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Breaking through the barrierAfter a lacklustre 2009, the secondaries market is marking a return to (booming) business as usual.
- Cipio scores 20x return from €60m TA deal
The direct secondaries firm in 2004 acquired a large stake in email marketer eCircle - now owned by TA Associates - as part of a portfolio purchased from Deutsche Telekom.
- 3i agrees VC asset sale with Coller, HarbourVest consortium
The secondaries firms have established a £170m fund to acquire assets from 3i that will be managed by DFJ Esprit's nascent secondaries arm, Encore Ventures.
- Shackleton offloads former 3i venture stake
The direct VC secondaries firm has exited mobile payment business Macalla a year after making the investment.
- Investindustrial nears €100m close on LP-friendly annex fund
The Southern European buy-and-build specialist is giving LPs greater control over investments made by the fund, which will support add-ons for Fund III portfolio companies.
- Cipio promotes head of finance to partner
The promotion follows a first close on €61m for the international private equity firm’s sixth fund, which is targeting €200m. As head of finance at the direct secondaries firm, Meyel built the firm's management and control systems.
- Cipio collects €61m on its way to €200m for sixth fund
The direct secondaries firm, which has begun fundraising for Cipio Partners Fund VI in the US, recently purchased 10 venture investments from 3i Group.
- 3i sells VC stakes to Cipio for €18m
The London-listed private equity firm has offloaded a portfolio of 10 venture capital investments to the secondaries specialist. 3i has also exited its growth capital investment in shipping services company Instone International for between €30m and €50m.
- Busier than ever
Dedicated secondary buyers are flat out, with billion dollar portfolio disposals being arranged by leading LPs such as CalPERS. At the same time, buyers are beginning to seriously contemplate what an end to the private equity boom might mean for them. Philip Borel reports.
- Cipio recruits Silicon Valley principal
Cipio Partners has recruited Sven Weber as principal of its Silicon Valley office after buying the entire communications venture capital portfolio of Siemens in a record secondaries deal. Weber worked as vice president in the same sector at the technology group.