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Bain Capital raises $9bn for Global Special Situations platform

Private Equity Wire

Bain Capital has completed fundraising for its Special Situation Fund II, bringing the total amount raised for its second vintage of special situations platform funds to $9bn – $5.7bn for Fund II, inclusive of co-investments and separately managed accounts, and $3.3bn for the previously closed Special Situations Asia and Europe regional funds.

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Grant Thornton explores potential private equity investment

Private Equity Insights

The professional services firm is said to be in discussions with potential buyers and is working with advisers from Rothschild to evaluate its options. Any potential deal would allow Grant Thorntons audit division to remain majority-owned by its partners, ensuring regulatory compliance and independence. Can`t stop reading?

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New State Capital Partners taps Swayne as senior principal

PE Hub

Most recently, Swayne was a managing director at Partners Group, where he led deals in the professional services sector. The post New State Capital Partners taps Swayne as senior principal appeared first on PE Hub.

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Blackstone closes $5.6bn energy transition fund at hard cap

Private Equity Insights

Other key investments include Westwood Professional Services, an engineering consultancy; Trystar, a backup power management provider; Lancium, a developer securing long-term grid access for data centers; and Potomac Energy Center, a 774-megawatt natural gas and hydrogen-ready power plant.

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CrowdStrike's Outage Put It to the Test, but Now the Company Faces an Even Bigger Challenge

The Motley Fool

Wiz has raised billions of dollars from some of the most prestigious venture capital (VC) firms in the world, including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (also known as "a16z"), and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Professional services revenue tends to be nonrecurring and carries low margins.

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HIG to acquire Alight’s payroll and professional services business

Private Equity Wire

An affiliate of HIG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $60bn of capital under management, is to acquire the payroll and professional services business of Alight, in a deal worth up to $1.2bn. Guggenheim Securities served as financial advisor, and Kirkland & Ellis served as legal counsel to HIG Capital.

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MongoDB (MDB) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

As you recall, we ran a few successful pilots earlier this year, demonstrating that AI tooling combined with professional services and our relational migrator product can significantly reduce the time, cost, and risk of migrating legacy applications onto MongoDB. After taking into consideration approximately $2.9

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