The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2023

When a company is privately held, it typically raises funds from sophisticated investors such as venture capitalists or private equity firms. These institutions buy an ownership stake in the form of equity in the company in exchange for investment capital. How does IPO investing work?

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

Phoenix Equity Partners (Phoenix), a UK private equity firm specialising in working alongside founder-entrepreneurs, has made a growth investment in UK cybersecurity specialist Cybanetix, marking the fifth investment from the firm’s 2022 Fund. Cybanetix was advised by BCLP.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Carlyle Group has delayed the closure of its new pan-Asian buyout fund after strong demand for a separate Japan-focused vehicle sapped investor interest, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation. Typically, such fundraising efforts are completed within 18 months.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Adenia Partners (Adenia), a private equity firm focused on growth opportunities in Africa, has acquired 100% of The Courier Guy, a specialist in last-mile delivery and express parcel services in South Africa, alongside co-investors DEG, Proparco, and South Suez. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 24, 2024

Global strategy consulting firm Stax has opened a new office in London, following the January hiring of Phil Dunne as managing director to lead the firm’s UK and EMEA practice.

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Axial

MARCH 11, 2025

Advisors will assess the buyers ability to fund the acquisition, including where the funds will come from and how the purchase will be financed whether through cash, debt, or a combination. Most credible competitors will have sufficient cash on hand to make the acquisition without raising outside equity.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

“The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has verbally okayed the proposal and due diligence is on.” Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Two private equity funds – CA Basque Investments and Verventa Holdings – collectively hold another 16.05%.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 4, 2023

Investors in NPV ESG include KLP, a German occupational pension fund, and a large Nordic pension fund. NPV ESG expects to secure commitments from additional investors in its second close later this year, with several investors currently active in due diligence. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Read more Endeavor Closes $610m Equity Fund The investment vehicle is anticipated to yield a total capitalization of more than $1.5 read more Next Capital Announces Fund V, final close at $375m Mid-market private equity firm Next Capital has locked in $375m for its latest fund, which saw.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Two private equity players take Focus private in an all-cash deal; the firm’s stock has ceased trading on the NASDAQ. Focus Financial Partners said Thursday it has closed on the sale of the company to private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier and Rice and Stone Point Capital for more than $7bn in cash.

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Axial

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, despite increasing numbers of independent sponsors, family offices, search funds, and other less conventional buyers, private equity funds remain the most prominent type of financial buyer in the market. Today we are featuring the 25 Most Active Private Equity Firms on the Axial platform.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 15, 2023

A Singapore-based private equity firm started by two former investors from sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte has raised $567m to spend on deals across Southeast Asia and India. The firm was founded by managing partner Amit Kunal and partner Choo Koon Po in late 2021. Another adviser is Indonesian scion Arif P.

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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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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Middle market private equity firm Gryphon Investors (Gryphon) has completed the sale of RoC Skincare (RoC) to Bridgepoint Europe VII, a fund focused on investing in mid-market growth businesses. RoC was advised by Raymond James for M&A, Kirkland & Ellis for legal and PWC for financial and tax due diligence.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The private equity firm is in discussions with Global Switch’s Chinese owners about a potential deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. An agreement could be reached in the coming months depending on the outcome of the due diligence, the people said.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Mr. Schwartz joins Cortec from TZP Group , a lower middle market private equity firm which invests primarily in consumer and business-to-business products and service companies. The firm was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in New York City. The new fund closed above its target of $2.5 billion hard cap.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Armen, an investment firm focused on acquiring stakes in private equity firms, has appointed Dominicus von Neree as Director of Investor Relations and Paul Kucerin as Managing Director, Head of DACH Investment, in its team in Germany.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Israeli private equity fund Fortissimo Capital is closing on a deal to acquire Israeli telecommunications company Cellcom. In the next two weeks, Fortissimo, managed by Yuval Cohen, will receive exclusivity for the acquisition of control of Cellcom, headed by CEO Daniel Sapir, and will perform a targeted due diligence.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Partners Brett Estwanik, Paul Kaboub and Chris Stoeckle have launched Inyarek Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm investing in energy transition across both direct investment vehicles and traditional commingled funds. The firm has already completed its first investment in partnership with institutional investors.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A recent Novata and Oliver Wyman study underscored the strategic advantage private equity firms have to tap into the value creation opportunities of ESG by considering these environmental, social, and governance factors across the investment lifecycle.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

