Mid-market European private equity investor Inflexion has promoted three executives to partner and appointed a new head of its Enterprise strategy as part of a record round of promotions across the business.
BNP Paribas Asset Management Alternatives has pulled in almost €1bn at the final close of its second Agility private equity co-investment strategy, exceeding its initial fundraising target.
Strategic Value Partners has appointed Jean-Baptiste de Boissieu as a managing director within its European investment team, as the alternative investment firm continues to expand its opportunistic credit platform across the region.
The global M&A market remains on course for another exceptionally strong year, with deal activity increasingly driven by strategic transformation rather than financial engineering, new research from Bain & Company shows.
The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has committed €200m as an anchor investor to the EU Scaleup Fund, a €5bn EQT-managed vehicle that will provide growth capital to European technology companies.
Private markets investors remain committed to the asset class despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, but are becoming increasingly selective about where they deploy capital according to the latest Coller Capital Global Private Capital Barometer.
Romanian venture capital firm Fortech Ventures has rebranded as Nucleo Ventures alongside the launch of a €34m investment fund targeting startups and innovative SMEs across Romania and Central and Eastern Europe.