Carlyle Group has delayed the closure of its new pan-Asian buyout fund after strong demand for a separate Japan-focused vehicle sapped investor interest, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.
Valor Equity Partners, an operational growth-focused private equity investment firm with $17.5bn in assets under management, has held the final closing of its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI at $2.35bn, surpassing its original $2bn target.
Mid-market private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has closed the merger of its portfolio company TranSystems with Gannett Fleming, another transportation infrastructure service firm and a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners.
LGT Capital Partners is expanding its semi-liquid open-ended solutions with the addition of two new private equity and private credit vehicles, allowing investors to invest efficiently in the firm’s fully funded structures and the LGT Endowment.
Single-family office Leon Capital Group has partnered with iCapital, a global fintech platform that provides the wealth management industry with access to alternative investments.
Anduril Industries, a defence technology start-up, has raised $1.5bn in a fundraising round led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, and Sands Capital, which values the California-based start-up at $14bn.
LA-based private equity firm Meaningful Partners has acquired Fitness Ventures, a US health and wellness platform and the second largest franchisee of Crunch Fitness.
Private equity buyout activity made a resurgence in the first half of the year, with direct lending emerging as a crucial component in the current market topography, according to the latest data from Mergermarket and Debtwire.
Vista Equity Partners, the software and technology-focused private equity firm with over $100bn in assets under management, is considering the sale of Finastra’s Capital Markets division at a valuation of at least $2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Earnings data compiled by Bloomberg has revealed that listed PE firms are amassing significant capital ahead of a resurgence in dealmaking, with seven major firms reporting a combined $722bn in dry powder as of 30 June, a 9% increase from the previous year.
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