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Ardian reinforces buyout leadership as fundraising for flagship fund pauses

Private Equity Insights

Ardians Buyout Fund VIII will follow the success of its 7.5bn Fund VII, which closed in 2021 and has now deployed approximately 80% of its capital. The strategy focuses on European companies with enterprise values up to 2bn across key sectors including healthcare, technology, business services, and food. Can`t stop reading?

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Billionaire Bill Ackman Has 45% of His Hedge Fund's $13.4 Billion Portfolio Invested in Just 3 Stocks

The Motley Fool

His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. He then uses his sway as a large shareholder to influence management and unlock value. Bill Ackman likes to focus on just a few companies at a time.

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May River Closes Carve Out, Forms Tusk Industrial

Private Equity Professional

Chicago-based May River Capital invests from $20 million to $90 million of equity in companies with EBITDA of $3 million to $15 million and enterprise values of $20 million to $150 million.

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Pamlico Closes Fund Six at $1.75 Billion

Private Equity Professional

The success of PC VI is a testament to the strength of our strategy, the caliber of our portfolio company management teams, and our firms commitment to driving lasting value. Sectors of interest include communications, healthcare IT, information services, software and tech-enabled services.

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Why Infinera Rallied Today

The Motley Fool

The optical transceiver market has been competitive and highly cyclical, with telecom operators under pressure and therefore making inconsistent capital investments. So on an enterprise value basis , it's not quite as cheap. As of July 31, about 18.5%

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Billionaire Bill Gates Has 69% of His Foundation's $49 Billion Portfolio Invested in 3 Phenomenal Stocks

The Motley Fool

As a result, Microsoft has seen Azure revenue accelerate over the last two years, and its enterprise software business continues to produce more and more cash. Management expects Azure revenue to accelerate in 2025 as more of its capital investments in new data center capacity come online. The future looks bright, too.

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Volpi Capital closes Volpi Fund III at €428m

Private Equity Wire

Volpi Capital, a technology investor in the European lower mid-market, has held the final close of Volpi Capital Investments III with €428m in total capital commitments. Volpi typically invests €25m-100m of equity in companies with enterprise values between €50m and €200m.

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