The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Generally speaking, during the early days of a start-up , founders will raise money from venture capital or private equity firms in exchange for equity. Moreover, one prediction I made for 2024 is that mergers and acquisitions will see a rebound this year.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg. Lending limits have also increased.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A report says potential suitors are sniffing around In an article originally published before market open, Bloomberg wrote that JFrog is being considered for buyout offers from several private equity firms. The article's sources said that these are not guaranteed to lead to a buyout. 7, after market close).

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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

JULY 5, 2024

Buyout firm EQT AB is teaming up with Germany’s richest man to acquire a 35% stake in German bus and train operator Flix SE. The private equity firm is investing through EQT Future, an impact-driven fund with a longer holding period. They are investing around €1 billion ($1.2

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. read more ChrysCapital to invest $100m in India’s Lenskart Private equity firm ChrysCapital is set to invest $100 million in Indian eyewear brand.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 26, 2024

Private equity giant Blackstone Inc. is set to mark its first exit from South Korea by selling a 71.25% stake in the holding firm of Geo-Young Corp., the country’s largest medicine wholesaler, for more than $1 billion to Asian buyout firm MBK Partners, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

After not finding any better offers, Fort Myers-based retailer Chico’s FAS is moving ahead with a plan to sell itself to a New York-based private equity firm for $1bn. “We are excited about the next chapter in our company’s future with the pending acquisition by Sycamore Partners. to about $1.17m.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Frontenac bought it in 2020 and merged it with other firms to form Integris in 2021, then supported it through several acquisitions. OMERS Private Equity will support management in maintaining its impressive track record of profitable growth, both organically and through strategic acquisitions.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

The news confirms an earlier Bloomberg report that the US buyout firm was close to announcing the deal. Plans by billionaire Elon Musk and fellow tycoon Jeff Bezos to launch thousands of spacecraft into lower orbits and blanket the earth in fast broadband have pushed the traditional satellite industry into mergers.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Private investment giant Blackstone expects a more favourable environment for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and a rebound in initial public offerings (IPOs) to drive more than double the number of private equity exits in 2025, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

PE firms target UK health companies Submitted 14/08/2023 - 12:08pm Private equity firms are positioning to capitalise on the National Health Service's long waiting lists and other operational challenges by acquiring numerous UK healthcare companies over the past two years, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. Global investor interest in Japanese companies has surged in recent years as the weak yen, strong public markets and corporate governance changes make mergers and acquisitions (M&A) attractive.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Keensight Capital, a Paris-based private equity firm focused on European growth buyout investments, has opened a new office in Singapore. The Singapore-based team will focus on enriching market analysis, refining go-to-market strategies, optimising supply chain procurement and facilitating mergers and acquisitions.

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Axial

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Today we are featuring the 25 Most Active Private Equity Firms on the Axial platform. ” Industries: Technology, Manufacturing, Business Services, Distribution, Healthcare Visit Baymark’s Profile “Pfingsten is an operationally-driven private equity firm focused on long-term value creation.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

Private equity giant Bain Capital is said to be considering an acquisition of education software provider PowerSchool Holdings (NYSE: PWSC). Is PowerSchool going private again? PowerSchool is no stranger to private equity. Vista and another private equity firm, Onex, still own stakes in the company.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

Scrivani was most recently a partner at international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Scrivani advises private equity firms and public and private clients on leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers of equals.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

Choose your exit: IPO or acquisition? The first decision you must make is your endpoint: an initial public offering (IPO), acquisition by a public company, acquisition by a private company, or a private equity takeover? Market expansion: Acquisitions can open doors to new markets or customer segments.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

PARTNER CONTENT By Lou Gueroeva Private Equity Business Development Lead, Zanders In the modern private equity (PE) landscape, there is a growing shift from traditional financial engineering towards operational value creation, with treasury and finance optimization becoming key drivers of sustainable returns.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

and committing $700 million to a private equity fund managed by EQT Private Capital Asia. CPPIB also plans to contribute about $1 billion to the proposed merger between Novolex and Pactiv Evergreen Inc., Third-Quarter Investment Highlights Active Equities Invested 600 million through a private placement for a 1.3%

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 12 of its existing attorneys as the firm’s latest Partners, effective 1 November, including several whose practices cater for private equity and other private credit and private fund clients.

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The Healthcare Investor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

is a provider of strategy, merger and acquisition, digital transformation, cybersecurity, information technology quality and regulatory compliance consulting services to life sciences and healthcare organizations/ Grant Avenue Capital , based in New York, is a healthcare-focused, middle market private equity firm.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth. There’s pent-up demand.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Invest in Europe 's “ Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2022 ” research has shown that 801 European private equity, venture capital, and growth funds raised 30% more in 2022 compared to 2021 (€170 billion in 2022 compared to €131 billion achieved in 2021).

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Clearlake Capital Group

JANUARY 24, 2025

” Apteans acquisition of Logility represents a new and exciting chapter for our Company, said Allan Dow, President & CEO of Logility. About TA Associates TA Associates (TA) is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.

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Axial

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Visit SouthWorth’s Profile “Cottonwood Acquisitions is a family office partnership focused on investing in small to mid-sized businesses. ” Visit Emigrant’s Profile “Appalachian Capital Holdings (AppCap) is a small private investment office that manages the assets of private families and individuals.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. They were private partnership, they weren’t even public.Yep. And the entire merger department of Goldman Sachs in 1983 was 32 people. And now we call it the private equity industry.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

HCP) to support Carlyle’s acquisition of the company. which focuses on control buyouts and minority investments in mid-to-large companies across Asia. Committed US$1 billion to Blackstone Capital Partners IX, the flagship fund of Blackstone, which focuses on large-scale, control buyouts in North America, Europe and Asia.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, his name is Steve Klinsky, and he has an absolutely storied history in the field of private equity. And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Private equity giant KKR & Co is at odds with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over a proposed settlement that would hold its top executives personally accountable for disclosure lapses related to mergers and acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

We’re going to look at a buyout and look at the pricing, look at the structure. In fact, that was pre -merger with Manny Hanny and Chemical, and JP Morgan, and et cetera. Unfortunately, you know, they went through a series of about a dozen mergers — RITHOLTZ: Right. It was a bit of a tar baby back then. KENCEL: Sure.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 10, 2025

private equity firm is reportedly in talks to commit up to $9.5bn as part of the buyout, according to sources. Initially, the buyout was valued at $57bn, surpassing the $47.5 Source: Mergers & Acquisitions Can’t stop reading? Apollo Global Management Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 1, 2025

Under the terms of the merger, either Orange or the private equity consortium can trigger an IPO after April 2026. MasOrange, now Spains largest mobile network operator, was created when the buyout trio merged MsMvilacquired in 2020 for 5bnwith Oranges Spanish business. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

after the automakers merger talks with Honda Motor Co. The US-based private equity firm is evaluating an equity or debt stake to strengthen Nissans financial position, though no final decision has been made. ’s proposed buyout by its founding family. Beyond KKR, other firms are interested in Nissan.

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Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Mergers and Acquisitions Buyout 130

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

US-based private equity firm Bain Capital is planning to increase its offer to acquire Japan’s Fuji Soft to JPY9,600 ($63.35) per share, surpassing a competing bid from buyout rival KKR, according to a report by Nikkei. Bain’s proposed offer represents a 1.6% Bain’s proposed offer represents a 1.6%

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. Tell us about the merger in the early days that gave us General Electric, and who ran that company.

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