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. The transaction will see Beltone take a majority stake in Baobab. The deal was advised by Enexus Finance and remains subject to regulatory approvals.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

stake in TIM, with an official announcement expected soon. CVC had been in talks to acquire Vivendis 24% stake in TIM, positioning itself as the companys largest investor. State-backed financial conglomerate Poste Italiane is set to acquire state lender CDPs 9.8% Both TIM and Poste declined to comment.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Wingstop UK has sold a majority stake in its business to the US-based private equity firm Sixth Street, according to a report by Yahoo Finance. Despite Sixth Street taking control, Wingstop UK’s three co-founders will reportedly maintain a minority stake in the company.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

German private equity firm Maguar has taken a controlling stake in Navori Labs, aiming to drive the Swiss digital signage software companys global expansion. Moeri will remain actively involved in guiding the company through its transition to a broader management structure. Founded in 1998, Navori has sold over 1.25

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

Ogunlesi will help the company secure the infrastructure needed to advance artificial intelligence development. GIP, a private equity firm managing over $100bn in assets, owns stakes in Gatwick Airport and offshore wind projects. OpenAI has added Adebayo Ogunlesi, CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, to its board.

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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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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Private investment giant Blackstone, in partnership with smaller investors, is acquiring a majority stake in Citrin Cooperman, a US accounting firm, in a deal that values the company at over $2bn, according to a report by the Financial Times. Management stakes are also projected to grow over time through performance-based bonuses.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Ardian has already committed a third of the fund to eight transactions, including the acquisition of a majority stake in Diam, a provider of merchandising solutions for the beauty and luxury sector, and Vecos, a smart locker company. Source: Yahoo Finance Can’t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With the understanding that Citadel's hedge fund has hedged its positions with options contracts, its 13F shows that stakes in AI-fueled data-mining specialist Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and AI networking solutions colossus Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) were increased by 1,140% and 64%, respectively, during the June-ended quarter.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

on Monday after news that private equity firm Triton Partners has acquired a substantial stake in the drug discovery and development specialist ahead of a potential takeover bid for the company, according to a report by Bloomberg. Shares of Germany’s Evotec SE rose by up to 16.2%

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

CDP Equity (CDPE), a subsidiary of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group (CDP), and Trilantic Europe, a prominent pan-European private equity firm, have jointly acquired a majority stake in Diagram Group, an Italian agritech innovator. This acquisition marks the exit of the investment platform Nextalia, which had been a shareholder since 2022.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 7, 2025

A Blackstone-led investor group is acquiring a majority stake in US accounting firm Citrin Cooperman, valuing the company at over $2bn, according to sources cited by the Financial Times on Tuesday. agreed to buy a Permian Basin rival and a controlling stake in. read more US Pipeline Operator ONEOK Inks Two Deals for $5.9

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 31, 2025

AnaCap has taken a majority stake in Edge Group, an Italian insurance broking platform, marking one of the first investments for its latest flagship fund. The company offers brokerage, risk management, MGA, and welfare services to SMEs and large corporations across Italy.

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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. The US-based clothing company will maintain its independence following the acquisition. SB360 Capital Partners, chaired by American Eagles CEO Jay Schottenstein, also took part in the deal.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Vista Equity Partners has sold an $800m minority stake in LogicMonitor, a SaaS-based hybrid observability platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), to a consortium of investors including PSG, Golub Capital, and others.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2025

Warren Buffett, the famed investor and one of the world's wealthiest individuals, built his fortune primarily through his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). But if you think about it, a holding company is a business that owns other businesses. In a way, we, as investors, are all our own holding companies.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Both companies play important roles in the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) economy, but several billionaire fund managers sold some of their Palantir stakes and bought more shares of Nvidia during the third quarter. million shares of Palantir, reducing his stake by 91%. Ken Griffin of Citadel sold 5.1

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Between earnings season -- the six weeks every quarter where a majority of S&P 500 companies report their operating results -- and weekly economic reports, investors can become overwhelmed and allow important data to slip through the cracks. Image source: Getty Images.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In his six decades as Berkshire's chief, he's overseen a nearly 5,700,000% aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A). Company cash flow statements show that Berkshire's brightest investment minds have sold an aggregate of $166.2 million shares purchased increased Berkshire's stake to north of 264 million shares.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The company, run by investor Warren Buffett, keeps trimming its equity portfolio and is now sitting on close to $325 billion in cash on its balance sheet. He sold yet again in the third quarter, reducing the stake for Berkshire Hathaway to an estimated 300 million shares worth around $69.9 Then you’ll want to hear this.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 3, 2025

million shares of Nvidia, nearly tripling his stake. million shares of Apple, reducing his stake by 90%. million shares of Nvidia, increasing his stake by 75%. However, the company is truly formidable because it builds entire data centers. It is now his third-largest position excluding options. He also sold 4.9

