Tagged: private equity

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

February 16, 2023 @ 7:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Reports continue to filter out regarding the tepid market for private transactions. A recent report indicates that private equity and venture capital investments cratered in the UK by a whopping 61% in 2022. According to S&P Global Markets, aggregate transactions in the UK topped $72… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 3:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moonfare, the global digital private equity investment platform, has capped the extension of its Series C financing round “at c.a. $15 million, achieving a record valuation.” This brings the total capital raised in the Series C investment round “to over $130 million.” Following Insight Partners’… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deal activity (mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing deals) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region “continues to bear the brunt of the ongoing global geopolitical issues and volatile market conditions on the back of rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in some… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm focused on building, backing, and buying the technology companies that enable the financial economy, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire embedded/capital GmbH, a European venture capital platform “focused on supporting the next wave of… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The reports keep rolling in, highlighting a slowing environment for private firms. Venture capital, along with private equity activity, has been in decline for some time now – a fact that should come as no surprise to anyone. Giga high inflation and the inevitable reaction… Read More