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Three private equity investors – Apax Partners, TA Associates and Carlyle – have made the shortlist to acquire a significant minority stake in Singapore-based engineering outsourcing firm Quest Global in a $1 billion deal that could value the business at around $2.5 billion.
Becketts Bidco a consortium comprising Luxembourg-based private equity firm Astorg Asset Management and London-based private equity firm Epiris LLP, has secured all necessary regulatory approvals for its £1.6 billion acquisition of Euromoney Institutional Investor, according to a report by PE Insights.
Partners Group has acquired hyperscale data centre platform EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure for $1.2 billion, the latest deal in a raft of data centre acquisitions by private equity groups, according to a report by PE Insights.
KKR purchased CyrusOne last year for $15 billion, while DigitalBridge partnered with IFM to buy Switch for $11 billion in May, and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners acquired QTS Realty Trust for a cool $10 billion.
And the trend doesn’t look like ending anytime soon with the report claiming that industry experts expect 2023 to bring the highest volume of private equity acquisitions in the data centre
Global Investment firm Carlyle has launched Telis Energy, a newly created renewables platform to develop renewable energy projects, with a focus on solar, in the UK, France, Spain, and Germany, but a view to expand to other markets in Europe.
BlackRock Alternatives, through a fund managed by its Diversified Infrastructure business, has agreed to acquire Jupiter Power, a US operator and developer of stand-alone, utility-scale battery energy storage systems.
MVM Partners has closed its sixth healthcare fund, MVM VI, with $500 million in limited partner commitments. Demand was well above the hard cap. MVM has been investing in high growth healthcare businesses since 1997.
MVM VI will continue this broad, global remit with investments in medical technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics, life science tools, pharma services and digital health.
MVM invests in both private and public companies. Typical projected investment in each company is $30 to $60 million, but with capacity for larger investments.
Finquest, a fintech company that helps private equity and corporate mergers & acquisitions teams source proprietary mid-market deals, has expanded its private company database by 100% alongside headcount growth to 250 global employees.
Finquest now makes over 100 million mid-market companies discoverable to potential investors and corporate buyers. The data it collects on these companies is uniquely gathered, organised, augmented by AI, and moderated by humans, making it unrivalled in breadth and searchability.
Thanks to this, Finquest addresses the biggest question facing Private Equity and Corporate M&A teams when it comes to deal sourcing: is this the best target
AE Industrial Partners , a specialist in space investing and a private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has completed its majority stake investment in York Space Systems, an independent provider of small satellites, satellite components and turnkey mission operations.
Isara, a new specialist investor in the food sector, has launched its debut £300 million fund, which will focus on improving the efficiency, quality and sustainability of food supply systems across the UK, Ireland and Western Europe.
Isara will invest in food production and distribution businesses, helping to stabilise and transform the existing food ecosystem which is undergoing structural shifts caused by rising inflation, the Covid-19 pandemic, labour supply scarcity, and a growing commitment to sustainability.
Led by Michael Rice, Isara’s team has extensive expertise working with businesses and management teams across the food sector, including Eight Fifty Food Group,
European software investment firm Round2 Capital has held the first close of its second software lending fund with €62 million, expanding its total assets-under-management to €115 million.
Round2 Capital is a pan-European software lending firm applying an actively managed revenue-based credit strategy and has invested in more than 25 companies throughout eight European jurisdictions.
Luxembourg-based Round2 Capital Fund II continues to apply the same successful strategy as Round2 Capital’s fully invested first software lending fund and has a target of €100 million. The second vehicle will finance up to 40 small- and mid-cap software companies all over Europe, with a
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