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Healthcare and technology have not gone out of fashion for institutional investors, but these investors are looking to a small number of managers to deploy their capital, and ones that are crisis-hardened too…
Private equity remains the most popular asset class for investors in our survey but – facing pressure from the denominator effect and lower distributions – their fund commitments this year will be hotly contested.
Global investment firm Carlyle has led a $55m Series B investment round in Hack The Box, a cybersecurity upskilling and talent assessment platform, with a global community of more than 1.7 million members and a portfolio of more than 1,500 enterprise, government and university customers.
The new investment will aim to accelerate Hack The Box’s growth trajectory with a focus on further building out its “gamer-first” solutions offering, with ultra-realistic coding gameplay.
Carlyle has a longstanding track record of infrastructure software and cybersecurity investments, including in 1E, Eggplant, ManTech, Coalfire, iC Consult, NetMotion, ITRS, Booz Allen Hamilton and
Cresset Partners has launched the Cresset Partners Private Credit Fund, an evergreen vehicle that will invest in a diversified portfolio of private senior secured loans, among other private credit opportunities.
Lower middle-market private equity firm Shoreline Equity Partners has held the close of its second private equity fund, Shoreline Equity Partners Fund II, with $450 million in limited partner commitments, in excess of its original $400 million target.
Muzinich & Co has held the final close of the Muzinich pan-European Private Debt Fund II, which provides flexible debt capital solutions to lower middle-market companies across Europe and the United Kingdom, with €800 million in capital commitments.
CalPERS has made a $1 billion commitment aimed at identifying and supporting the next generation of investor entrepreneurs in the private markets sector.
The Carlyle Group has paid around $300 million to acquire a majority (70%) stake in VLCC, an Indian beauty care and wellness solutions provider, according to a report by Reuters.
Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has agreed a $2.6 billion deal to acquire Duck Creek Technologies, a solutions provider in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector.
Horizon Capital has exited its investment portfolio company AgriBriefing with a sale of the business to Five Arrow-backed Mintec, delivering 3x return on invested capital in the process.
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