Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with $67bn of capital under management, has signed a definitive agreement to invest in the HELLER Group (HELLER) through the acquisition of a strategic stake in the Germany-based machine tool manufacturer.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

KKR, the global investment firm, has entered a binding agreement to acquire Dawsongroup, a leading UK-based asset leasing company, as part of its Global Climate strategy. KKRs expertise in climate-focused infrastructure investments will help the company scale operations and strengthen its international presence.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The fund focuses on real estate secondaries, acquiring stakes in mature funds, providing liquidity to limited partners, and recapitalising existing assets. Thoma Bravo, a leading global software investment firm, closed its first Europe-focused fund at approximately 1.8bn (around $2bn) in capital commitments. Read more here.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Specialist growth investment firm Verdane has acquired a majority equity stake in Corlytics, a provider of regulatory intelligence and policy compliance technology. The investment will support the Corlytics’s continued growth. Verdane invested in Corlytics via its newly raised €1.1bn Edda III Fund.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

The private equity giant is weighing either a sale of its 65% stake in HIP or an initial public offering, according to reports from Cinco Dias. Since acquiring the company from Banco Sabadell in 2017, Blackstone has grown HIP into one of Southern Europes leading hotel investment platforms.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 18, 2024

That's because a clutch of institutional investors have recently placed chips on the company through investments in its stock. Let's take a brief look at who these players are and a longer one at what's likely piquing their interest in the company. Since 2021, the company revealed, it has cut the number of shares by 36%.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijings tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating economy having left foreign investors capital effectively trapped, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 18, 2024

Caldor Solar and Zetta Home Services will now contribute to the Irish arm of the Dutch private equity firm’s portfolio of companies focused on decarbonising the economy. The NetZero Group focuses on companies that can help decarbonize the atmosphere.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It may look a little strange for a large investment firm to buy a stock that has so much outsized momentum fueling it right now. Some important details to know about Summit Summit Therapeutics is a small biotech company that does not currently generate any revenue. Should you invest $1,000 in Summit Therapeutics right now?

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Shares of Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) , the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, were getting a lift after a major investor urged the company to sell itself. stake in Signet, sent a letter to the board, arguing that the stock is deeply undervalued, and called on the board to explore all strategic options available, including a sale.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

David Tepper is a billionaire hedge fund manager known for founding the Miami-based investment firm Appaloosa Management. Back in September, he sat down for an interview with CNBC during which he expressed an outsized bullish stance on investing in China. Should you invest $1,000 in Lyft right now?

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

British investment firm Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) initiated a strategic review of its portfolio on Monday and said it had agreed to sell its stake in data group Verne Global for $575m as it seeks to cut debt and boost its finances. The company secured a $100m loan in June 2023 to fund its expansion plans.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 4, 2023

Elite Italian bicycle maker Pinarello changes hands Fausto Pinarello, the son of the founder of the bicycle group, would maintain a stake in the company and his role as chairman, L Catterton said in a statement. The company traces its roots back to a cycle shop set up by former professional cyclist Giovanni Pinarello in 1952.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Global private investment firm KKR has acquired a stake in Employment Hero, a specialist in employment management solutions, from SEEK Investments, the manager of the SEEK Growth Fund, a long-term investment fund focused on human capital management.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its stake in Argus Media, which could lead to 50% of the oil pricing data business being sold, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Permira Growth Opportunities II, a fund advised by global investment firm Permira, has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in French premium outdoor clothing brand, K-Way, from the Boglione family-led BasicNet.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2023

Buyout group Cinven is considering selling a stake in wealth manager True Potential as early as next year, two people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the largest recent deals in Britain’s investment advisory sector. It recently appointed senior Evercore (EVR.N)

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Global investment firm Carlyle announced today a majority investment in GBTEC Software AG and affiliates (“GBTEC”), a leading provider of business process management (BPM) and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Deal Australian investment firm HMC Capital has acquired North American digital infrastructure investor. read more €6bn PE Firm, Omnes acquires majority stake in EEF Omnes Capital, a €6bn Paris-based private equity firm investing across energy transition and.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 26, 2024

