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MAY 10, 2024

Toshiba Corp is considering a $20 billion offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance. Other deals by the private equity firm include the $1.5

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APRIL 18, 2024

FalconPoint Partners has announced its launch as a private equity firm focused on investing in North America-based middle market companies that are active in the business services and industrials sectors. FalconPoint is led by its founder and managing partner Russ Gehrett.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Berkshire Partners (Berkshire), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on the middle market, has held the final close of Berkshire Fund XI (Fund XI) with approximately $7.8bn in capital commitments, making it the firm’s largest ever fund.

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MAY 10, 2024

The move comes as Bain Capital is looking to build scale in Europe’s fragmented IT services industry where the private equity firm bought Italy’s Engineering Group in 2020. read more The post Bain Capital nears $2.27bn deal to buy French IT services firm Inetum appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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JUNE 15, 2023

TA Associates, a leading global private equity firm, announced the completion of fundraising for its latest flagship fund, TA XV, with total limited partner commitments at its hard cap of $16.5bn. Launched in late November 2022, TA XV was oversubscribed and exceeded its initial target size.

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MAY 10, 2024

Pub giant Marston’s has been approached by a US private equity firm over a potential takeover. Shares in the Wolverhampton-based company surged by more than a fifth immediately after it confirmed the proposal regarding a potential cash offer by Platinum Equity Advisors. Read more: Yahoo Movies Can’t stop reading?

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JUNE 21, 2024

The firm added new investors that broaden its Limited Partner base in the United States, Europe, and for the first time, in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. The fund will continue the firm’s buy-and-build strategy in the environmental, business services, automotive, light manufacturing, and healthcare services sectors.

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JUNE 21, 2024

The firm added new investors that broaden its Limited Partner base in the United States, Europe, and for the first time, in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. The fund will continue the firm’s buy-and-build strategy in the environmental, business services, automotive, light manufacturing, and healthcare services sectors.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising mid-market companies, has acquired Market Performance Group (MPG), a provider of omnichannel strategy and consulting services focused on the consumer packaged goods industry. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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MAY 10, 2024

Milan-based private equity firm Alto Partners and Italian fund management company Arca Fondi have agreed to the buyout of Eurosirel, a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices and cosmetics. Read more: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading? The transaction is expected to close by June.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Coalesce Capital, the business services-focused private equity firm launched by former Warburg Pincus partner Stephanie Geveda, has beaten its target for its debut fundraise. The post This ex-Warburg Pincus partner just raised $900m for their debut fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

BV Investment Partners, a Boston based private equity firm focused on tech-enabled business services, software, and IT services for more than 40 years, announced today the closing of a single-asset continuation fund transaction for Right Networks, a premier provider of cloud solutions to tax and accounting firms.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Private equity firm Cinven is to make a majority investment in Grant Thornton UK, one of the leading diversified professional services firms offering audit, tax, and advisory services in the UK, with the firm’s UK Partners retaining a significant holding in the business.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Incline Equity Partners (“Incline”), a leading private equity firm dedicated to investing across the middle market, is pleased to announce the successful closing of Incline Equity Partners VI, L.P. together with parallel vehicles, the “Fund” or “Fund VI”).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Mid-market private equity firm Inflexion has made two new additions to its teams with the appointments of Yuri Mikhalev as a Partner focused on technology investments and Michael Baster as a Partner focused on business services investments.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

US middle-market private equity firm Falfurrias Management Partners has invested in Snak King, a US manufacturer of private label and co-manufactured products including tortilla chips, potato chips, popcorn and nuts for brands including El Sabroso, The Whole Earth, Granny Goose, and Jensen's Orchard.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

JLL Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, business services, aerospace and defence sectors, has appointed Cara Killackey as Managing Director of Investor Relations.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

ARX Equity Partners (ARX), a lower mid-cap focused private equity firm operating in Central Europe, has secured the first close of its fifth fund, ARX CE V (the Fund), with total subscribed commitments of €78m.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

