Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Polish laboratory operator Diagnostyka SA, backed by private equity firm Mid Europa Partners, is gearing up for an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. This IPO follows a year of recovery for Polands capital markets, highlighted by Zabka Groups $1.7bn listing.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

According to Bloomberg , this is the firms lowest target since 1999, following five consecutive funds that each raised $4bn or more. The Chicago-based private equity firm has begun early fundraising discussions with investors. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

CVC Capital Partners, the third-biggest Europe-based private equity firm according to the PEI 300, is on track to raise what would be the largest-ever private equity fund, defying the market’s choppy waters. Source: Private Equity International Can’t stop reading? read more H.I.G.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

The pension committed $155m to growth-focused private equity funds, including $50m to Bansk Fund II, $30m to GTCR Strategic Growth Fund II, and $75m to TPG Growth VI. In the buyout category, $197.2m Additionally, the board approved a $30m investment in Locust Point Private Credit Fund III. in commitments across six.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

The country’s growing pool of pension funds and increasing corporate restructuring activities are drawing the attention of alternative investment firms worldwide. Private equity firms are also playing an increasing role in reshaping governance and management at undervalued Korean companies, unlocking new value creation opportunities.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

It offers a robust regulatory framework, flexible fund structures, and strong access to global capital. Yet, firms operating in the region now face rising challenges, including ESG compliance and the need for digital transformation. On the operational front, private equity firms are embracing digital solutions.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

are in talks to provide as much as $8 billion in financing for a buyout of DocuSign Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG are also among the lenders considering a role in funding what would be the largest leveraged buyout of the year so far, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the transaction. KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Private equity firm Glow Capital Partners is set to acquire a 51 per cent stake in an Australian hospitality uniform brand Cargo Crew. Glow Capital was established by Adore Beauty’s co-founder Kate Morris and former Quadrant Private Equity managing partner Justin Ryan in 2021.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

ChrysCapital Management has successfully raised $2.1bn for its latest private equity fund, marking a significant milestone as the largest-ever capital raise by an Indian buyout firm, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the deal.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

based alternative investment group Ares Management Corp has agreed to fully acquire Singapore-headquartered private equity firm Crescent Point Capital, according to a statement on Tuesday. “We

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

BlackRock announced the deal in June last year, positioning the acquisition as a strategic move to enhance its investment technology capabilities and expand its footprint in the private-markets data sector. Under US restrictions imposed in 2023, Chinese firms are banned from purchasing these chips directly. Read more here.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

The founders of a business telecoms and IT services provider are on the brink of toasting a nine-figure windfall after entering advanced talks to sell it to one of Britain’s leading private equity firms. Insiders said a number of other private equity firms, including Bain Capital, had also explored offers for Focus Group.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The private equity firms aim to refinance or reprice Adevintas existing 4.5bn debt and may raise an additional 2bn, potentially for a shareholder dividend, according to sources familiar with the matter. The firms acquired Adevinta in 2023 in one of Europes largest leveraged buyouts backed by private credit.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Three private equity groups are reportedly all set to make their binding bids for Gautam Adani’s six-year-old shadow bank, Adani Capital. The three groups include Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital Management. The group is expecting 2-2.5 times the book value, amounting to a $20bn valuation.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijings tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating economy having left foreign investors capital effectively trapped, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Private equity firms increased their activity in Europe last year, capitalising on the continent’s economic difficulties to acquire large companies at lower valuations, according to a report by the Financial Times. BC Partnerss Alexis Maskell said that the buyout market in Europe was both fragmented and very diverse but...you

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are cons idering a buyout of the connected fitness company, which is looking to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 consecutive quarters of losses.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has finalized a deal to acquire Sogo Medical Group, Japan’s fifth-largest pharmacy chain, from Polaris Capital Group for approximately $1.2bn. CVC’s acquisition of Sogo Medical reflects the confidence in the Japanese healthcare market and its potential for future growth.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

