Tagged: private equity

December 13, 2023 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rising interest rates, banking trauma, government spending, and geopolitical strife have caused private money to hit the pause button when it comes to investing. CI has reported repeatedly that private equity and venture capital have cratered in the last year. And it makes sense. Why… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

A choppy venture capital and private equity market continues during November, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The number of deals globally numbered 848 in November, down from October when 992 deals were reported.  Last year’s November saw 1,192 deals completed. In a slightly positive… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative asset management firm with over US$15B in assets under management, signed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic stake in Performance Equity Management (PEM), a private equity firm “with over $8.9B in assets under management and two decades of demonstrated… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm empowering the alternatives community with essential data and insight, published its Fundraising for first-time managers: A guide to raising capital report. There are 3,421 private capital first-time funds in the market globally “as of the end of Q3 2023, representing almost… Read More

October 15, 2023 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A total of 40,374 deals (comprising mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture financing deals) were announced globally during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2023. This represents a year-on-year (YoY) “decline of 24.3% in volume over 53,369 deals announced during the same period… Read More

October 2, 2023 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clara, the Latin American solution for businesses to make and manage all their payments, has announced the appointment of Cristian Raygoza as its new Head of Startups, Venture Capital & Private Equity. This strategic move reinforces Clara‘s commitment “to fostering innovation and expanding its reach… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pitchbook introduces their research series: Country Snapshots in which they provide an overview of macroeconomic and microeconomic trends in various regions spanning both private and public markets. Here is what Pitchbook highlighted for Q2 in France: Contrary to VC, PE deal value in France “came… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q2 2023, UK private equity (PE) deal value “increased 13.2% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) while the estimated deal count increased for the fourth straight quarter, signalling the start of a potential recovery in UK dealmaking,” according to an update from Pitchbook. Pitchbook noted that “in light… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A BNP Paribas survey of 420 asset owners and managers, hedge funds and private equity firms shows that institutional investors are mobilizing capital towards investments that will deliver measurable positive impacts alongside financial returns. Despite data constraints posing the biggest barrier to ESG integration, “especially… Read More

August 11, 2023 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Private equity deals have declined by 36% during the month of July when compared to the same month last year. This is according to S&P Global Market Intelligence which reports 828 private equity deals in July 2023 versus 1290 deals July 2022. The global economy… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

The Baltic states have gained the largest percentage of private equity and venture capital out of the European Union and the UK, according to a recent report. S&P Global Market Intelligence says Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia had the highest percentages in their respective private business… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Global private equity and venture capital deals with a valuation of one billion dollars are more are experiencing their slowest-ever year since 2019, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. For the year until July 13th, there have been 33 deals at $99.47 billion. During Q2,… Read More

July 19, 2023 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has invested significantly in Lendscape, a technology provider to the global secured commercial finance market. The company’s software and technology “underpin the secured lending offerings of over 120 banks and financial institutions worldwide.” Its platform supports the management… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

As was anticipated, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt outlined his vision for pension reform that will enable these funds to invest in private firms. Hunt said he wanted to increase returns for pensioners while unlocking capital for early-stage firms. We’ve grown faster than France,… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Global private equity investments hit a 12-month low, according to a report. S&P Global Market Intelligence says in April 2023, private equity “plunged,” with deal value sinking by a whopping 66.8% year over year to $27.05 billion from $81.57 billion a year ago. Private equity… Read More

May 6, 2023 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VentureWave, an Irish-based venture private equity group committed to impact investing and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs, and Funderbeam, an online investing and trading platform that serves individual investors, have agreed “to enter into a transaction to create a leading global entity which will serve institutional and… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestX Markets LLC, a private equity marketplace that empowers broker-dealers to invest in pre-IPO companies through single-issuer SPVs, multi-issuer funds and secondary market trading, announced a new partnership with Caplight Technologies, Inc., “to enhance data and improve price discovery through its trading platform, InvestX GEM… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

More Millennial investors are participating in private equity markets, according to a report, as younger and risk-tolerant investors are seeking to maximize long-term wealth by allocating to higher-returning but higher-risk assets. This makes a lot of sense as public markets have declined, and private firms… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consilience, a Private market SaaS provider enabling tokenization of Real Assets making private equity easy to access, has raised 79% (£319,235) of its £400,002 target from 44 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 28 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 7:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private equity firm NewVest has partnered with global securities crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. Noting that private equity has “outperformed other investment markets over the past 20 years” yet remains elusive for smaller investors, OurCrowd touted its new offering for its investors. The NewVest Private Equity 50… Read More