Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are considering a buyout of the connected fitness company, which is looking to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 consecutive quarters of losses.
Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors on Monday agreed to go public by merging with blank-check firm Churchill Capital IV Corp in a deal that valued the combined company at a pro-forma equity value of $24 billion.
European private equity firm Innova Capital has closed its latest fund, Innova/7, raising €407m, surpassing its €350m target and $400m hard cap. Innova/7 focuses on business and financial services, industrials and consumer & lifestyle, attracting institiutional and commercial support from Polish investors, whose total share in now over 25%, as well as elsewhere in Europe […]
Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $900bn of assets under management, has agreed to invest $1.5bn to acquire a 51% stake in asset-based private credit specialist Castlelake’s fee-related earnings.
Private equity majors Blackstone and KKR as well as Sony Group are among a number of parties interested in acquiring Japan-based online comic store company Infocom in a deal that could be worth up to $1.28bn (JPY200bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Advent International offered 1.2 billion euros (993.5 million pounds) to take UNIT4 private, which the Dutch business software firm said would help it speed up expansion without the pressures of being listed on the stock market.
Private equity powerhouse KKR & Co said on Tuesday it has raised $15 billion for its fourth Asia-Pacific focused fund, marking the region’s biggest private equity fund at a time when buyout-backed deals are on the rise.
Vollständige Klubübernahmen oder zumindest Beteiligungen an Fußballklubs stehen heutzutage an der Tagesordnung. In den letzten Jahren sind auf diese Weise große Fußballnetzwerke entstanden. Doch wer sind die wichtigsten Investoren, und welche Klubs sind betroffen?
Bain Capital erwirbt eine Minderheitsbeteiligung im Wert von 250 Millionen Dollar an der Unternehmensdienstleistungsfirma Sikich, die damit ihre Expansionspläne finanzieren will, teilten die Unternehmen am Donnerstag mit.
Green hydrogen startup Hysata announced today that it has raised $111 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at advancing its electrolyzer technology and expanding production. Hydrogen is viewed as one of the key building blocks of the transition to a cleaner energy future, particularly for sectors with difficult […]
Japanese multinational investment company SoftBank Group has been considering the acquisition of Graphcore, a UK semiconductor startup that has faced challenges despite a previous valuation of $2.8bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $900bn of assets under management, has agreed to invest $1.5bn to acquire a 51% stake in asset-based private credit specialist Castlelake’s fee-related earnings.
Die Radicant Bank AG und die Direct-Lending-Plattform Swisspeers lancieren gemeinsam ein SDG-Label, das speziell auf die Bedürfnisse Schweizer KMU zugeschnitten ist. Sie setzen dabei auf den «radicant SDG Impact Score», der bereits in der Vermögensverwaltung angewandt wird.
In den vergangenen Jahren habe es erschwerte Finanzierungsbedingungen gegeben, was sich sowohl auf die Verfügbarkeit als auch auf die Kosten von Krediten für M&A-Aktivitäten ausgewirkt habe. Die ersten Auswirkungen hätten sich Anfang 2022 in Form weniger fremdfinanzierter Übernahmen gezeigt, die geringer gewesen seien als in der ersten Zeit nach Corona. Dies habe sich auch auf […]
Das Geschäftsklima unter Venture-Capital-Investoren hat sich im ersten Quartal 2024 nach einem Rückschlag im Vorquartal wieder erholt. Doch noch geizen sie mit Wagniskapital. Die Zinswende und eine Konjunkturaufhellung können die Wende bringen.
