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 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 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 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 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

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

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 Insights

JULY 10, 2023

US private equity firm Francisco Partners has agreed to buy financial data provider Macrobond for almost €700mn, the latest deal in a sector that has attracted billions of dollars from investors in recent years. The US-based firm beat out competition from other private equity groups and strategic buyers.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Private equity firms have driven buyout activity to $133bn in 2024, a 78% increase compared to the previous year. Key deals during the year included a $6.9bn investment in Hargreaves Lansdown and a $5.5bn acquisition of cybersecurity firm Darktrace by Thoma Bravo.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners (Harvest), has closed it latest buyout fund, Harvest Partners IX and its parallel funds (HP IX) with $5.34bn in capital commitments, ahead of its $5.25bn target.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Private equity firm Thomas H. THL prevailed in an auction for the company over other private equity firms because its bid was favoured by Standish’s management, which currently holds a roughly 45% stake in the business, one of the sources said. read more The post Buyout firm Thomas H.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 18, 2023

Private lenders including Oak Hill Advisors, Blue Owl Capital, and HPS Investment Partners are providing a record-breaking $5.3bn loan package to Finastra Group Holdings Ltd, a fintech firm owned by Vista Equity Partners, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Sienna Investment Managers’ private equity team has launched a mid-market European buyout fund, Citywire can reveal. GBL has seeded the new fund with €200m in capital and the team will now look to bring in third-party investors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2023

is leading a €950m ($1bn) loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, people with knowledge of the matter said. Other lenders supporting the transaction include Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Hayfin Capital Management. is leading a €950m ($1bn) loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 23, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on recapitalisations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings, has closed its sixth private equity fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners VI, with $3.5bn of capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 20, 2023

A $3bn “whole-business securitisation” is being considered as a funding option by private equity firms vying to acquire sandwich chain Subway, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Read more Apollo To Target Top Family Offices Global buyout firm Apollo Global Management is building out a new team to target family offices as. read more Spectrum Equity Invests Over $100m into Netcraft Netcraft, the global leader in cybercrime detection, disruption, and takedowns announced today.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Private-equity firm Bain Capital will buy Envestnet, in a $4.5bn deal, adding to its portfolio a financial software vendor that counts 16 of the 20 biggest U.S. A cohort of investors, including Reverence Capital, BlackRock (BLK.N), opens new tab, Fidelity Investments, Franklin Templeton (BEN.N),and

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 15, 2024

Nordic Capital is weighing a sale of German regulatory software firm Regnology, in a deal which could value the business at up to 3 billion euros ($3.27 billion pounds, while Blackstone acquired UK-based software firm Civica for $2.5 billion pounds, while Blackstone acquired UK-based software firm Civica for $2.5

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AltAssets

APRIL 17, 2024

New private equity firm FalconPoint Partners has been launced by former Wynnchurch Capital Management New York office lead Russ Gehrett. The post Ex-Wynnchurch, Pamplona exec launches new private equity firm FalconPoint Partners first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The fund has already started committing capital to biotech and healthcare-focused VC, growth and buyout funds and will dedicate a substantial allocation to co-investments. Pictet has now raised a total of $950m across its thematic private equity franchise, from a mixture of high-net-worth and institutional investors.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Bain Capital is exploring a sale or initial public offering (IPO) of Varsity Brands that could value the U.S. Bain has been interviewing investment banks to hire financial advisers that will help the private equity firm come up with a plan to cash out on its majority stake in Varsity Brands, the sources said.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

buyout fund Bain Capital is in final talks to buy French IT services firm Inetum in a deal worth about $2.27 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.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Private equity firm KKR & Co agreed to acquire Varsity Brands, a U.S. maker of sports uniforms and school yearbooks, from buyout firm Bain Capital for about $4.75 Bain acquired Varsity Brands in 2018 from private equity firms Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group for around $2.5

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Buyout firm Boyu Capital has agreed to acquire Quasar in a deal that values the medical device maker at more than $600 million, people familiar with the matter said, marking another transaction in the health-care sector which has become a rare bright spot for dealmakers. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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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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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Artá Capital, a private equity firm focused on medium-sized Spanish and Portuguese buyouts, has hit a €400m final close for its third fund. The post Iberian buyout house Artá Capital scores €400m for Fund III final close appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Private equity firm Palatine is reinvesting in a global pure-play sustainability advisory and services provider after the company agreed a secondary buyout with Carlyle. read more The post Carlyle and Palatine to Reinvest in Sustainability Firm’s Secondary Buyout appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Benelux-focused private equity firm Mentha Capital has raised €153m for the region’s first buyout fund solely targeting companies contributing to achieving climate and environmental goals.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Read more GLP Capital Partners Raises $554m for Renewable Energy Fund GLP Capital Partners (GCP), an alternative asset manager based in Singapore, has established its. Read more GLP Capital Partners Raises $554m for Renewable Energy Fund GLP Capital Partners (GCP), an alternative asset manager based in Singapore, has established its.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

CVC Capital Partners is gearing up for a potential listing as soon as November, people with knowledge of the matter said, in one of the clearest signs yet that renewed confidence in stock offerings is spreading to Europe. CVC was valued at around $15bn when it sold a minority stake to Blue Owl Capital Inc. Source: Yahoo!

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

buyout firms Veritas Capital and Platinum Equity are vying to acquire Jacobs Solutions Inc’s (J.N) government consulting business, competing against rival contractor Amentum, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Bain Capital is picking up a minority stake worth $250 million in business services firm Sikich, which is planning to deploy the investment to finance its expansion plans, the companies said on Thursday. The private equity firm is the first outside investor at Chicago-based Sikich, which was founded in 1982.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Mid-market private equity firm Next Capital has locked in $375m for its latest fund, which saw domestic investors account for more than half of commitments and a final close ruled off last week. read more The post Next Capital Announces Fund V, final close at $375m appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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