It will look for companies in business services, media and leisure, healthcare, industrials and operational real estate. The team has already made two investments, including in financial advisory firm Eight Advisory.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Mr. Schwartz joins Cortec from TZP Group , a lower middle market private equity firm which invests primarily in consumer and business-to-business products and service companies. New York-based Cortec Group has added Robert Schwartz to its investment team as a new partner.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stone-Goff Partners (Stone-Goff), a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on technology-driven B2B service companies, has appointed Allen Fozzard as Vice President, Head of Business Development. Fozzard will be responsible for leading SGP’s origination efforts focused on investment opportunities.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

BV Investment Partners, a private equity firm focused on tech-enabled business services, software and IT services industries, has invested in Kami, a classroom content provider, which values the business at over $175m.

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MAY 15, 2024

Pan-European private equity firm Astorg has held the final close of its latest flagship fund, Astorg VIII – an Article 8 buyout fund – with total capital commitments of €4.4bn, making it the firm’s largest fund raised to date.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

UK mid-market private equity firm Palatine, via its Impact Fund, has acquired a majority shareholding in The MOLE Clinic, a healthcare provider aiming to lower skin cancer mortality rates in the UK through early-stage patient screenings.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Cap10, a specialist pan-European private equity firm based in London, has appointed Luca Bonanomi as Partner. Bonanomi has spent the last decade at Blackstone, most recently as a Managing Director in the firm’s private equity group.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Global strategy consulting firm Stax has opened a new office in London, following the January hiring of Phil Dunne as managing director to lead the firm’s UK and EMEA practice.

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JULY 26, 2024

FalconPoint Partners, a private equity firm focused on North American middle market companies in the business services and industrials sectors, has appointed Vijay Maharaj as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

European private equity firm Astorg has added Chris Benson as a London-based partner for its mid-cap fund and Daniel Pang as a New York-based managing director for its flagship fund within the healthcare team. Benson will join in July, leading business services across Europe as well as coverage in the UK.

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MAY 28, 2024

Munich-based private equity firm Bregal Unternehmerkapital has held the closing of its fourth fund, Bregal Unternehmerkapital IV with total capital commitments of €2.65bn.

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MAY 15, 2024

FalconPoint Partners, a private equity firm focused on North American middle market companies in the business services and industrials sectors, has invested in JENNMAR, an infrastructure products and specialised services provider to the civil infrastructure, solar, mining and construction industries.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services technology, healthcare and business services, has closed a single-asset continuation fund for portfolio company ampliFI Loyalty Solutions.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investment in the financial services, industrials, software and healthcare sectors, has promoted Principals Matt McCabe and Dominic Martellaro to Directors. He was promoted to Principal in 2022.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning Hassana’s anchor investment in Brookfield Middle East Partners (BMEP), which will look to raise at least $2bn including a $500m commitment from the private equity firm.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Inflexion, a European mid-market private equity firm, has held the final close of Inflexion Enterprise Fund VI at its hard cap of £975 million. The fundraising was completed in less than five months and is more than double the £400m raised for the firm’s predecessor fund.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Falfurrias Capital Partners is the latest shop to play small ball, turning its attention to the lower middle-market software and business services sector with its first growth fund. firm is looking to invest in smaller companies than usual. The $400 million fund closed in December and the Charlotte, N.C.

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MAY 10, 2024

private equity firm Bain Capital is nearing the final close of its fifth and biggest Asia-focused fund after having raised around $6 billion from global investors, said two people with knowledge of the situation. Read more: Yahoo Movies Can’t stop reading?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In 2018, Hamber Holdings , a Boston-based private equity firm, acquired the company from Edward Zephir , the grandson of the founder Today, United Solutions is led by CEO David Reilly. The firm’s inaugural institutional fund, Mill Point Capital Partners LP , closed at its hard cap of $450 million in May 2018.

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