Insight Partners has made its third heavyweight investment of the week by helping fractional trading and embedded finance specialist DriveWealth to a $2.85bn valuation. The post Third big Insight Partners deal this week sees DriveWealth
Private equity giant CD&R has raised the stakes in the bidding war for UK supermarket chain Morrisons, upping its bid to value the company at £9.7bn. The post CD&R raises stakes in Morrisons bidding war
Buyout giant Bain Capital has raised $1.9bn for its second life sciences-focused fund targeting pharma and biopharma, medical device and diagnostics deals. The post Bain Capital continues 2021 fundraising streak with hefty $1.9bn life science
Private equity fundraising continued to accelerate in Q2 to set the stage for what will likely be a record year, new research from PitchBook shows. The post Private equity fundraising accelerates away from Covid woes,
Growth markets investor Actis has sold Mexico's largest privately held stand-alone power generator Saavi Energía to Global Infrastructure Partners. The post Actis exits Mexican power generation major Saavi Energía to Global Infrastructure Partners first appeared
Sustainability and impact investor Bridges Fund Management’s summer of exits has continued with the sale of The Vet to trade buyer CVS Group. Bridges said it created UK-based The Vet in 2013 after recognising that although
Private equity major Partners Group has sealed its second deal of the week by agreeing to sell 2017 investment Straive to Baring Private Equity Asia. The post Partners Group sells Straive on to Baring PE
Growth equity specialist PSG has made a €60m investment in German gym and fitness suite software supplier Sport Alliance. Sport Alliance’s flagship product is a cloud-based management software solution for fitness studios, ‘Magicline’, and its adjacent member
API platform Postman has soared to a $5.6bn valuation thanks to a hefty Series D investment round led by private equity house Insight Partners. The post Postman soars to $5.6bn valuation thanks to Insight Partners-led
Avista Capital Partners has revealed its succession strategy as co-founder Tom Dean prepares to step away from his co-CEO position. The post Succession strategy revealed at Avista Capital as co-founder Dean prepares co-CEO exit first
CPS Capital has hit a C$100m final close for its debut committed capital fund after eight years of lower-middle market private equity investing. The post CPS Capital clears target for debut committed capital fund, hits
Buyout giant Blackstone has named veteran video game industry executive Hubert Larenaudie as its latest senior advisor. The post Blackstone hires video gaming veteran Larenaudie to advise on deals, industry trends first appeared on AltAssets
Felicis Ventures has pulled in $900m of new fundraising capital, just a year after raising more than $500m for its latest flagship investment vehicle. The post Felicis Ventures powers to $900m fundraising close, just a
Charter Oak Equity has sealed a quick return on its investment in commodity and engineering resins provider Chemres through a sale to Investindustrial portfolio business Benvic. The post Charter Oak seals quick Chemres exit with
Private equity major Permira is reportedly prepping a sale of business services company Tricor which could see it reach a $2bn valuation. The post Permira said to prep Tricor sale at up to $2bn valuation
Newly-launched private equity house Nexa Equity has continued its early dealmaking by making a majority growth investment in towing and parking enforcement SaaS software supplier AutoReturn. The post New buyout house Nexa Equity seals sophomore
JF Lehman & Co has sold BEI Precision Systems & Space Company after four years in its portfolio. The post JF Lehman sells space, defence sensor specialist BEI to Arcline portfolio company Quantic first appeared
Global private equity giant KKR has scored another real estate success by agreeing to sell a 14.5 million sq ft infill and light industrial portfolio to Oxford Properties for about $2.2bn. The post KKR’s real
Financial services focused private equity firm Lightyear Capital appointed Marc West as senior advisor to Fund V to support its fintech investments. The post Lightyear Capital hires ex-Fiserv CIO Marc West as senior advisor to
Permira continues busy week with CommentSold investment, ZMC exits
Private equity house Permira's busy week has continued with a strategic investment in digital commerce specialist CommentSold. The post Permira continues busy week with CommentSold investment, ZMC exits first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.