French evergreen fund Crédit Mutuel Equity (CME) is beefing up its German dealmaking capacity with two new appointments and a new industry advisory board in an effort to ramp up its investments in Europe’s largest
More than half (54%) of European mid-market private equity firms expect the number of new acquisitions they will make in the next year to increase, according to research carried out by investment research firm Third
Global buyout giant Apollo has agreed to make a $175m strategic investment in community solar assets owner-operator Summit Ridge to tap into the high-growth segment of the renewables market. The post Apollo to tap into high-growth
The $204bn-managing Texas Teachers' Retirement System has backed a string of new private equity and real estate funds managed by firms including Blackstone and EQT. The post Blackstone, EQT megafunds among latest Texas Teachers’ commitments
UK private equity investor Pelican Capital is celebrating a roughly 6.5x return through the exit of parking technology provider YourParkingSpace. The post Pelican Capital scores 6.5x return through savvy YourParkingSpace investment first appeared on AltAssets
Crypto startup investor Multicoin Capital has scored a hefty fund size increase through the $430m final close of its third flagship VC fund. Venture Fund III is a marked step-up from the $100m sophomore vehicle Multicoin
Submissions for the 2022 Unquote British Private Equity Awards are now open until 29 July at 5pm.
Global private equity giant KKR has hit a $2.1bn final close for its first fund dedicated to asset-based finance investments. The post KKR raises $2.1bn for debut asset-based finance fund amid rising demand in sector
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced today that it is partnering with Andrew K. “Andy” Silvernail, the former Chairman and CEO of Madison Industries and IDEX Corporation, to pursue new acquisition
The Bolt-ons Digest is a compilation put together by Unquote with the main add-on deals announced by PE-backed companies in Europe over the last few days.
Amidst a crowded fundraising market and a tough macroeconomic environment, final closes of private equity funds in Europe to date in 2022 have struggled to keep up with the same period in 2021. However, a
Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised a mammoth $7bn of capital across a trio of funds for early and growth stage investments. The post Lightspeed closes fund trio with $7bn of committed capital first appeared on
Business and healthcare services-focused private equity investor Resolute Capital Partners has hit a target-beating $405m final close for its fifth flagship fund. The post Nashville’s Resolute beats target for fifth flagship fund targeting business, healthcare
KKR is in talks with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group to divest software firm MYOB. Local media said the deal can be priced at over A$4.5bn ($3.04bn). The post KKR in talks with
Carlyle has agreed to sell a majority stake in US government procurement and supply chain software provider Unison to Madison Dearborn Partners, two years after buying back into the business it previously owned in the
Tech-focused investor Francisco Partners has raised a mammoth $17bn across its new flagship private equity fund and a new growth vehicle. The post Francisco Partners cements place among private equity giants with $17bn double fundraise
Dallas-based buyout house Crossplane Capital sealed a rapid return to fundraising by beating its $325m target for its second fund. The post Crossplane races to over $325m for Fund II final close, just two years
Consumer-focused private equity major L Catterton has launched a new private credit platform, bringing in industry veteran Shahab Rashid to jointly lead the unit. The post L Catterton launches private credit platform, Adams Street’s Rashid
Financial services-focused private equity house Stone Point Capital has raised $9bn for the hard cap close of its biggest-ever fund. The post Stone Point surges to $9bn hard cap for massive new financial services-focused fundraise
