by Sebastian | Jan 14, 2022 | News
GoStudent, which provides one-to-one video-based online tutoring, raised €300M in Series D funding led by new investor Prosus, with additional participation from Deutsche Telekom, SoftBank, Tencent, Dragoneer, Left Lane Capital and Coatue. The funding comes just seven...
by Sebastian | Jan 14, 2022 | News
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has engaged financial services company Jefferies about the potential of selling up to $6bn of its private equity stakes, according Buyouts magazine. This comes just after CalPERS announced it would be...
by Sebastian | Jan 14, 2022 | News
Private banking in Luxembourg has reached a new milestone. At the end of 2020, the sector had €508bn in assets under management, says a study conducted by KPMG on behalf of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL). This indicates a 100% increase since 2008 and...
by Sebastian | Jan 13, 2022 | News
Great Hill Partners, which backs midmarket technology-enabled companies, is pitching its eighth fund to investors with a goal of raising $3.5bn, according to people familiar with the effort. The Boston-based firm’s Great Hill Partners VIII LP fund would be 40% larger...
by Sebastian | Jan 13, 2022 | News
Private equity firm GTCR is nearing a deal to buy Warburg Pincus’s health-care IT firm Experity Inc. for about $1.2bn, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Experity, which provides software to urgent care practices and doctors’ offices, drew interest from...
