Deals
Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are lining up to provide around $1.6bn in funding to support a potential take-private deal for L’Occitane International by the company’s owner Reinold Geiger, which could value the skincare business at about $7bn including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
- 29/04/2024
Private equity firm GTCR has agreed to acquire AssetMark Financial Holdings, a wealth management technology platform for financial advisors, in a take-private deal that values the business at approximately $2.7bn.
- 26/04/2024
The energy transition powered a recovery in European venture capital in the first quarter of 2024, as investors directed more funds to startups focused on solving the climate crisis, according to Dealroom’s Europe Q1 report.
- 25/04/2024
US middle-market private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners has closed a $1.2bn single-asset continuation vehicle for its stake in Circana, a global consumer behaviour adviser, with Blackstone Strategic Partners and HarbourVest Partners acting as lead investors in the transaction.
- 25/04/2024
- 25/04/2024
Concord, a US investment group backed by Apollo Global Management, has raised its bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to $1.5bn, surpassing a competing offer from Blackstone and initiating a bidding war, according to a report by the Financial Times.
- 25/04/2024
Funds advised by private equity firm Triton have agreed to sell EQOS, a European specialty installation and service company providing critical infrastructure, to Eiffage Énergie Systèmes, part of French construction group Eiffage.
- 25/04/2024
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone will acquire Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a franchisor of fast casual restaurants, from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, marking the first deal from the most recent vintage of Blackstone’s flagship PE strategy.
- 25/04/2024
- 25/04/2024
IK Partners’s IK Partnership II Fund has acquired a minority stake in A-SAFE, a UK designer, manufacturer and distributor of industrial polymer safety barrier systems, from the company’s management team, led by Co-CEOs James and Luke Smith.
- 24/04/2024
Manchester-based private equity firm Palatine has exited specialist fleet solutions provider NRG Riverside via a sale of the business, following significant investment in its people and operations, to Astatine Investment Partners, a specialist PE investor focused on infrastructure investments.
- 24/04/2024
- 24/04/2024
Private equity firm PAI Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Audiotonix, a UK designer and manufacturer of professional audio mixing consoles and equipment, from Ardian, who will retain a minority stake alongside management.
- 24/04/2024
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