Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, has appointed David Roberts as a managing director in the firm’s digital commerce team, top focus on nvestments across eCommerce, marketplaces, consumer products, services and adjacent enabling software verticals. Roberts joins Great Hill after 11 years at
Carried interest earned by a group 255 of the UK’s top private equity dealmakers, totalled £2.7 billion in the 2020-2021 tax year, according to a report by The Financial Times, quoting deal analysis by law firm Macfarlanes.
Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund now ranks among the largest private equity allocators by portfolio percentage (33$%), having made more than $600 million in commitments to the asset class in FY 2023, according to a report by Buyouts Insider. The report cites board documents and meeting minutes as revealing
Pear VC has closed its fourth fund with $432 million in capital commitments, making it one of the largest seed funds raised in recent years by a non-multistage vehicle. The fund will target pre-seed and seed investments in AI.
Kinzie Capital Partners LP has held the final close of the company’s first institutional fund, Kinzie Fund II, with $150 million in total commitments, from a wide range of investors including foundations, endowments, pension funds and family offices.
Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire Meopta Optika (Meopta), a manufacturer of optical, opto-mechanical, and opto-electronic solutions founded in 1933 and headquartered in Prerov, Czech Republic. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Meopta is a vertically integrated developer and manufacturer of high-precision specialised industrial and
DCP Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in Greater China led by former executives from KKR and Morgan Stanley, is to acquire agribusiness giant Cargill’s poultry business in the country, according to a report by Reuters. The acquisition of Cargill Protein China, which is expected to close this
GLP Capital Partners Europe, a global alternative asset manager focused on thematic investing across private equity and real assets, has appointed Ben Marks as chief financial officer with immediate effect.
Generation Investment Management, a sustainable investment manager founded in 2004, has appointed Chris Ragona, an industry veteran with 25 years of private equity and business building experience, as a partner focused on the firm’s long-term equity strategy. Ragona will join Long-term Equity’s global leadership team and remain based in North
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has paid $250 million to acquire a stake of over 90%, through a combination of primary and secondary shares, in Vistaar Finance, a lender to small and medium businesses in India, according to a report by Deal Street Asia.
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