Private equity investors face a feeding frenzy for companies unaffected or even buoyed by the pandemic. Many are targeting different kinds of companies for potential deals, investment specialists said this week in a podcast by global advisory firm Dechert LLP. First...
Technology ventures that are developing software for videoconferencing, collaboration and e-commerce tools are becoming hot acquisition targets for large companies and investors during the pandemic. Lifesize, a videoconferencing software company based in Texas, in...
Corporations like the idea of being disruptors, rather than being disrupted, and to generate new ideas, corporate venture capital (CVC) has grown as an important complement to internal innovation. During this pandemic, CVC investment activity has been resilient, with...
Cybersecurity startup KnowBe4 Inc, which helps train employees to detect phishing emails, is preparing for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), people familiar with the matter said. KnowBe4, which last year raised $300 million in a private fundraising round led by...
Nordic Capital has closed the debut deal of its tenth buyout fund, which has now collected €5.75bn, a person familiar with the situation told. Launched earlier this year, the Nordic Capital Fund X is now the firm’s largest capital pool to date. Its... 