Private equity major Permira has sealed a buyout of EF Education First's children's English language education unit at a reported valuation of about $1.5bn.
Former Mastercard president and CEO Gene Lockhart has been hired by Blackstone as a senior advisor, with a focus on the firm's growth equity and opportunistic investment units.
Antin Infrastructure Partners has surged to a €6.5bn hard cap final close for its fourth flagship fundraise, underlining the extent to which LPs are flocking to more stable asset classes amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Private equity firms including Apollo Global reportedly remain wary of investing in troubled car rental business Europcar amid owner Eurazeo asking for last-ditch bids ahead of a potential restructuring.
Private equity giant Carlyle has raised at least $1.84bn for its second 'long-dated' investment fund, four years after closing its inaugural vehicle in the strategy.
A new private equity firm launched by a pair of former Gores Group investment execs has soared past its $300m fundraising goal for the final close of its debut investment vehicle.
Private equity major TPG has snapped up CPPIB's head of secondaries to launch its secondaries strategy in the US and Europe.
Investcorp has hit a €250m final close for its second CLO fund of the year to bring its total assets under management in the asset class to more than €7bn.
Italian fund manager Primomiglio has announced a €58m first close of a new venture capital fund focused on space investments.
Financial services-focused private equity specialist AnaCap Financial Partners has promoted a trio of long-serving executives to partners.
FinTech Mediant’s investors have injected a further $18.5m into the company to fuel the next stage of its strategic growth.
Cloud-native core banking technology firm Thought Machine has secured an additional $42m to its Series B, bringing the round’s total value to a hefty $125m.
Capricorn Venture Partners has made the second investment from its Digital Growth Fund by backing the €38m Series B round for medical device business Indigo Diabetes.
Private equity giant KKR, Carlyle and Blackstone are reportedly circling Rolls Royce's £1bn Spanish business ITP Aero.
Private equity house SK Capital Partners has agreed to buy the speciality polymers business from Baker Hughes.
Thompson Street Capital Partners has completed the sale of Analytical Lab Group, an industry-leading microbiology and viral lab, to trade buyer Element Materials Technology.
US private equity return multiples have surged this year after the global coronavirus pandemic caused a 'sugar rush' of sudden demand in certain sectors, new research shows.
Boston-based buyout house Berkshire Partners has agreed to pick up global gym operator CrossFit.
UK private equity investor LDC has provided the capital for the £30m merger of a trio of cloud-centric management services companies.
CyCognito, a cybersecurity solution that aims to uncover and prioritise risk from attacker-exposed systems, has closed its Series B round on $30m.
