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Xhulio Ismalaj

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Xhulio joined Real Deals in September 2022 as a junior reporter. Since graduating with an MSc in Global Politics from Durham University, he has worked in communications and marketing. His Financial Times internship as an Accounting and Finance undergraduate inspired a return to the newsroom.

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Recent Posts

3i exits eyecare provider Nexeye to KKR

The buyer is acquiring the business primarily through its $8bn European Fund VI

3i Clifford Chance Harris Williams Ing Jefferies Kirkland & Ellis Kkr Ubs

Synova backs Synectics Solutions

The GP typically invests £15-150m into companies valued between £20m and £250m

Synova Uk

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

Bgf Kpmg Squire Patton Boggs Tax Advisory Partnership Uk Walker Morris

Nexxus Iberia marks debut investment from second fund

The Spanish GP has acquired a majority stake in retail equipment manufacturer Creaciones Marsanz

Alanza Dte Aon Ey Garrido Pinsent Masons Spain

Mutares acquires majority stake in Sofinter

The investor expects synergies between Sofinter and its other engineering and technology portfolio companies

Italy Mutares

Neqst exits Swedish data management provider to GRO

Neqst first backed DigitalRoute in 2008, and most recently had a 94% ownership stake in the portco

Neqst Software Sweden

Trill Impact backs Austria-based TT medic

The portfolio company was established through the combination of three DACH family-owned businesses

Austria Medtech Sweden Trill Impact

Palatine exits UK specialist vehicle provider to Astatine Investment Partners

Palatine originally acquired a majority stake in NRG Group in October 2020

Astatine Investment Partners Deloitte Gateley Palatine Pwc

CapMan exits Havator to construction joint venture

The seller first invested in the portfolio company in 2010

Capman Finland

Seraphim Space’s sophomore venture fund holds first close

The new fund is aiming to build a portfolio of approximately 30 companies

Seraphim Space Space

KKR invests in Impilo-backed Immedica Pharma

Existing owner Impilo will reinvest to become an equal owner alongside KKR

Alvarez & Marsal Bank Of America Bcg Clearview Healthcare Partners Cooley Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Impilo Kkr Latham & Watkins Mannheimer Swartling Morgan Stanley Pwc Setterwalls

Europe’s refinancing wave

GPs struggled to refinance portco debt in last year’s choppy markets. But with interest rates expected to come down, fortunes could be improving, as Xhulio Ismalaj reports

Adams Street Partners Park Square Capital

Genesis Capital’s HP TRONIC Group buys back shares from GP

The Central European investor first backed HP TRONIC in 2017

Czechia Genesis Capital Slovakia

Mutares acquires Greenview Group from Cordovan Capital and CEO

The platform investment is Mutares' fourth acquisition in 2024

Cordovan Capital Management Mutares Northern Ireland Uk

Genesis Capital’s first growth equity fund marks inaugural exit

The GP first invested in Homecare Holding in 2020

Czechia Genesis Capital

Jolt Capital appoints IR director

Zineb Semlali joins from Cathay Capital, where she supported fundraising since 2021

France Jolt Capital