U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC has invested $100 million in a series A round in the Brazilian startup Take Blip, according to a statement on Wednesday. Take Blip is a communication platform that helps companies engage with clients via messaging apps such...
Managers are back in business in Europe. Private equity dealmaking and fundraising both started to show signs of recovery in the third quarter, according to data provider Preqin. Investors closed 364 deals in Q3, corresponding to $19bn, a 58% increase from the...
Swedish private equity firm Ratos said that it is selling its 70% stake in data and analytics company Bisnode to US business analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet will pay SEK7.2 billion ($807m) in cash and stock for Bisnode, with Ratos’s...
Private equity firms are prolonging the shelf lives of their aging assets with deals that are proving increasingly popular with managers, but not with all investors. Firms under pressure to offload assets from their expiring funds are opting to repackage them into new...
Nutella-maker Ferrero has agreed to buy Britain’s Fox’s Biscuits, looking to expand its cookie business in Europe and take advantage of increased consumption as many Britons work from home, it said on Wednesday. The Italian group has expanded rapidly over the past... 