Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2023

Private equity firm Bain Capital on Tuesday agreed to buy Fogo de Chão, in a deal people familiar with the matter said valued the Brazilian steakhouse chain at about $1.1bn, including debt. The deal marks a win for private equity firm Rhone Capital, which took Fogo de Chão private for $560m in 2018.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Coalesce Capital (Coalesce), a private equity firm focused on investing in business services companies, has completed a majority growth recapitalisation in executive compensation and leadership consultancy, Pearl Meyer & Partners (Pearl Meyer). Ropes & Gray served as legal advisor to Coalesce Capital.

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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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MARCH 6, 2025

Since its founding in 2013, Garnett Station has positioned itself as a key investment partner for multi-unit and consumer services businesses, providing capital and strategic expertise to drive expansion and operational efficiency.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Blackford Capital (Blackford), a lower middle market private equity firm, has closed the sale of portfolio company Mopec Group, a supplier of equipment, consumables, and services for pathology and anatomy professionals, to PE firm Waud Capital Partners (WCP). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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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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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

AUGUST 10, 2023

Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group on Wednesday agreed to buy media editing software maker Avid Technology Inc for about $1.4bn, including debt. Palo Alto, California-based STG is a mid-market private equity firm focused on technology investments. billion deal. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N)

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital), a lower middle-market Defence & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has held the final close of Godspeed Capital Fund III at its hard cap of $675m.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

Private equity firm Endless acquired ASCO on 11 August 2023. ” Advisors for the vendors were Piper Sandler (Corporate Finance); Ashurst (Legal); and Deloitte (Financial and Tax Due Diligence). Management was advised by Burness Paull (Legal). Source: OGV Energy Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Vistria Group, a private equity firm based in Chicago with ties to former President Barack Obama, has successfully closed a $3bn fund, adding to the growing list of Windy City investors raising capital over the past year, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg. However, Vistria has also faced legal challenges.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

New York-based private equity firm Integrated Media Company has unveiled a deal to buy Toon Boom Animation from Canadian cartoon company Nelvana for CAN$147.5 million (US$111 million), to allow parent Corus Entertainment to pay down debt. Source: The Hollywood Reporter Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

Hawthorne Renewables, a newly established solar development company backed by significant industry experience and capital, today announced its launch at the company’s Phoenix headquarters. Hawthorne Renewables is the result of a merger between Power Capital Energy Group and Portland, Ore. based Sulus Solar.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 31, 2025

The San Francisco-based private equity firm, founded in 2024, focuses on businesses within the advanced industrial economy, investing in companies that provide essential products, services, and equipment across high-value manufacturing, infrastructure solutions, critical industrial services, and industrial technology.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, education, and business services industries, has made a growth capital investment in Lane Four Consulting (Lane Four), a consulting partner for companies using Salesforce to scale operations.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Brian Himot , Head of Structured Capital at SVP, said: “This is exactly the kind of complex capital solution our investment, operating and capital markets teams are ideally placed to deliver. ” Linklaters LLP acted as legal counsel to Celsa Poland. Houlihan Lokey Inc. Source: Yahoo!

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Revelstoke Capital Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm with $5.8bn of assets under management, announced today that it has completed the successful fundraising for Revelstoke Capital Partners Fund III, and various affiliated investment vehicles totalling $1.7bn. Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Cogenuity Partners (Cogenuity), a lower middle market private equity firm investing in businesses operating within the advanced industrial economy, has closed its inaugural fund, Cogenuity Fund I, with $425m in total capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

A&M Capital Europe (AMCE), a London-based middle-market private equity firm with €650m of assets under management, has acquired a majority stake in GBUK Group, a global provider of specialist single-use medical devices, from H2 Equity Partners (H2EP). Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Private equity firm Astira Capital Partners announced the final closing of its debut fund with $675m of institutional capital commitments, exceeding its original target of $500m. The fund, Astira Capital Partners Fund I LP, comes just five months after the firm’s launch in May. Lazard Ltd.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm specialising in growth-focused investments across media, communications, education, and technology, has acquired Tax Systems, a provider of global tax and accounting software, from mid-market investor Bowmark Capital.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Australian investment firm HMC Capital has acquired North American digital infrastructure investor StratCap. Announced this week as part of HMC’s quarterly results, the company will be acquiring 100 percent of StratCap from private investors for $28.5 Read more Australia’s HMC Capital Acquires StratCap in $28.5m

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 19, 2024

Aquiline Capital Partners (Aquiline), a private investment firm with over $10bn in AUM, has made a majority investment in PharmaForce, a pharmacy solutions provider to hospitals and health clinics. Legal counsel was provided by Taft and Ropes & Gray to PharmaForce and Aquiline respectively.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, has recently announced the launch of the IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund. The closed-end fund, with a total capitalization of $500m, will focus on acquiring medical properties and senior housing assets across the United States. for its investors.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it lends to companies that are too big for small business loans but still too small to work with large banks. Ares Capital has a 14-year track record of delivering stable quarterly dividends. At recent prices, it offers a 9.5%

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

MiddleGround Capital, a Lexington, Kentucky-based operationally focused private equity firm that makes control investments in lower middle market industrial B2B and specialty distribution companies in North America and Europe, today announced the successful closing of MiddleGround Carbon CV, L.P.,

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

Philadelphia-based private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners has closed its first multi-asset $325m continuation fund (Renovus Continuation Fund), bringing its total capital across multiple investment vehicles to over $1.5bn. Jefferies served as financial advisor and DLA Piper served as legal counsel to Renovus.

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AltAssets

JULY 2, 2024

Pemberton Asset Management has reached more than $1bn of investible capital at the first close of its new NAV strategic financing strategy, focused on financing for private equity firms.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2023

May River Capital LLC, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, has raised its third fund, May River Capital Fund III, LP. Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Since its founding in 2012, May River Capital has raised more than $1.2

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The structural underinvestment in critical minerals over the past decade has resulted in severely discounted valuations for excellent assets and created a massive need for capital investment, as countries transition to more sustainable energy sources,” said Brandon. Source: businesswire Can’t stop reading? (BX)

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Omnes Capital, a €6bn Paris-based private equity firm investing across energy transition and innovation, has completed its acquisition of a majority shareholding in EEF Erneuerbare Energien Fabrik (EEF), a German developer of energy solutions with locations in Berlin, Hamburg and Wiesbaden.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

and AREX Capital Management, LP and its affiliated investors, who together own or control approximately 30% of the Company’s outstanding shares, have each entered into a voting agreement pursuant to which they have agreed, among other things, to vote their respective shares of common stock of Fiesta in favor of the transaction.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Middle-market private equity firm Gemspring Capital has acquired Fenceworks, a fencing installer and distributor serving the some of the largest homebuilders in the US, as well as general contractors and local fencing providers. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Gulf Capital, one of the largest private equity firms investing from the GCC to the rest of Asia, has sold its strategic stake in Egypt-listed Middle East Glass (MEG) to the majority shareholder of the business, MENA Glass Holdings Limited.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners will partially exit portfolio company Law Business Research through a partnership with global asset manager ICG, which will see LLCP return capital to its investors while remaining a shareholder alongside ICG.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Appian Capital Advisory LLP, the investment advisor to long-term value focused private capital funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, announces the final close of its third fund (“Fund III”).

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JANUARY 28, 2025

The private equity firm aims to strengthen its presence in government and commercial markets by combining Casepoints data management expertise with Opexus government process solutions. Source: Legal Technology Can’t stop reading? read more Bain Capital offers $25.75 read more Bain Capital offers $25.75

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