Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Colbeck Capital Management closed its $700m Strategic Lending Fund, designed to provide customised financing solutions for middle-market businesses in North America. The fund aims to address the unique needs of companies undergoing transitions or managing complex situations. Source: Business Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sky Island Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, closed its second fund, Sky Island Capital Fund II, securing $300m in commitments. The fund, which exceeded its initial target, highlights strong investor confidence in Sky Islands strategy and expertise. Source: Citybiz Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

Texas-based Sallyport Investments closed its first private equity fund at $160m, surpassing its original target. The fund focuses on investing in lower middle-market companies across North America. secondary PE fund Franklin Templeton has introduced its first open-end fund focused on secondary private equity.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

The funding will fuel DRGs expansion, enhancing its technology, data, and product offerings while accelerating its push into the US market. Led by Group CEO Andrew Kilmartin and UK CEO Dave Clayton, the company will use the investment to scale its operations and broaden its international reach. Can`t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Bill Ackman likes to focus on just a few companies at a time. His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. billion portfolio is invested in just three companies. Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 30, 2025

Blue Sage Capital closed its fourth private equity fund, Blue Sage Capital IV, at $618m, exceeding its $400m target and $550m hard cap. The Texas-based firm, known for investing in lower middle-market companies, raised more than twice the amount of its $300m predecessor fund. Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

January Capital, a Singapore-based asset management firm, has secured over $85m in initial investor commitments for a growth credit fund that will focus on the technology sector, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg. The fund will charge interest rates between 12% and 16%, plus upfront fees.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The funds stake, along with those of co-investors and other selling shareholders, has been acquired by Beltone Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Egypt-listed Beltone Holding. Additionally, Apis supported structural reorganisations and streamlined the companys geographical footprint to boost operational efficiency.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

GSAM has committed $150m of its own capital to the fund, which will primarily target senior lending opportunities but retain the flexibility to provide junior debt when needed. The fund aims to generate net returns of 8% to 10% on an unlevered basis, with levered investments expected to deliver around 13%. reaching its $999.9m

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

Allianz Global Investors closed its Private Markets Credit Opportunities Fund at 1.5bn, exceeding its initial target. The fund aims to provide flexible credit solutions to mid-sized companies across Europe, focusing on direct lending and structured credit investments. The company, co-owned by. The company, co-owned by.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The fund is 33% larger than its predecessor, reflecting strong investor demand for energy transition investments. Brookfield Asset Management is targeting at least $7bn for its fourth infrastructure debt fund, expanding one of the largest strategies in the sector. Read more here. Read more here.

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Private Equity Professional

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Transom Capital Group has appointed Dana Goldstein to the newly created role of Head of Investor Relations and Marketing. Goldstein will focus on expanding the firm’s limited partner relationships while managing marketing efforts for the firm and its portfolio companies. In her new position, Ms.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 9, 2025

A consortium of private credit funds, including Antares Capital, Blue Owl Capital, KKR, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has agreed to take control of Alacrity. BlackRock had previously acquired a controlling stake in the business from private equity firm Kohlberg & Company in February 2023.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 9, 2025

True Religion announced on Tuesday that private equity firm Acon Investments has acquired a majority stake in the company. SB360 Capital Partners, chaired by American Eagles CEO Jay Schottenstein, also took part in the deal. The US-based clothing company will maintain its independence following the acquisition.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 20, 2025

KLH Capital has acquired Concrete Protection & Restoration , a provider of concrete restoration services. The companys core services include post-tension tendon repairs, structural strengthening, waterproofing, protective coatings, hydro-demolition, and epoxy injection. Lauderdale, Florida.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

Blue Owl Capital backed the $4bn acquisition of PCI Pharma Services, a leading provider of pharmaceutical packaging and clinical trial solutions. The deal was led by Kohlberg & Company, with Blue Owl providing strategic financing to support the transaction. The company, co-owned by.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Nov 08, 2024 , 10:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Main Street Capital third-quarter earnings conference call. Image source: The Motley Fool. You may begin.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

BGF initially backed the company in 2018, supporting its expansion and acquisition of Doncasters Precision Forge. Trive Capital, which has significant experience in aerospace and defence, has acquired a majority stake in IFA. He noted that Trives investment signals further expansion opportunities for the company.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 11, 2025

