Veritas Capital is bidding to take £2.3bn Nasdaq-listed Houghton Mifflin Harcourt private, Bloomberg reported. The post Veritas looking to take $2.3bn educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt private – report first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity
UK private equity house ECI Partners has brought in a new investor relations manager amid a trio of new hires. The post ECI brings in new investor relations manager amid trio of hires first appeared
Ares Management has bought specialist real estate company Automotive from a Brookfield private real estate fund for $3.8bn. The post Ares Management seals $3.8bn Automotive buyout from Brookfield first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
European mid-market investor Gilde Buy Out Partners has rebranded to Rivean Capital after 30 years in business. The post Veteran European investor Gilde Buy Out Partners rebrands to Rivean Capital first appeared on AltAssets Private
French private equity group Astorg has closed its first dedicated midcap fund on €1.3bn, beating its initial target and reaching its hard cap. The post Astorg hits €1.3bn hard cap for first dedicated mid-cap fund
The $43.9bn-managing Texas Country and District Retirement System has made another $400m of alternative asset fund commitments. The post TCDRS picks Cerberus, Crescent Capital among $400m of new alternatives fund commitments first appeared on AltAssets
US pension fund major the Virginia Retirement System has revealed $625m of new alternative investment fund commitments. The post Big credit fundraises from Ares, HPS get Virginia Retirement System backing first appeared on AltAssets Private
Warburg Pincus has made one of the largest investment in HRTech in LatAm by leading a $100m series B round in Brazilian human resources startup Solides. Solides provides human resources management software and corporate education
Credit investment major Crescent Capital has raised raised $3.2bn for its third direct lending fund - double the size of its sophomore vehicle. The post Crescent Capital celebrates $6bn of new investable capital with third
Consumer-focused early-stage investment house Forerunner Ventures has pulled in $1bn for its sixth flagship fund, twice the amount it collected for its 2020 predecessor vehicle. The post Forerunner Ventures raises $1bn for Fund VI, double
TorQuest Partners has closed a continuation fund to buy its 2016 investment Can Art Aluminum Extrusion from its fourth flagship fund. The post TorQuest raises continuation fund to take on 2016 Fund IV investment Can
Consumer-focused private equity house L Catterton has invested in Shanghai Enova Pet Products to mark its first foray into China's pet food market. The post L Catterton makes first move into Chinese pet food market
Venture capital veteran Sequoia Capital is creating a dedicated cryptocurrency fund as one of a trio of new vehicles which could raise more than $5bn between them. The post Sequoia Capital launches crypto vehicle amid
Silver Lake has moved a step closer to buying the commerical arm of New Zealand Rugby after the players' union reached an agreement in principle over the deal. The post New Zealand Rugby players agree
A private equity firm founder has been jailed for 15 months for his part in a widespread US college admissions scandal after trying to get his children in Harvard, Stanford and the University of Southern
Northern Europe-focused private equity house Verdane has made a significant minority investment in electric vehicle charging managed services provider EVA Global. The post Verdane taps hefty European growth impact fund for EVA Global deal first appeared
Global private equity major Warburg Pincus has bought patent search provider Minesoft alongside information services and software platform MLM 2, which the firm helped launch two years ago. The post Warburg Pincus buys into patent
Warburg Pincus-backed cybersecurity business eSentire is reportedly about to strike a $1.2bn valuation thanks to new investment from Canadian pension giant CDPQ and existing VC backer Georgian Partners. The post Warburg Pincus-backed eSentire to hit
Real estate tech-focused venture capital house Fifth Wall has expanded its investment outreach to Europe with the €140m final close for its latest real estate technology fund. The post Fifth Wall expands its proptech investing to Europe
FinTech Flutterwave has become Africa's most valuable fintech after a new wave of VC funding saw become worth more than $3bn. The post Flutterwave becomes Africa’s most valuable startup at $3bn thanks to new VC