The Paris-based company has raised the money for a secondary fund that profits from institutional investors who sometimes have to sell stakes in private equity funds early. Typically, buyout funds lock up investors’ money for more than a decade. By contrast, its flagship buyout fund had raised $15.5bn by the end of March.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dallas-based private equity firm Merit Energy Co has set aside $1bn, including $485m in a just-closed fund, in dry powder through a strategy that targets mature oil-and-gas fields, the Wall Street Journal reports in an exclusive article. Indeed, the company currently has no assets in some of the most popular U.S.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital has sold TH Holdings , a diversified industrial manufacturer operating under the brands Texas Hydraulics , Hydromotion , and Oilgear , to Fortress Investment Group. Wynnchurch Capital , a private equity firm specializing in middle-market companies, invests in businesses with revenues between $50 million and $1 billion.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity firm managing approximately $86bn in assets, has no immediate plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Reuters quoting CEO Jeffrey Perlman at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday.

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AltAssets

MARCH 26, 2025

Bain Capital has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Namirial, a provider of digital transaction management software, fromItalian private equity firm Ambienta. The post Bain Capital buys Namirial stake from Ambienta, Tailwind Capital invests in Cloud for Good appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Global private equity firm KKR has acquired a 35% stake in Japan-based software developer Fuji Soft after completing the first stage of its two-part buyout tender offer, Fuji Soft announced on Wednesday, according to a report by Reuters. Major investors 3D Investment Partners and Farallon Capital, who together hold a 32.7%

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Samsonite International’s high valuation has put off several private equity firms including, Carlyle Group and KKR & Co, considering a buyout of the luggage manufacturer, opening up the possibility for a dual listing of the company, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Insight Partners, Blackstone, and Clearlake Capital, the joint owners of Diligent Corporation, are considering strategic options for the corporate governance software provider, including a potential sale that could value the business at around $7bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

read more Silver Lake Acquires Software AG for €2.6bn US private equity firm Silver Lake has secured over 85% of the share capital and voting rights of. read more The post Carlyle Group leads race to buy Medtronic units for $7bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

A growing number of private equity giants are considering new ways of exiting their portfolio companies — from private IPOs to selling their stakes to rivals – as they hunt for ways to return cash to investors, according to one of Europe’s largest buyout firms.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

US investment firm I Squared Capital is considering a bid for Hong Kong-listed broadband provider HKBN, which could value the company at up to $1bn, according to a report by Reuters citing two sources familiar with the matter. However, the sources noted that I Squared Capital is reluctant to go beyond HKD6 per share.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion is to acquire Finanzen.net Group (Finanzen), a digital broker and market financial information portal in the DACH region, from Axel Springer, in partnership with the company’s founders.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

New York private equity firm CC Capital has brought in former Coller Capital, CVC and Tikehau Capital investor relations specialist Rabeeh Ajjour as head of fundraising and IR.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Tokyo-based firm presently ranks as the 10th-largest staffing provider in the world and currently trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The transaction is styled as a management buyout with the backing of US-based Bain Capital Private Equity. will go private in a deal announced today.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 28, 2025

Modella Capital, known for its investments in Paperchase, Tie Rack, and most recently Hobbycraft, has strengthened its retail portfolio with this acquisition. The firms focus on specialist and heritage retail brands aligns with the long-standing identity of WH Smiths high street stores, which will now be rebranded under the TGJones name.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

EQT AB has secured $1.425bn in private debt from a group of private credit lenders led by Goldman Sachs group to help finance its acquisition of medical device firm Zeus Company Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg. Billion Private Loan for EQT’s Zeus Buyout appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Ultra-rich individuals and families worth more than $150bn are helping drive a resurgence in private equity buyouts, providing capital for some of the year’s biggest acquisitions to overcome a tough dealmaking environment. Goldman Sachs Asset Management closed its purchase of Norwegian e-learning platform Kahoot!

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical has agreed to sell its pharmaceutical subsidiary, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, to US private equity firm Bain Capital in a deal valued at JPY510bn ($3.36bn) as part of a broader effort to streamline its portfolio.

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