Silverfleet Capital

Add-on acquisitions dropped almost 15% in the first half of the year, according to a report by Silverfleet Capital Partners.

Silverfleet Capital has named Alex Brebbia as co-head of lower mid-market investing. Also, the European private equity firm has appointed Erik Fuchs as co-head of the Benelux region. Brebbia is a former managing partner at Spring Ventures while Fuchs previously worked at Alpha Private Equity.

Acquisitions by private equity-backed companies with European headquarters rose 20% during the first half, according to Silverfleet Capital.

Silverfleet Capital said Sept. 12 that it agreed to buy Pumpenfabrik Wangen GmbH. Financial terms weren’t announced. Pumpenfabrik, of Wangen, German, makes screw pumps that are suitable for highly viscous or abrasive substances as well as solid-fluid composites.

Silverfleet Capital said Sept. 6 that Mark Piasecki, Klaus Maurer and Jean Châtillon were promoted to partner.

The UK mid-market investor has hired 4 investment professionals across 3 offices.

Silverfleet Capital has made four new hires. They include: Johan Boork, Jan Kux, Guntram Kieferle and Constance d’Avout.

Karl Eidem, previously a senior principal at Doughty Hanson, will co-head the Nordic region alongside Gareth Whiley.

First-time fund manager Cornerstone VC has set out to prove that backing diverse entrepreneurs will deliver superior financial returns. Positive impact is a 'significant secondary benefit.'

The US still significantly lags other geographies, suggests affiliate title Private Funds CFO's latest Private Funds Leaders Survey.

Good environmental, social and corporate governance is essential, but the operating models to support those practices still have room to mature.

Fundraising updates for Genstar, Glendower and Providence, plus why CFIUS could throw a spanner in the works for anyone considering a SPAC. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The private equity industry must decide how its long-established fiduciary duty fits with a crisis like this.

Responsibility and sustainability in private markets investment are the topics du jour. The pandemic, far from distracting investors from non-financial outcomes, has highlighted the need for responsible stewardship of assets and capital. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

PE firms need to explain to nearly a million UK portfolio company employees that the industry's job is to back the 'winners' of the covid-19 crisis, a conference has heard.

In the first part of our A-Z, we examine analytics, buy and build, cashflow management, digital transformation and EBITDA.