Large, venture-backed businesses that haven’t gone public yet be advised: by the end of Tuesday billionaire investor Bill Ackman could have as much as $4 billion in his back pocket ready to put toward a bumper acquisition. Ackman’s blank-check company — the...
US-based investor RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to buy an 85% stake in French soccer team Toulouse FC, while UK’s Bridgepoint has approached England’s Football Association for a stake in the Women’s Super League, according to Sky News. The...
Private equity and venture capital investment into UK businesses reached GBP22.33 billion in 2019, an increase of GBP1.6 billion on the previous year, new research from the BVCA shows. Published today, the BVCA’s annual Report on Investment Activity shows the full...
CAPZA has held the first closing of its CAPZA 5 Flex Equity fund at EUR450 million, exceeding the final close of its previous fund bu EUR100 million. This first closing confirms the renewed confidence of CAPZA’s historical investors (family offices, insurers, funds of...
CVC Capital Partners, Bain Capital, and Cinven are among the private equity investors circling Serie A, Italy’s top-flight soccer league, for a possible stake. Should a deal close, an influx of new capital couldn’t arrive at a better time. Serie A, like... 