Private Equity & Private Capital News

Starbucks’ China has attracted interest from nearly 30 domestic and global PE firms, including buyout heavyweights KKR and Carlyle Group, with bids for a stake in the business valuing it at up to $10bn, according to a report by CNBC citing multiple unnamed sources.

UK-based IT services provider, Celerity, has acquired Silverstring, enhancing the former’s data protection and cyber recovery offerings within its managed services portfolio. Founded in 2002, Celerity provides advanced IT services with an emphasis on cybersecurity and highly available hybrid-cloud systems.

Private equity giants Permira, CVC Capital Partners, and EQT are among the leading contenders to acquire a controlling stake in Nuvama Wealth Management from Asia-focused firm PAG, in a potential $1.6bn deal, according to a report by the Economic Times.

Der Co-Leiter des europäischen Private Equity-Geschäfts von KKR spricht über die Zeitenwende in der Private-Equity-Branche, Europas große Chance und seinen Weg in die Finanzmetropolen der Welt.

Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire restaurant software provider Olo in a $2bn all-cash deal that values Olo at $10.25 per share — a 65% premium to its stock price prior to reports of a potential sale, according to a report by Bloomberg.

US private equity firm I Squared Capital has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire KKR’s Singapore-headquartered logistics business Goodpack, in a potential deal that could value the company at up to $1.5bn, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital Origin Fund (Origin) is to sell legaltech platform vLex to Clio, a global specialist in legal technology headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, in a deal that values the business at $1bn.

Angesichts aktueller Marktverwerfungen und der von den USA ausgehenden Unsicherheiten, insbesondere durch die verschärfte Zollpolitik, prüfen viele Private-Equity-Investoren eine Neuausrichtung ihrer Investitionsschwerpunkte. Immer häufiger wird Europa als strategisch relevante Ergänzung globaler Portfolios wahrgenommen. Benedikt Pfeuffer und Kay Gallus, Co-Heads Private Equity bei HQ Trust, analysieren die aktuelle Entwicklung und geben Hinweise, worauf Investoren bei Private-Equity-Engagements […]

EQT has agreed to sell Japanese automotive electronics company Pioneer Corp to CarUX, a subsidiary of Taiwan-listed Innolux Corp, for $1.1bn – marking the Swedish private equity firm’s largest-ever exit in Japan and its second deal in the country this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Japan is leading Asia’s M&A resurgence in 2025, racking up a record $232bn in deal volume in the first half of the year—driven in large part by a wave of private equity activity, take-private deals, and corporate carve-outs, according to a report by Reuters.

Jefferson Capital, the consumer debt buyer backed by private equity firm JC Flowers, soared 26.7% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday, achieving a market valuation of $1.2bn in a strong signal of renewed investor appetite for PE-backed IPOs, according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity firm Summit Partners has agreed to sell Los Angeles-based men’s grooming brand Dr Squatch to consumer goods giant Unilever in a deal reportedly worth $1.5bn, according to a report by the Financial Times.