Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment manager Shorooq Partners has made the first close of its second $100m private credit fund, though the exact amount raised in this initial closing was not disclosed. Its latest private credit fund was launched in partnership with...
Bridgepoint via its mid-market investment fund Bridgepoint Europe VII will become the majority investor in SaaS intranet specialist LumApps in a deal valued at $650m. As part of the transaction, existing LumApps backers Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Eurazeo Growth,...
Munich-based private equity firm Bregal Unternehmerkapital has held the closing of its fourth fund, Bregal Unternehmerkapital IV with total capital commitments of €2.65bn. Fund IV, which was significantly oversubscribed and successfully closed at its hard cap, secured...
European private equity major EQT is in advanced talks with video game services company Keywords Studios over a potential acquisition of the company for £2.2bn, a deal Keywords has indicated it would be “minded’ to accept. EQT’s potential offer of £25.50 per share for...
U.S. investment firm KKR secured unconditional EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its up to $24bn acquisition of Telecom Italia’s (TIM) fixed-line network. The deal is significant as it marks the first time that a former phone monopoly in a major European... 