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 25, 2024

He buys into companies with steady growth, robust profitability, strong management teams, and shareholder-friendly initiatives like stock buyback programs and dividend schemes, which help to compound his returns over time. of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the world's largest e-commerce company. Amazon: 0.8%

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Software and technology-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to sell a Qlik minority stake to a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), in a deal that values the data analytics company at $10bn. Thoma Bravo will retain majority ownership and plans an additional equity investment in the company.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Read more: [link] Tikehau Capital agreed to acquire a majority stake in TTSP HWP, a German technical advisory firm specialising in data centres. Originally founded as an architectural firm in 1991, the company pivoted exclusively to data centre projects in 2019.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The mobility and delivery services company went public at $45, but its stock sank below that price on the first day and dropped to an all-time low of $14.82 In the second quarter of 2024, David Tepper increased his stake in Uber by 10% to 1.5 million shares, and Daniel Loeb lifted his stake by 320% to 2.1 on March 18, 2020.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

He bought 5% of the entire company through Buffett Limited Partnership in the 1960s prior to taking his position as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He didn't forget about Amex, accumulating a substantial stake in the business in the early 1990s, and he's held onto those shares ever since. That stake is now 21.5% of the company.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

stock exchanges are home to eight companies with a valuation of at least $1 trillion as of Oct. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) : $1 trillion Apple became the first trillion-dollar company in 2018. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) : $1 trillion Apple became the first trillion-dollar company in 2018.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

MicroStrategy's Bitcoin portfolio is equal to about a third of the company's enterprise value of $73.3 So why is this enterprise software company still so bullish on Bitcoin? stake in MicroStrategy, which is mainly valued for its Bitcoin holdings rather than its enterprise software business. billion, and about 1.4% Another $6.5

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2025

Funds advised by global private investment firm Permira are to acquire a majority stake in Westbridge Advisory (Westbridge), a European energy and sustainability advisory firm servicing institutional real estate clients. The Company has international offices in London, Warsaw and Zurich.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Interestingly, 13Fs from the second quarter show that billionaire investors, including Citadel's Ken Griffin, have a mixed view of the companies powering the AI revolution. With this being said, perhaps no sell-side activity stood out more during the second quarter than Griffin and his crew shedding 79% of their fund's stake in Nvidia.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2025

The company has a major deal with Uber Technology 's (NYSE: UBER) Uber Eats food delivery platform, which will see thousands of its self-driving robots deployed across U.S. They are also the company's largest shareholders, which means they have a direct stake in its long-term success. cities in 2025. It spent $25.3

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Englander's Millennium slashes its stake in one of Wall Street's most-prominent AI stocks With the exception of Nvidia , there's probably not a hotter AI stock on the planet right now than Palantir. Shares of the company have more than tripled on a trailing-12-month basis, and they're up close to 690% over the trailing-two-year period.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Global private equity giant KKR has enlisted Goldman Sachs to explore the sale of its significant minority stake in the Philippine fintech company Maya, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. This round valued Maya at $1.4bn, demonstrating its growth trajectory.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

The capital was secured from a broad range of global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. Ardians secondary platform focuses on acquiring stakes in existing private equity funds and portfolios, offering liquidity to institutional investors looking to rebalance their holdings.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Over the span of roughly six weeks, a majority of America's most-important publicly traded companies will spill the beans to Wall Street and investors regarding their operating performance over the prior quarter. has restricted exports of the company's high-powered AI-GPUs to China, which is one of Nvidia's top-dollar markets.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This marks a roughly six-week stretch where most S&P 500 companies will lift their proverbial hoods and report their quarterly operating results from the most recent quarter. But during the second quarter, Englander oversaw the sale of 7,074,815 shares of Palantir , which reduced Millennium's stake by 59% to 4,973,308 shares.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

However, in recent years, competing media companies have invested in their own proprietary streaming services, and many have moved their content off of Netflix. While many old shows and movies can still be found there, the company has made a conscious effort to develop its own original content. On March 2, investors may get an answer.

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