Rachel Lewis

Advent Life Sciences, a European venture and growth investor, has hired three partners as the sector continues to attract increasing investor attention. ,People,Healthcare,UK / Ireland ,Advent Venture Partners

Private equity firm Livingbridge has hired PwC to explore a sale of its British home care business Helping Hands, according to two sources familiar with the situation.,Exits,UK / Ireland,Healthcare ,United Kingdom,Livingbridge,PwC

Astorg has acquired British medical communications company Open Health from American GP Amulet Capital. ,UK / Ireland,Healthcare,Media,Buyouts ,Astorg Partners,United Kingdom

Aurelius has sold the operating company of cosmetic surgery group Transform Hospital Group (THG) to Y1 Capital. ,Healthcare,Buyouts,UK / Ireland ,Aurelius Equity Opportunities,Secondary buyout

Sponsors investing in Europe are set for a poor year for fundraising with just EUR 100.5bn committed so far, Unquote Data shows.,Fundraising,Buyout,Benelux,CEE,DACH,France,Nordics,UK / Ireland,Buyouts ,Unquote,Unquote Data,Nordic Capital,Cinven,CVC Capital Partners,Advent International,Intermediate Capital Group PLC

Amid the deal frenzy of the past few years, private equity firms could all but guarantee successful exits with no better way to market their portfolio companies than via formal auction processes.,GPs,Buyouts,Exits,Advisory,UK / Ireland,Benelux,CEE,DACH,France,Nordics,Southern Europe ,PAI Partners,HgCapital,Deutsche Beteiligungs AG,H2 Equity Partners,Partners Group,CapVest Equity Partners,OMERS,EQT,Permira,KKR,CVC Capital Partners,Eurazeo

Milan-based venture capital firm Panakès Partners has closed its second life sciences fund at EUR 175m, eighteen months after holding its first close. ,Venture,Healthcare,Southern Europe ,Italy

DACH-based sponsor Ufenau has filed for its fourth continuation vehicle 10 months after it closed a third fund on EUR 563m. ,Secondaries,GPs,DACH ,Ufenau Capital Partners

Beyond Impact is aiming to hold a EUR 100m final close by the end of the year for its second impact fund that targets the supply chain of non-animal-based solutions in agriculture, beauty and biotech, founder Claire Smith told Unquote.,Venture,Consumer,Industrials,GPs ,Impact

The Unquote team talks about the topics at the forefront of GPs’ and LPs’ minds at SuperReturn in Berlin and what this means for the private equity industry in 2023 and beyond: ranging from value creation, fundraising and private markets consolidation, to Kim Kardashian’s foray into the venture capital world.,Fundraising,Investments,GPs,LPs,Benelux,CEE,DACH,Nordics,Southern Europe,UK / Ireland ,Podcast,Expert Voices,Germany