Private Equity & Private Capital News

Private equity heavyweights KKR and Stonepeak have raised their takeover bid for UK-listed healthcare real estate firm Assura to nearly £1.7bn ($2.3bn), in what they describe as their “best and final” offer, according to a report by Reuters.

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.

Laut Medienberichten hat A-Cap das Portfolio von 777 Partners ersteigert. Für den Berliner Fußball-Zweitligisten dürfte sich dadurch erst einmal nichts ändern.

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.

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.