The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2024

Despite his star power, he failed to launch a publicly traded investment fund last month, as demand fell short of expectations. Ackman planned to launch a closed-end fund called Pershing Square USA, which would have put him in charge of investing billions of investors' dollars. Hilton's scale gives it several advantages.

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Private Equity Professional

MAY 14, 2024

Fundraising for Fund IV began in January 2024. Vance Street, headquartered near Los Angeles in Pacific Palisades, makes control investments in North American-based companies with enterprise values of $30 million… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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Private Equity Professional

MAY 30, 2024

Riata Capital Group (RCG) has closed its second fund, RCG Equity Fund II LP, above its hard cap with capital commitments of $285 million.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

They are rare, but unicorn investments like Amazon , decades ago, have gone on to turn modest sums into fortunes. SoundHound AI's investment potential will depend on how much it can expand into new applications. Amelia is a conversational AI company for enterprises with nearly 200 customers across various industries. Absolutely.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

Pritzker Private Capital, the Chicago-based private equity firm founded by heirs to the Pritzker family fortune, is targeting $3bn for its fourth buyout fund, Pritzker Private Capital IV, according to a report by Buyouts Insider. PPC III was earning a 1.4x gross multiple and an 18.8

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Here's how the numbers break down: Average Enterprise Value-to-Sales Ratio (EV/S) From: 2004-2013 2014-2023 2003-2023 Boeing 0.9 Data on its average enterprise value-to-sales ratio for 2014 is missing because the company changed its fiscal year in 2015, skewing the data somewhat. General Dynamics 1.0 Lockheed Martin 0.8

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

OceanSound Partners (OceanSound), a growth-oriented PE firm that invests in technology and technology-enabled services companies serving government and highly regulated end markets, has held the final close of its second fund, OceanSound Partners Fund II, at $1.49bn.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Inflation and elevated interest rates made hydrogen projects more expensive to fund and even less appealing. Both of these stocks are volatile, but they have the potential to turn a modest $200 investment into a few thousand dollars over the next few years. With an enterprise value of $2.67 Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 21, 2024

And he was able to pad his numbers with an extremely timely investment in Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). In the fourth quarter of 2022, Druckenmiller bought over 580,000 shares of Nvidia for his investment firm Duquesne Family Office. He likely made a generalized bet because he has too much money to invest.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 11, 2023

CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI) has successfully secured about S$1.3 billion (US$950m) equity commitment from global institutional investors for three of its private funds recently, bringing its total equity raised to S$3.2bn to date this year. This divestment is also in line with our disciplined capital recycling efforts.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 14, 2024

What makes Berkshire Hathaway a resilient investment? A young Warren Buffett bought his first shares of Berkshire Hathaway, which was a struggling textile maker at the time, for his fund in 1962. Its wholly owned insurance underwriting and insurance-investment subsidiaries generated 40% of its total operating earnings in 2023.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2023

as a place to raise funds and get exposure to another class of investor. It has invested heavily in podcasts over the past five years, and has now added audiobook time to premium subscriptions. In fact, some of the most successful stocks on the market are foreign, but they see the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

billion and a market value of $24.5 MicroStrategy's Bitcoin portfolio is equal to about a third of the company's enterprise value of $73.3 It's also taking on a lot more debt and issuing more shares to fund those purchases. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,183 !*

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2024

It also invested considerable funds in short-term bonds, where they may stay for the foreseeable future. However, that still leaves the company open to finding more lucrative investments than Apple, and these artificial intelligence (AI) stocks could bring higher returns. Should you invest $1,000 in Monday.com right now?

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Charlesbank Capital Partners is aiming to raise $1.25bn for its third opportunistic credit fund, looking to invest in new corporate loans as well as to purchase them from other private credit shops to take advantage of market dislocations. The fund has already deployed $900m, according to one of the people.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Volpi Capital, a technology investor in the European lower mid-market, has held the final close of Volpi Capital Investments III with €428m in total capital commitments. Fund III will work with founders and management teams across Europe in B2B software and services businesses. Rede Partners advised on Fund III.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 14, 2023

Alpine Investors, a Certified B Corp private equity firm focused on investments in software and services companies, has completed fundraising for Alpine Investors IX (Fund IX) at the fund’s hard cap of $4.5bn in limited partner capital commitments. Fund IX, which had an initial fundraising target of $3.75bn, was oversubscribed.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ: MARA) represent two different ways to invest in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). MicroStrategy was once a slow-growth enterprise software company, but it went all-in on Bitcoin by buying the world's top cryptocurrency during the past four years. That's 35% of its enterprise value of $4.83

