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NEWSLETTER | 25 Feb 2021

EQT Private Equity to sell Innovyze in USD1bn deal

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

EQT Private Equity, through the EQT Mid Market US fund, is to sell Innovyze to Autodesk for an enterprise value of USD1 billion.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, is to acquire EFG Fund Management SA, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Private equity investor Francisco Partners is to acquire family history specialist MyHeritage.Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Battery technology specialist Nyobolt has secured USD10 million in a Series A funding led by IQ Capital with participation from Cambridge Enterprise and Silicon Valley investors.

Diligent acquires Galvanize

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Diligent Corporation (Diligent), a governance company with a platform used by nearly 700,000 board directors and leaders, across 19,000 clients, is to acquire Galvanize, a global leader in SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, is to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, which operates globally outside of the Americas, from UK-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB).

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP1 million into Fintech platform, Pockit as part of Pockit’s GBP15 million Series B funding round.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Equistone portfolio company Amadys, a provider of passive network equipment solutions for utility infrastructures in the Benelux region, has established an initial market presence in Germany through the add-on acquisition of tso GmbH.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

CVC Credit has further supported life sciences and diagnostics business, Calibre Scientific, by leading an incremental USD57 million multi-currency first lien credit facility to help fuel its ongoing global acquisition strategy. Calibre Scientific is owned by investment firm StoneCalibre.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Axis Spine Technologies Ltd (AST) has raised GBP2.2 million in a funding round led by ACF Investors, with follow-on investment from Mercia’s EIS funds. Mercia was the first investor when Axis was founded by Jon Acros in 2017.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Seyfarth has appointed partner Talat Ansari to its Litigation department in New York.

QPE makes hat-trick of appointments

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has added three new members to its investment and origination teams.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

HIG Capital (HIG) has expanded its European WhiteHorse Direct Lending team with the addition of Ignacio Blasco as a Managing Director. Blasco will be based in HIG’s Madrid office.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

York Capital Management (York), a global private investment firm, has appointed seasoned private equity investor Seth Pearson as a Managing Director in the firm's private equity group.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 11:49

Wellington Management, has hired two senior investors focused on private market sustainable investing.