The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The LVMH-backed firm is pitching a buyout fund — which would fund transactions in which the firm takes a controlling stake of a business — to investors, hoping to raise $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. The firm also hopes to raise an additional $1.25 billion, which will be dedicated to a growth-investment fund.
The news follows a dizzying year in fundraising and deal-making in the venture capital and private equity world and precedes a year in which the world’s economy is expected to expand. L Catterton, formed in 2016 when private equity firm Catterton, the Arnault family holding company Groupe Arnault and LVMH joined forces, holds a controlling stake in or ownership of brands including Etro and Birkenstock while backing DTC names such as Everlane.
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