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Revolut's reported $115B valuation comes from a secondary sale, and no new capital was disclosed. Investors bought existing shares from current...

Hudson Institute's Daniel Kochis argues Central and Northern Europe is becoming Europe's economic backbone and increasingly its military one. He...

A new list profiles 27 European founders who each started two or more companies reaching a $1B valuation or exit, wherever those companies are based....

Record headline exit value depends heavily on one company. Total U.S. venture-backed exit value reached $2.29 trillion through Q3 2026, and SpaceX's...

Key company developments from this week's TSOH roundup:

• Leadership exit: Tripadvisor announced that CEO Matt Goldberg and CFO Mike Noonan will both...

The guide says lending conditions in Spain have become more demanding in 2026, with lenders tightening terms across the board:

• Covenants: lenders...

Private equity is doing more semiconductor deals, but at smaller sizes: 57 so far this year versus 47 in all of 2025. Deal value is tracking at $5.1...

European buyers are acting on sovereignty concerns, though from a small base. Distributor sales of EU-headquartered cybersecurity products in EMEA...

WeRoad is acquiring TravelTribe, a Swiss community that built more than 1,600 people around shared sports interests.

• DACH push: The deal is meant...

Anthropic's listing combines two separate flows that M&A teams should track apart.

• Primary capital: Google, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, Micron,...

Per Russell Cooke advisers, buyers look beyond current earnings to sustainability and future earnings quality. Sellers should prepare for these likely...

Healthtech deal activity held up in Q3, with 390 deals up 7.7% YoY and above the three-year median, while funding held steady at $4.2 billion.

The...

Liquidity now shapes private equity decisions from entry through exit, not just at the point of sale. McKinsey's survey of 300 global LPs ranked DPI...

John Kopec, a managing director at CVC's secondary investing arm, is reportedly moving from investing in deals to advising on them, according to...

Rollover equity lets sellers trade part of their proceeds for future upside. Most rollovers fall between 10% and 40% of proceeds, but that is a...

ADB SAFEGATE has acquired Synaptic Aviation, a startup whose AI computer-vision software tracks aircraft turnarounds. The deal was announced in November, and the available text does not explain the strategic rationale.

Early 2026 AI fears spooked buyers, and some exit advisory clients are getting soft offers at valuations depressed compared to 2022. Advisor Hugo...

A podcast conversation with David Wachter frames interim liquidity as a growing need in private equity, with direct secondaries as one route.

• The...

Deutsche Bank and the EIB have announced a €560 mn financing partnership for European SpaceTech companies, aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity....

US tech borrowing may spill beyond the sector, according to analysts and the ECB president:

• Supply surge: BNP Paribas expects euro investment-grade...