Economic headwinds saw UK M&A activity in 2023 fell to almost a fifth below levels seen in the previous year, according to PwC’s latest Global M&A Trends 2024 Outlook, a semi-annual analysis of global deals.
UK-based VCs Plural Platform and Iconical have co-led a $90m funding round for Starship Technologies, an autonomous robot last-mile delivery company founded by Skype Co-Founders Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla.
Braemont Capital, a Texas-based private investment firm founded by Robert Covington, a former Partner at RedBird Capital, has acquired Loenbro, a US construction services provider catering to the data centre, infrastructure and diversified industrial markets, from Tailwind Capital, a middle market private equity firm.
Ahead of the Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit, Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability at Stafford Capital Partners, talks to us about her vision of sustainability within the firm and the broader industry, trends to look out for this year and why GP outreach is key to net zero alignment.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is facing a legal challenge to its latest set of rules, which require hedge funds and private equity firms to detail quarterly fees and expenses to investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Everbridge, a specialist in critical event management and national public warning solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by software investment firm Thoma Bravo, in an all-cash take private transaction that values the business at approximately $1.5bn.
Texas-based private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners has closed its latest fund, Trinity Hunt Partners VII, at its hard cap of $700m in capital commitments, which was oversubscribed and had fundraising completed in under five months.
Brookfield Asset Management, a real assets-focused alternative asset manager with over $850bn of AUM, has held the first closing of the second Brookfield Global Transition Fund at $10bn in fund commitments and strategic capital.
Stockholm-based global investment firm EQT is reconsidering a potential $20bn initial public offering for Galderma, a pharmaceutical company and former subsidiary of Nestlé, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter.
Global alternative investment firm TPG has appointed Scott Lebovitz as a Partner and Head of Infrastructure for TPG Rise Climate, the firm’s dedicated climate investing platform, and part of its $18bn global impact investing platform, TPG Rise.
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