark Salter reveals the factors that helped the firm win LP commitments and his advice on fundraising
Fund in Focus: INVL’s Baltic vehicle with wider ambitions
Fund "will be the top choice for local and foreign investors who understand our region" says INVL's Deimante Korsakaite
Seraphim Space’s sophomore venture fund holds first close
The new fund is aiming to build a portfolio of approximately 30 companies
Greenpeak Partners closes inaugural continuation fund on €350m
The vehicle was led by HarbourVest Partners