Increasing demand for data storage and cloud computing services prompted private equity firms to acquire data centres in near-record numbers last year, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Global private equity remains set for further strong, long-term growth even in the face of a sudden reversal in 2022, driven by economic turbulence and uncertainty amid rising inflation and interest rates, according to Bain & Company’s 14th annual Global Private Equity Report.
Global growth equity private investment firm General Atlantic, has appointed senior advisor Samir Assaf as chairman of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a newly created role, as the firm looks to sharpen its strategic focus on the Middle East.
IK Partners’ IK Small Cap III Fund is to invest in Responda Group, a provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services to small and medium-sized enterprises in Sweden.Â
Spex Capital, an early-stage investor in healthtech solutions, is targeting €100 million for a new investment vehicle, the Spex Venture HealthTech Fund, which will invest globally in early-stage healthtech ventures, from seed to Series A, up to €5 million. The fund is a designated Article 9 impact fund under the
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired Kilwin’s Quality Confections, Inc and Kilwins Chocolates Franchise, Inc, a franchisor, retailer, manufacturer and distributor of premium quality chocolate, ice cream and confectionary products.Â
KKR has promoted Pete Stavros and Nate Taylor to global co-heads of the firm’s private equity business. The pair, who have served as KKR’s co-heads of private equity in the Americas since 2019, will now also take on responsibility for the firm’s PE businesses in Asia and Europe.
Thomas H Lee, widely regarded as a pioneer of private equity investment and leveraged buyouts, has been found dead at the age of 78 at his office in Manhattan. According to a New York Post report citing unidentified police sources, the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Lee’s body was
Indian carmaker Tata Motors is looking to raise up to $1 billion through the sale of a stake in its electric vehicle business and has opened discussions with a number of sovereign wealth funds and private equity investors over a potential deal, according to a report by the Economic Times.
Alternative credit investment firm Crescent Capital Group has held the final close of its eighth private credit solutions fund, Crescent Credit Solutions VIII, at $8 billion in investable capital, including targeted leverage and separately managed accounts investing alongside the fund – the largest capital raise in the firm’s history.Â
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