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The Advent of Space
Advent International has led a $6.4 billion acquisition to take private Maxar, a space imagery and infrastructure company.As the industry gets into festive spirit in the lead up to Xmas, this looks like being a nice gift-wrapped present to fill the stocking in the house of Advent and other lead investor, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. The deal is still pending agreement under a 60-day ‘go-shop period’. Still, it shows that private equity is setting its sights on the next frontier. As the industry prepares to take a well-earned rest, this deal could set other GPs dreaming of the stars…and maybe finding space in their own portfolios.
Liquid engineering
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
IPEM – Reflections on a successful year 1/2
Discover in this first of a two-part Q&A, Antoine Colson, CEO & Managing Partner, IPEM reflects on 2022 and his three ambitions for future growth.
Virtual Reality Cheque
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
Downturn Abbey
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
Sweet not sour
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
Growth per second
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
Climate Control
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
Cool Britannia
Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?
VC FC
Football players may not be the most obvious investors that spring to mind but the current generation is changing all that, as they seek out VC investments beyond the football pitch.And prove that beyond the on-field histrionics, some of them really are Angels. Former footballers such as French international Olivier Dacourt are turning the tables by investing in Revyze, dubbed the TikTok of education, with Rio Ferdinand and Gerard Pique also building significant post-career wealth backing NFT trading card game Sorare. Chris Smalling and Mario Gotze, both still active footballers, are rising to prominence in the investment world too as they seek to become pitch-perfect. This new era of footballers-cum-investors is hardly likely to have professional investors shaking in their boots. But substituting one pitch for another looks to be gathering momentum.
Bubble and squeak
Toronto may want to squeak rather than shout it from the rooftops, following news that it sits atop UBS’s Global Real Estate Bubble Index. Strong population growth and low mortgage rates have helped propel Toronto’s real estate market, ahead of Frankfurt and Zurich. UBS suggested that, along with Vancouver (which came in at number 6 on the index), the bubble risk for Canadian cities is now “highly elevated”. With mortgage rates rising, real estate investors can’t afford to live in a bubble if Toronto’s housing market starts to deflate. As is often the case, once any overheated market comes to end, it can create a witch’s brew of toil and trouble.
CEO Announcement: our plans for IPEM in 2023
Discover in this article the CEO Announcement and our plans for IPEM in 2023
New kids on the Block
Private equity shops are fast becoming the new kids on the block(chain) as they seek to widen out their investor base by tokenising their funds. Hamilton Lane, Partners Group and now KKR have all taken the move to launch funds on fintech platforms, signalling that this exclusive, hard to access asset class, is fast embracing democratisation. And could, if successful, provide a crucial link for retail investors keen to gain exposure to private markets. Much will depend on the technology’s ability to handle smaller, more frequent capital calls. But assuming blockchain rises to the challenge, private equity could soon find it has a number one hit on its hands #topoftheblocks
IPEM 2022, Daily Spin 3/3 – September, 22nd
IPEM 2022 Events now released! Enjoying Cannes and the Mediterranean while you network
IPEM 2022, Daily Spin 2/3 – September, 21st
IPEM 2022 Events now released! Enjoying Cannes and the Mediterranean while you network
IPEM 2022, Daily Spin 1/3 – September, 20th
IPEM 2022 Events now released! Enjoying Cannes and the Mediterranean while you network
IPEM 2022 Areas now released! The event for easy-breezy networking
IPEM 2022 Events now released! Enjoying Cannes and the Mediterranean while you network
IPEM 2022 Events now released! Enjoying Cannes and the Mediterranean while you network
IPEM 2022 Events now released! Enjoying Cannes and the Mediterranean while you network
Who’s coming at IPEM 2022?
Building on new foundations seems like an entirely appropriate theme for IPEM 2022 given the enormity of the shifting macro and geopolitical sands we are currently witnessing.
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