AshGrove Capital (AshGrove), an independent pan-European speciality lender, has held the final close of AshGrove Speciality Lending Fund II at its hard cap of €650m, surpassing its original target of €500m.
Private investment giant Stonepeak has agreed to acquire Boundary Street Capital, a private credit firm with a focus on digital infrastructure, enterprise software, and technology services in the lower middle market.
California-based General Galactic, which is developing methods to generate fossil-free energy, announced that it has raised $8 million in seed funding, bringing total investment in the company to $10 million. Founded in 2023 by former SpaceX and Varda Space Industries engineers Halen Mattison and Luke Neise, General Galactic is developing a modular hardware platform that […]
Der Global Private Equity Outlook 2025 liefert Dealmakern wichtige Erkenntnisse für die Mittelbeschaffung, den Kapitaleinsatz und die Rückkehr an den Verhandlungstisch in den nächsten zwölf Monaten. 60 % der Befragten weltweit bieten inzwischen ein Ko-Investitionsprogramm an. 44 % der Befragten würden mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit eine Privatisierung in Betracht ziehen. 82 % der Befragten gehen davon […]
Shares of Germany’s Evotec SE rose by up to 16.2% on Monday after news that private equity firm Triton Partners has acquired a substantial stake in the drug discovery and development specialist ahead of a potential takeover bid for the company, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firms are forecasting a substantial rise in UK deal activity in 2025, with 84% expecting to execute between five and ten deals, according to a report by Reuters citing a survey by Deutsche Numis published on Tuesday.
Das Berliner PropTech-Unternehmen KUGU um die beiden Geschäftsführer Christopher von Gumppenberg und Niko Mikac, startet mit dem erfolgreichen Abschluss einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde über 8,5 Millionen Euro in das wichtige vierte Quartal. Als neue Investoren und Gesellschafter konnten Tengelmann Ventures, Gewobag ID sowie die Branchenexperten Michael Lowak (ehemaliger CEO Germany G+E GETEC Holding GmbH) und Axel Müller […]
Zurich-based energy transition-focused investor Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) announced today an agreement with Italian energy company Eni to increase its investment in Eni’s renewables, retail and EV charging company Plenitude, with an additional capital injection of €209 million (USD$222 million). Following the new investment, EIP will hold a 10% stake in Plenitude, following its initial […]
Private equity firm Partners Group is considering selling a stake in the International Schools Partnership (ISP), a UK-based global network of private schools valued at up to €5bn ($5.38bn), according to a report by Reuters.
Global pension funds have continued to ramp up their private equity investments in 2024, with the 20 largest funds globally allocating a combined $707.6bn to the asset class so far this year, according to a report by Banking Exchange.
Aviation electrification company Archer announced a new agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL) and Sumitomo Corporation air mobility-focused joint venture Soracle, including an intended purchase of up to 100 electric aircraft for approximately $500 million. The agreement follows the launch earlier this year by JAL and Sumitomo of Soracle, aimed at establishing an electric vertical take-off […]
Shares of private equity giant Carlyle Group surged by 9.7% on Thursday after the firm posted steady third-quarter profits that surpassed Wall Street expectations, with increased fee income balancing out higher compensation expenses, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US manager raises $1.6bn despite continuing slowdown in private equity Shamrock Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with $6.6bn AUM which invests in the media, entertainment, content, communication, sports, marketing, and education sectors, has raised $1.6bn across two funds. Growth VI launched in Q1, hitting its hard cap of $1.25bn. Clover I raised roughly […]
Blackstone Real Estate is to acquire Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (ROIC), which specialises in grocery-anchored retail properties, in an all-cash take-private deal valued at approximately $4bn, including debt.
Norway-based FREYR Battery announced an agreement to acquire the U.S. solar manufacturing assets of China-based Trina Solar, and with it Trina’s new 5 GW, 1.35 million square foot solar module manufacturing plant in Texas, for total consideration of $340 million.