offer, enough for the Estia board to grant Bain due diligence to examine the inner workings of the company. Read more Eqt Private Equity to Sell Schülke to Consortium Led by Athos for Around €1.4bn EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT VIII fund ("EQT Private Equity") has agreed to sell.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Hyperion Equity Partners, a mid-market private equity firm specialising in buy-and-build strategies, has launched Ranger Fire & Security with funding from alternative lender ThinCats, following its acquisition of two UK fire and security businesses, Ignis Fire Protection and Amerex Fire International.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

More than half of large PE firms are looking to acquire an artificial intelligence (AI) business, according to the second annual Global M&A Trends and Risks Report from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and M&A intelligence specialist MergerMarket.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This can require lots of effort when it comes to performing due diligence, and there's always the risk that you could be wrong. Typically, a start-up will raise funds during its early days from venture capitalists (VC) or private-equity firms. Hercules Capital: 10.3%

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Sydney-headquartered software firm Canva hit a peak valuation of $40 billion in late 2021, only to be revised sharply lower to $25.5 Major funds including Aware Super and Hostplus were investors. Private assets are popular in Australia's A$2.4 billion last August amid a downturn in technology stocks.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Private Equity Private equity is a form of alternative investment that involves investing in privately-held companies. It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Private Equity Private equity is a form of alternative investment that involves investing in privately-held companies. It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms.

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Trivest Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2024

DECEMBER SPOTLIGHT Cory Sandrock Managing Partner FIRM OVERVIEW Pareto & Company provides institutional partners and individual investors with hard-to-source, niche opportunities. They apply a nimble process to find compelling investment opportunities in lower-middle-market companies that larger private equity firms may overlook.

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Axial

AUGUST 23, 2024

You must plan the transition, understand your business’s value, create compelling marketing materials, and identify the right buyers to advance to the due diligence stage. This preparation will allow you to confidently address any questions buyers may have during due diligence.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 9, 2024

Each of which were funded by follow-on debt investments by Main Street for a total of over $36 million of incremental debt investments in these portfolio companies. Both of which would become effective upon a listing of the fund's shares. We've also continued to produce positive results in our asset management business.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds recently interviewed Suyi Kim, Global Head of Private Equity at CPP Investments to go over what drives success at their giant PE portfolio: Suyi Kim, global head of private equity at CPP Investments manages quite possibly the largest private equity allocation in the world.

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The Private Equiteer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

But with the increasing hiring of candidates from management consulting (and other non-banking) backgrounds and the recruiting cycle arms race, some self-study is warranted for aspiring private equiteers. At minimum, I would expect a new associate to be able to put together a simple LBO or three-statement model quickly based on a CIM.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. Michael Fisch : 00:07:15 [Speaker Changed] The largest fund then was KKR with $175 million. The second largest fund was Forman little with 150. These are, those entire funds are like partial transaction.

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Axial

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Whether you aim to find a new owner to continue your legacy, fund a new venture, or exit quickly to focus on other priorities, finding the right buyer is essential. These buyers can include private equity firms, family offices, independent sponsors, holding companies, search funds, or individual investors.

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The Big Picture

JULY 26, 2022

Graham Weaver is the founder and partner at Alpine Investors, a private equity firm, focusing on software and services. Graham has a really interesting background, both engineering at Princeton and essentially launching a PE firm while he was a graduate student at Stanford. WEAVER: Yeah. WEAVER: Yeah. RITHOLTZ: All right.

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Axial

MAY 23, 2023

They tend to have fewer portfolio companies than private equity firms, which affords them a high degree of personal attention post-acquisition. The firm provides strong strategic and operational support and develops creative and flexible capital solutions that are attractive to owners.”

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Trivest Partners

JANUARY 16, 2024

I’ve invested in media, telecom, healthcare, franchises, real estate, and assorted other sectors throughout my career as part of large funds (ABRY Partners), my own fund (Avalon Equity Partners), individual investments, and various partnerships with other seasoned private equity investors.

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