Private equity giant Advent International is one step closer to sealing its largest UK deal this year after Spectris, the British precision instrumentation and software company, said it would back a formal £3.73bn ($5.06bn) offer – if Advent proceeds, according to a report by Reuters.
PHILADELPHIA / LONDON (IT BOLTWISE) – Das Sportstätten-Startup Ballers hat in einer Serie-A-Finanzierungsrunde 20 Millionen US-Dollar von einer Gruppe von Investmentfirmen und professionellen Athleten eingesammelt.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) posted an 11.3% time-weighted return on its private equity portfolio in 2024, as the $544bn pension giant continues an aggressive push to reshape its exposure to the asset class, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) announced the completion of their acquisition of European waste-to-product company Renewi, in a deal valuing the company at approximately £707 million (USD$957 million). Headquartered in the UK, Renewi focuses on extracting value from waste and used materials, diverting waste flows from incineration or landfill, operating […]
Carbon removal technology company Aircapture announced that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at scaling its Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems to capture and re-use CO2 at industrial sites. Founded in 2019, California-based Aircapture provides modular on-site DAC machines that capture CO2 from the […]
Laut Medienberichten hat A-Cap das Portfolio von 777 Partners ersteigert. Für den Berliner Fußball-Zweitligisten dürfte sich dadurch erst einmal nichts ändern.
Fundraising for traditional private equity buyout funds is running at very low levels. But institutional investors are more enthusiastic about opportunities in real estate and infrastructure and secondaries.
Stonepeak Partners is in exclusive discussions to support a buyout of Malaysian energy infrastructure firm Yinson Holdings Bhd, in a deal that could value the Kuala Lumpur-listed company at up to MYR9bn ($2.1bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Neuberger Berman has raised over $4bn for its latest GP-led secondaries vehicle, NB Strategic Capital Fund II, marking one of the largest fundraises to date in the rapidly expanding market for sponsor-backed continuation vehicles.
Der börsenotierte US-Finanzinvestor Apollo Global Management hat angekündigt, innerhalb der nächsten zehn Jahre bis zu 100 Mrd. USD in Deutschland zu investieren.
TPG Angelo Gordon is serving as an anchor investor in a new debt package for Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI Corp, according to a report by Bloomberg News citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Yale University is close to finalising a major secondary sale of private equity and venture capital interests valued at up to $2.5bn, marking one of the largest GP-led secondary processes seen in recent months, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
Deutschland will Innovation, scheut aber das Risiko. Investor Carsten Puschmann fordert: Der Staat muss lernen, Milliarden zu riskieren – sonst bleiben uns nur die Ideen anderer.
Thoma Bravo has raised more than $34.4bn across three private equity funds, marking one of the largest software-focused fundraising efforts in recent years and underscoring sustained investor appetite for the firm’s high-conviction buyout strategy.
Climate solutions-focused multi-stage investor Energize Capital announced today that it has raised $430 million in capital commitments at the close of its Ventures Fund III, aimed at investing in digital technologies accelerating the energy transition. Despite a difficult climate investing environment, Energize said that the fund was oversubscribed, and was raised in just 16 months, […]
