Private Equity & Private Capital News

Vistria Group, a private equity firm based in Chicago with ties to former President Barack Obama, has successfully closed a $3bn fund, adding to the growing list of Windy City investors raising capital over the past year, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg.

Private equity and venture capital investor EQT Group announced today the distributed energy company Scale Microgrids through its recently launched Transition Infrastructure strategy, from Warburg Pincus and other shareholders.

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Warburg Pincus is exploring strategic options for its portfolio company Modernizing Medicine (ModMed), which could include a sale in a deal valued at over $5bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

Buyout firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and its co-investors are edging closer to agreeing a deal for the $30bn sale of Calpine to Constellation Energy, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

California-based VC investor Trucks Venture Capital (Trucks VC) announced the launch of Trucks Venture Fund 3 (TVF3), its third flagship fund focused on startups aligned with its mission to make transportation decarbonized, safer, and more accessible.

AI startup Anthropic is planning to raise an additional $2bn in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that values the business at $60bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the deal.

Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and BC Partners have joined forces to agree a deal to acquire GFL Environmental’s Environmental Services business at an enterprise value of CAD8bn ($5.59bn).

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UK-based supply chain risk and performance management solutions provider Achilles announced today the acquisition of Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS), in a move described by the company as aimed at enhancing its supply chain sustainability capabilities and strengthening its US and Canadian presence.

US private equity firm KKR is reportedly considering selling its majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu, in a deal estimated to be worth several hundred billion yen (equivalent to several billion dollars), according to a report from the Nikkei business daily on Tuesday.

Insignia Financial’s shares surged to a three-year high on Monday after the Australian financial services company announced an AUD2.87bn ($1.78bn) takeover bid from US-based private investment firm CC Capital Partners, according to a report by Reuters.