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

Thomas H Lee Partners, one of the oldest private equity firms in the industry, has set a fundraising target of $6.25bn for its latest buyout fund, Thomas H Lee Equity Partners X, according to a report by Private Equity International.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

So finding a company that can facilitate AI uses across practically any company could be an incredible opportunity to invest in a transformative business. Cathie Wood and her team at Ark Invest believe they've found two such companies, and they're all in on these stocks. That makes its enterprise value-to-sales multiple of 9.4

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The Motley Fool

JULY 6, 2024

Gates isn't the only centibiliionaire funding the nonprofit. The foundation's trust includes an equity portfolio valued at around $46 billion today, but over two-thirds of that amount, about 68%, is invested in just three stocks. Microsoft has become a leader in AI, thanks in part to its investment in ChatGPT creator OpenAI.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

L Squared Capital Partners (“L Squared” or “the Firm”) is thrilled to announce that it recently held the final closing for its fourth private equity fund (“Fund IV”), at $840m. L Squared fully committed its $505m third fund earlier this year with the investment in ERA Industries.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 2, 2024

New York-headquartered alternative investment firm New Mountain Capital has held the final close of its seventh control-oriented fund, New Mountain Partners VII, with $15.4bn in capital commitments. New Mountain’s previous flagship fund, Fund VI, was also oversubscribed and closed with approximately $9.6bn of commitments in 2020.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Global private investment giant Blackstone Inc has launched a new Asia-focused private equity (PE) fund – its third Asia-buyout fund – with a fundraising target of at least $10bn, according to a report by Reuters. The allocation strategy could shift based on changing macroeconomic conditions, according to one of the sources.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The British investor has closed its second fund Origin II at 750m euros. This means that the new fund exceeds its predecessor Origin I, which was closed in 2021 and is worth 458m euros, by around 65 percent, as Oakley announced. Oakley’s Origin fund generation is aimed at small and medium-sized companies in the mid-market sector.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 21, 2024

. “We appreciate the unique capabilities that this business delivers to some of the most demanding customers in the pharma and life sciences sectors, and we look forward to investing aggressively to expand the company’s commercial and technical reach,” said David Wong , a partner at Audax Private Equity.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

Private, employee-owned investment firm Neuberger Berman has launched the NB Direct Private Equity Fund 2024 and the NB Global Private Equity Access Fund, both of which aim to make global private equity offerings more accessible to retail investors. The minimum investment required for most share classes is €25,000.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Alter Domus, a global provider of end-to-end tech-enabled fund administration, private debt, and corporate services for the alternative investment industry, has secured a new strategic investment from private equity firm Cinven. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

The firm announced its official entrance into the market, fortified by a funding injection of up to $100m provided by private equity firm, Altamont Capital Partners. Altamont, known for its insurance investing focus, recognises the potential of Augment’s strategy.

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Private Equity Professional

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This acquisition marks Vance Street’s second Fund IV platform and its 15th investment in the life sciences and medical sector. “Prince’s focus on eco-friendly sterilization services and products across the pharmaceutical and medical device markets is a great fit with our past investing experience.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

TJC, a middle-market private equity firm investing primarily in North American businesses, has held the final closing of Resolute Fund VI (Resolute VI), with total capital commitments of $6.85m, an amount significantly above its initial $6bn hard cap.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Epiris, a private equity firm that targets control positions in UK-headquartered businesses with an enterprise value of between £75m and £500m, has held the final close of Epiris Fund III with total capital commitments of £1.044bn.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Private investment firm Gridiron Capital has held the final closing of Gridiron Capital Fund V and its affiliated funds (Gridiron V) with $2.1bn in capital commitments, in excess of the its original $1.8bn and 56% larger then the firm’s previous fund.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

L Squared Capital Partners has held the final closing for its fourth private equity fund (Fund IV) with $840m of capital commitments, taking the total raised by the firm from investors since its launch in July 2014, to over $2bn. L Squared fully deployed its $505m third fund earlier this year through investments in ERA Industries.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Alternative credit manager Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (Kennedy Lewis) has closed its third opportunistic credit fund, Kennedy Lewis Capital Partners Master Fund III LP and its associated parallel and co-investment vehicles, with $4.1in capital commitments.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

WH Equity Partners, a US private equity firm focused on growth investments and buyouts in the small and mid-cap sectors, has been launched by Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Peter Weinbach and Senior Managing Director Grant Harshbarger.

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KKR

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

("Instructure"), a leading learning ecosystem, today announced the close of its acquisition by investment funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Dragoneer, a growth-oriented investor, for $23.60 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $4.8

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