While many of the hedge fund managers who cut their holdings in Nvidia still hold large stakes in the AI stock, their decisions to reduce their exposure to it shows they think that the stock's biggest gains may be behind it. Its Apple stake is entirely new. Meanwhile, he dumped nearly all of his Nvidia stake, selling 3.7

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The owners of fund administrator Alter Domus are pursuing the sale of a stake in the Luxembourg-based group that could value it at more than $4.4bn, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The shareholders, which include the company’s founders and buyout firm Permira, have been working with bankers at Goldman Sachs (GS.N)

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

China’s CDH Investments is in advanced talks to buy a minority stake in Bach Hoa Xanh (BHX) from Vietnam retailer Mobile World in a deal that could value the grocery chain at up to US$1.7 read more The post China’s CDH in talks to buy minority stake in US$1.7 billion, two sources with direct knowledge said.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2024

On July 19, The Wall Street Journal reported that activist investment firm Elliott Investment Management had purchased a sizeable (but unspecified) stake in coffee giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). In July 2022, Elliott took a 9% stake in Pinterest. Over the last five years, Starbucks stock is down almost 16%.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

KKR initially acquired about 60% of Global Atlantic in February 2021 in a transaction valuing the retirement and life insurance company at roughly $4.7bn, joining other private equity firms in acquiring stakes in annuities providers. and became an independent company in 2013.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Software company Enfusion Inc (ENFN.N) is attracting takeover interest from private equity firms and strategic buyers, several people familiar with the matter said. Irenic, launched a little over a year ago, may work with a private equity firm with expertise in software companies to pursue the purchase, one of the sources said.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp is to invest $100 million to acquire a majority stake in SEC Newgate, a global strategic communications and advocacy group, in a deal that values the business at over $250 million.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp is to invest $100 million to acquire a majority stake in SEC Newgate, a global strategic communications and advocacy group, in a deal that values the business at over $250 million.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Premiums grew 31% last year to 660m euros, the company reported. Co-founder Teodoro D’Ambrosio is the group’s largest shareholder, with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and Carlyle also holding stakes, a Prima spokesperson said, declining to comment on the fundraise. sports Source: Reuters Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A consortium led by private equity firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus has made a HKD55.19bn ($7.09bn) bid to take Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm ESR Group private, according to a report by Reuters citing a company announcement on Wednesday. The offer represents a 55.7% per share.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 16, 2023

PAI Partners has made a binding offer for a majority stake in Naxicap Partners-owned hospitality equipment and consumables business ECF Group. The company provides tableware, kitchen equipment, hygiene equipment, electrical equipment, furniture, buffets and essentials for take-away sales and delivery.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Café bar chain Joe & the Juice has secured an agreement with private equity firm General Atlantic which will see the firm hold a majority stake in the company. The US private equity firm is thought to value the business at $600m (£489.1m), including debt. It also aims to reduce its debt pile.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2023

EQT said it invested in the company in 2019 and since then Ellab has tripled its revenue, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization and number of employees, while experiencing around 20% annual organic revenue growth and completing 15 add-on acquisitions. Source: Market Watch Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A consortium led by private investment firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus is working to finalise a deal to take ESR Group private, valuing the Hong Kong-listed real estate fund manager at over $7bn, according to a report by Reuters. The company raised $1.6bn during its 2019 IPO in Hong Kong, pricing shares at HKD16.8

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Gresham House’s Strategic Equity Capital trust, as well as its UK Multi Cap Income and UK Smaller Companies funds, have increased their allocation to Brooks Macdonald to 5.58%. Gresham House Asset Management has upped its position in Brooks Macdonald on the view that the wealth firm’s weak share price will make it ripe for a takeover.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2023

Kim Kardashian is reportedly in talks with to buy back a minority stake in her beauty products firm SKKN By Kim, 3 years after selling the stake for $200m. New York-based Coty bought the 20% stake in the reality TV star’s beauty brand in June 2020, valuing the company at $1bn.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

Landmark Management has sold a 40% stake to Rosemont to help the firm’s founder execute an internal succession plan. Private equity firm Rosemont Investment Group has acquired a 40% stake in Landmark Management, a New York-based multi-family office that oversees about $4.5bn in non-discretionary client assets.

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