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  Public-to-Private

  EasyJet swaps Castlelake for Apollo in $7.7B bidding war

  July 10, 2026

  The rival offer for the British budget airline extends a run of US-led take-privates of UK companies that hit £12.5B in the first four months of 2026.

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  Europe

  Megadeals mask a fragile European PE recovery

  July 9, 2026

  Deal and exit values are surging, but concentration and a fundraising drought reveal a more cautious picture.

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  United Kingdom

  Why Wayve’s record Pisces trade could mean fewer IPOs, not more

  July 9, 2026

  The UK’s private stock market was pitched as a stepping stone to going public. Its biggest trade yet may be doing the opposite.

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  UK

  UK’s biggest pension fund pushes deeper into VC with $1.3B target

  July 8, 2026

  Workplace retirement accounts provider Nest initially allocates £200M with plans to increase exposure by 2030.

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  Energy

  Germany’s Proxima Fusion secures $2.7B valuation as Google backs Europe’s reactor race

  July 7, 2026

  The growing demands of AI and increasing pressure for sovereignty are fueling a wave of capital into cutting-edge fusion and fission power.

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  PE Fundraising

  Europe’s PE capital consolidates around established firms

  July 6, 2026

  Germany is the only major market where emerging managers raised more funds than their experienced rivals.

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  VC Fundraising

  Investors now put 72% more capital behind experienced European founders

  July 2, 2026

  In a tighter funding market, serial founders are pulling further ahead of first-timers in deal size and valuation.

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  Sports

  Shamrock Capital joins Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg at Swansea

  June 30, 2026

  The Los Angeles buyout shop said it has committed “significant capital” to boost the soccer club’s commercial prospects and expand its global fanbase.

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  PB Q&A

  More than just drones: AVP and Earlybird on where European defense tech money should go

  June 29, 2026

  The GPs behind the €500M E2D fund on dual-use hype, drone valuations, and why the continent’s fragmented market is an advantage.

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  Private Equity

  Europe sees record gap between PE-backed and listed companies

  June 25, 2026

  The dominant force behind the shift is the structural retreat of public markets.

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  AI

  Schroders Capital CIO: AI is about returns, not headcounts

  June 24, 2026

  Nils Rode argues some PE managers are optimizing the technology for the wrong metric.

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  VC Fundraising

  Seedcamp eyes physical AI with $320M raise

  June 22, 2026

  The Revolut-backer will spread the capital across its core seed strategy and a follow-on fund.

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  Defense Tech

  European defense VC grows, outside reliance holds

  June 19, 2026

  More capital from the continent is going into the sector, but 98% of deal value this year involved foreign investors.

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  Space

  PE shoots into space: EQT’s Exolaunch deal signals a sector shift

  June 18, 2026

  Swedish buyout giant’s purchase of Berlin-based satellite group marks a new phase for a sector long defined by VC money.

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  United Kingdom

  UK eyes record year for PE exits—but sponsors are mostly selling to each other

  June 16, 2026

  With the IPO window all but closed, secondary sales have soared, but the hope is that new listing rules could yet bear fruit.

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  Space

  How SpaceX’s float could lift the tide for European space tech

  June 15, 2026

  As Europe races to cut its dependence on US tech infrastructure, a $2 trillion IPO is reshaping who invests in space—and where.

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  IPO

  Who are the European VCs getting a slice of SpaceX’s record IPO?

  June 12, 2026

  The $1.77T Wall Street debut of Elon Musk’s AI and space-tech company is a story of American capital writ large, yet a windfall is still expected for a handful of European backers.

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  Private Equity

  AI can do a lot, including slow down PE exits

  June 10, 2026

  Delegates at SuperReturn are weighing the transformative potential of AI against longer exit timelines and dragging IRRs.

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