Thompson Street Capital Partners has teamed with with seasoned pest control industry executive Jay Keating to form a new acquisition company, PestCo Holdings. The post Thompson Street eyes pest control market roll-up with new business
US buyout major GTCR has promoted Jeffrey Heh and Travis Krueger to managing director. The post GTCR promotes Kreuger, Heh to managing director first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
US private equity major GTCR has agreed the buyout of employee background screening specialist Cisive. The New York-based company provides screening and industry-specific data services to highly regulated, risk-sensitive sectors, with clients across segments including healthcare,
Fintech focused investment house Aquiline Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform Ripe following a 27% revenue growth last year. The post Aquiline Capital to buy
Global buyout giant Blackstone has hired Ryusuke Shigetomi from Morgan Stanley to succeed Katsuyuki Kuki as chairman in overseeing the firm’s business in Japan. Kuki will stay with the firm as an executive advisor. The
Platinum Equity has closed a continuation fund to take on its 2017 investment in portable toilet and site services business USS. The post Platinum Equity raises continuation fund to keep hold of 2017 investment USS
AE Industrial Partners has made an equity and debt investment in Fire Team Solutions, a provider of mission-critical tech services to the US intelligence community. The post AEI taps $400m-targeting equity, debt fund to back
Mid-market European tech investment house Volpi Capital has bought into UK driving feedback app Lightfoot. The post Volpi Capital buys into UK ‘Fitbit for cars and vans’ software developer Lightfoot first appeared on AltAssets Private
Global buyout giant Blackstone has agreed to acquire Australian clinical trials provider Nucleus Network. The post Blackstone to acquire Australian clinical trials provider Nucleus Network eyeing increasing demand from offshore biotech companies first appeared on
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has committed over $210m towards Asia Alternatives' New York Balanced Pool Asia Investors IV. The post NYSCRF puts over half of its new private equity commitments in Asia
Asia-focused alternative asset manager PAG is aiming to raise $9bn for its biggest buyout fund to date. If successful, the vehicle would be 50% bigger than the $6bn Fund III closed in 2019. The post
Seattle-based Goldfinch Partners has hired Matthew Herman from international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as partner and general counsel. The post Goldfinch hires long-time advisor Matthew Herman as partner and general counsel first appeared on
Software and data analytics-focused buyout house STG Partners has collected $860m for its STG Allegro which will predominantly make investments in lower mid-market software companies. The post STG Partners races to close $860m fund for
The European Cyber Security Organization (ECSO) is interested in partnering with European and international investors for its EUR 1bn European cybersecurity investment platform (ECIP), senior policy manager Danilo D’Elia told Unquote.
Carlyle has filed registration documents for Carlyle Europe Technology Partners V, the next fund in its strategy focusing on European lower-mid-market companies in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors.
The unexplained absence of Yasir al-Rumayyan, who oversees the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, has highlighted concerns about a lack of transparency.
US investment management major T Rowe Price has agreed to buy $53bn-managing alternative credit investor Oak Hill Advisors for up to $4.2bn. The post T Rowe Price buys $53bn-managing credit specialist Oak Hill Advisors first
Nautic Partners has surged to a $3bn final close for its tenth flagship private equity fund, double the size of its 2019 predecessor vehicle. The post Nautic Partners doubles previous total with $3bn Fund X
Widespread destruction from ever-more dangerous climate change events this year has seen swaths of North America, Africa, Siberia and southern Europe consumed by wildfires, mass flooding in Germany and temperatures in Vancouver reaching 50°C. Impact investment funds have been
Platinum Equity is reportedly the latest private equity major to eye a massive new fundraise, just a year after its $10bn Fund V close. The post Another buyout giant eyes biggest fund yet as Platinum
