by Sebastian | Apr 19, 2021 | News
EG Group, the petrol station business whose billionaire founders have pushed for rapid growth through debt-fuelled acquisitions, has bought healthy fast-food chain Leon for £100m as it expands into food retailing. Mohsin and Zuber Issa said the deal to acquire...
by Sebastian | Apr 19, 2021 | News
Secondary investor Whitehorse Liquidity Partners has collected $4 billion for its fourth fund, blowing past its target of $3 billion. The fund, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners IV LP, is double the size of its predecessor, which closed on $2 billion in October 2019. Of...
by Sebastian | Apr 19, 2021 | News
Top website builder and web hosting company Squarespace has revealed it will go after a direct listing this year rather than a traditional initial public offering, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. Private-equity firm General...
by Sebastian | Apr 19, 2021 | News
Audio-chat app Clubhouse closed a new Series C round of financing, the company said during its weekly town hall on Sunday, without disclosing the amount raised. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to Reuters that the new financing would value the company at $4...
by Sebastian | Apr 19, 2021 | News
Kantar is said to be nearing a $1.5bn deal to buy US rival Numerator from buyout fund Vista Equity Partners. The deal, which is expected to be announced imminently, will see Kantar take full control over the Chicago-based market intelligence provider, Reuters...
by Sebastian | Apr 19, 2021 | News
IK Investment Partners, a Pan-European private equity firm, has closed the IK Small Cap III Fund at its hard cap with commitments of €1.2 billion. The IK Small Cap III Fund was significantly oversubscribed and allocated exclusively to existing IK platform investors in...