The firm secured $22bn in new commitments, with evergreen funds accounting for $8.4bn, or 39% of total inflows. The firm launched seven new evergreen strategies, bringing its total in this segment to 20 funds. These vehicles now represent 32% of its total AUM. The firms financial performance also outpaced expectations.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners announced its acquisition of SYNERGY HomeCare Franchising, a leading in-home care provider, from NexPhase Capital. Apogem Capital provided debt financing. SYNERGY will continue to be led by its CEO, Charlie Young, and the existing executive team. Source: PR Newswire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The fund is 33% larger than its predecessor, reflecting strong investor demand for energy transition investments. The fund has invested in companies such as Energy Exemplar, a software platform improving grid reliability, and Sediver, a global leader in toughened glass insulators for electric grids.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

HIG Capital signed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic stake in Germany-based machine tool manufacturer HELLER Group. The company employs over 2,600 people and operates five production facilities across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. Can’t stop reading?

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

in Funding. The round was led by TI Capital and QBIT Capital, with participation from Atreides Management, Sylvester Stallone, Thomas Tippl, and DAA Capital. The company intends to use the funds to drive its growth plans and enrich its core business areas. […] The post Largo.ai Raises USD7.5M

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Private equity firms are increasingly using continuation funds to extend ownership of portfolio companies. These funds, which saw rapid growth between 2019 and 2021, provide fresh capital to high-potential assets, ensuring continued value creation.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The company employs more than 43,000 people across 30 countries. Bain Capitals investment aims to further strengthen Apleonas market position and expand its footprint across Europe. The transaction marks one of the most significant private equity deals in the European facility management sector in recent years.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Insight Partners, a leading global software investor, raised $12.5bn for its latest fund, Insight Partners XII. The fund, one of the largest in the firms history, will focus on high-growth software and technology companies across multiple sectors.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Vistria Group has closed its largest private equity fund to date, Vistria Fund V, with $3bn in total capital commitments. The firm now manages nearly $16bn across its funds and co-investment vehicles, more than doubling its assets under management in just over three years. Source: PR Newswire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

Ogunlesi will help the company secure the infrastructure needed to advance artificial intelligence development. The company warned that $175bn in global AI investment funds could flow to China-backed projects without action. OpenAI has added Adebayo Ogunlesi, CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, to its board.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 29, 2024

L2 Point Management has announced the closing of its first structured equity fund, L2 Point Opportunities Fund I LP (“Fund I”), with $312 million in capital, exceeding its target. Cyber Command , the FBI , and other government agencies and Fortune 2000 companies.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Humanitru, a Richmond, VA-based provider of a data-driven strategy and engagement platform for mid to enterprise level nonprofits, raised $3M in funding. The round was led by Dogwood Ventures with participation from Meeting Street Capital, the 98, I2BF, Front Porch Venture Partners, and Team Ignite Ventures.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Feb 28, 2025 , 10:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings and welcome to the Main Street Capital fourth quarter earnings conference call. Image source: The Motley Fool. You may begin.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

companies in the utilities sector. The index fund is most heavily weighted toward electric utilities (61%) and multi-utility companies (25%), but also provides exposure to independent power producers (6%), gas utilities (5%), and water utilities (3%). Southern Company: 7.1% Constellation Energy: 7.1% Duke Energy: 6.6%

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 11, 2025

Pamlico Capital has held an above target, hard cap, an oversubscribed final close of Pamlico Capital VI LP (PC VI) with $1.75 billion of capital. Limited partners in PC VI include endowments, foundations, insurance companies, family offices, pension plans, and other institutional investors. billion of capital.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Global credit investing firm Silver Point Capital has held the final close of its Silver Point Specialty Credit Fund III, which is aimed at providing loans to mid-sized companies, with $8.5bn in total capital commitments.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

PARTNER CONTENT Aqua Capital is a private equity firm managing investments in sustainable businesses across the Agribusiness & Food value chain. Founded in 2009, Aqua has raised over $1bn in capital, deploying it across 45 sector-disrupting companies, including those in technology and innovation, sustainability, and globalisation.

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 6, 2025

LoneTree Capital has held a final close of its first growth equity fund, LoneTree I LP , with $200 million in capital. LoneTree invests between $10 million and $75 million in technology and tech-enabled services companies with revenues between $5 million and $30 million and growth rates exceeding 10%.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sky Island Capital has held an above target and final close of its second private equity fund, Sky Island Capital II LP , with $300 million in capital commitments. Limited partners in Fund II consist of both new and returning investors, such as insurance companies, family offices, endowments, and funds of funds.

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