Qonto, a European business finance solution, announced that it has raised €486m in PE-backed funding, bringing Qonto’s valuation to €4.4 billion. With this fundraising – one of the largest ever in French history – Qonto sets a new record valuation...
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, one of the UK’s largest public sector pension pools, has added a further £1.2bn to its private market investments. The move is part of a £2.7bn private markets programme announced in summer of 2021 and have been deployed across a...
Back Market closed an investment round of $510m, following a $335m Series D round in May 2021, bringing total investment to more than $1bn since the company was founded in 2014. The round, which values Back Market at $5.7bn, was led by new investor, Sprints Capital,...
Two of the world’s biggest buyout firms have joined forces to pursue a multibillion pound takeover of Boots, Britain’s largest high street chain of chemists. Sky News has learnt that Bain Capital and CVC Capital Partners are assembling a joint bid for the...
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, announced today it has acquired Millstone Medical Outsourcing. Selling shareholders included Schooner Capital, a Boston-based investment firm. Headquartered in Fall River, MA, Millstone is a... 