Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

The record-setting sums raised by Blackstone and other large private equity firms this year are unlikely to be matched in 2020, according to PitchBook.   Private equity fundraising in North America and Europe hit another all-time high in 2019, driven in part by...
Serial-Entrepreneurs Sells Company at $200 Million Valuation.

Serial-Entrepreneurs Sells Company at $200 Million Valuation.

Danish serial entrepreneurs Mads Faurholt and Stefan Bruun have sold their stake in the comparison platform CompareAsiaGroup through their investment company Nova Founders Capital at a price that values the company at more than $200 million. The sale follows just...
Private equity owners go on a ‘buy and build’ spree in Europe

Private equity owners go on a ‘buy and build’ spree in Europe

According to Silverfleet Capital’s monitor, there were 368 add-on deals in the first half of 2019 Private equity-backed companies in Europe made 368 add-on acquisitions in the first half of the year — the highest ever recorded for the period since 1998, according to...