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It might be known as the City of Lights but Paris hopes to illuminate Europe another way; by leading the charge on artificial intelligence and making it the City of…

CoreWeave, a fast-growing AI cloud computing firm backed by Nvidia, will be popping the champagne this week, following news that they have secured a record $7.5 billion in debt financing.…

Happy Birthday. Two years old today. Bring out the party hats and ice cream! 🥳 Two years ago the IPEM Team decided to launch a weekly newsletter to take a…

A new report by PitchBook forecasts that private markets could grow to $20 trillion by 2028, potentially even reaching $23.7 billion in a good case scenario. Private markets already control…

Cambridge-based Darktrace, a leading cybersecurity and AI company, has agreed a $5.3 billion sale to Thoma Bravo. The company’s decision to leave the FTSE250 and go private is a blow…

We hear you but we’re not quite ready. That seems to be the message coming from Norway’s government, who have decided to not yet allow the country’s Oil Fund –…

CVC Capital Partners are hoping it will be third time lucky as they prepare to float on the Amsterdam stock exchange. The IPO will see one of Europe’s largest private…

Pophouse has sealed its latest deal with a KISS. The Stockholm-based entertainment and music investment firm established by EQT founder Conni Jonsson 10 years ago with ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus has…

Private credit firms, awash with capital, are splashing it around in order to secure the best talent. Compensation packages are becoming AAA-rated as credit managers look to expand their headcount…

Global conglomerate Unilever is believed to be considering options to offload its ice cream business to private equity. Could this be a sweet acquisition opportunity or an ‘ice cream headache’?…