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Deal Roundup: Brevo becomes a unicorn as Bridgepoint reinvests, Thoma Bravo completes Azul majority...
Bridgepoint has reinvested in Brevo, a European specialist in email marketing software, as part of the company’s latest €500m financing round - giving the company unicorn status.
Windrose Health Investors races to $2.6bn Fund VII close, almost double Fund VI size
Specialist private equity house WindRose Health Investors has pulled in $2.6bn at the final close of its seventh flagship fund, almost double the size of its predecessor vehicle.
India’s DMI Alternatives eyes high-quality local companies with $120m private debt fund
New Delhi-based investor DMI Alternatives has raised a $120m corporate private credit fund targeting performing and cash-flow Indian companies.
Stafford seals $1.2bn for roll-up continuation fund of three prior timberland investment vehicles
Stafford Capital Partners has raised a $1.2bn continuation fund as a roll-up of three of its previous core timberland vehicles.
First Reserve rehires Caroline Theodoridis to boost investor relations team
First Reserve, the former oil and gas investment specialist which pivoted towards infrastructure and services dealmaking last year, has rehired Caroline Theodoridis as a director in its capital formation and investor relations operation.
Deal Roundup: CVC agrees £2bn buyout of airport baggage security business Smiths Detection, WCAS...
CVC has agreed to buy airport baggage screening business Smiths Detection in a £2bn deal including debt.
EQT gets Fubon Life Insurance backing for transition infrastructure fund
Institutional investor Fubon Life Insurance has made a €65m commitment to EQT's transition infrastructure strategy.
OceanSound Partners said to seek $2bn for Fund III, just over a year after...
Tech investor OceanSound is reportedly already back in the fundraising market with a $2bn-targeting follow-up to its 2024 sophomore fund.
Australia, New Zealand VC secondaries specialist SecondQuarter said to eye A$4bn opportunity with third...
Australia and New Zealand-focused venture secondaries investor SecondQuarter is reportedly readying to hit the market with its third fundraise since its 2020 launch.
Canadian Venture Capital Association names tech advocate Benjamin Bergen as new CEO
The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association has named Council of Canadian Innovators president Benjamin Bergen as its new CEO.
