Deals
AI startup Anthropic is planning to raise an additional $2bn in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that values the business at $60bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the deal.
Keyhaven Capital Partners has partnered with Miura Partners and Evolve Healthcare Partners to support their acquisition of HealthTech BioActives, a global specialist in natural ingredients and active pharmaceutical production.
Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and BC Partners have joined forces to agree a deal to acquire GFL Environmental’s Environmental Services business at an enterprise value of CAD8bn ($5.59bn).
HBX Group, the Spanish travel technology company known for its Hotelbeds brand and backed by private equity firms Cinven, EQT, and Canadian pension fund CPP Investments, is gearing up for a €1bn initial public offering in the coming weeks, according to a report by Reuters.
IK Small Cap II Fund, a fund owned and managed by European private equity firm IK Partners, has agreed to sell its stake in GeoDynamics, a Belgian software firm focused on solutions for Human Resources finance professionals, to Blinqx.
Blackford Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm, has closed the sale of portfolio company Mopec Group, a supplier of equipment, consumables, and services for pathology and anatomy professionals, to PE firm Waud Capital Partners.
US private equity firm KKR is reportedly considering selling its majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu, in a deal estimated to be worth several hundred billion yen (equivalent to several billion dollars), according to a report from the Nikkei business daily on Tuesday.
Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in business services companies, has completed a majority growth recapitalisation in executive compensation and leadership consultancy, Pearl Meyer & Partners.
Global investment firm Carlyle’s Global Credit platform has provided a strategic capital package of NOK2.75bn ($250m) to Jordanes ASA, one of Norway’s leading brand houses to finance a management buyout of Jordanes, led by Co-Founders Jan Bodd and Stig Sunde.
Wall Street is gearing up for a resurgence in initial public offerings as private equity firms including Blackstone, Carlyle, and Hellman & Friedman look to capitalise on buoyant US equity markets to offload investments, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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