Private Equity

Highlander Partners Acquires Tapatío Hot Sauce From Saavedra Family

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Highlander Partners has acquired Tapatío, the No. 5 hot sauce brand in the U.S., buying the business from the Saavedra family in a deal that brings in additional equity and new financing partners while keeping the founding family involved post-closing.

GTCR Partners With Gary Swidler To Launch Ascent Sports Group Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

GTCR has partnered with consumer technology executive Gary Swidler to launch Ascent Sports Group, a new platform aimed at consolidating and modernizing the fragmented technology ecosystem that supports youth and amateur sports.

Platinum Equity Acquires Experiential Marketing Firm Czarnowski Collective

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Platinum Equity has acquired Czarnowski Collective, an experiential marketing services firm known for designing and delivering live brand experiences across trade shows, corporate events, meetings, and conferences. The business was purchased from CEO Mark Nagle and the Nagle family, who have led Czarnowski through decades of expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bluestone Equity Partners Invests In Selkirk Sport To Fuel Product Innovation and Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Bluestone Equity Partners has made a strategic investment in Selkirk Sport, positioning the pickleball equipment and sportswear brand to accelerate product development, expand across omnichannel retail, and pursue targeted growth in Asia. The transaction represents Selkirk’s first external investment and marks Bluestone’s ninth deal from its inaugural $300 million fund, which closed in a single close in the first quarter of 2023.

Blackstone Closes Majority Investment In NetBrain As Bernadette Nixon Takes Over As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Blackstone Growth has closed its previously announced majority investment in NetBrain Technologies, with the AI NetOps platform provider saying the funding will accelerate global expansion and advance its AI-powered network automation capabilities.

Allianz Global Investors Raises $690 Million First Close For Emerging Markets Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Allianz Global Investors has raised a $690 million first close for its Allianz Credit Emerging Markets (ACE) fund, a vehicle aimed at mobilizing institutional capital to support the low-carbon economic transition across Africa, Latin America and Asia, according to a LinkedIn post by British International Investment (BII) Investment Director Michael Sanni.

KKR Increases Ownership Stake In Altavair, Expanding Aircraft Leasing Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

KKR has signed a definitive agreement to increase its ownership stake in Altavair and its sister company, AV AirFinance, deepening a strategic partnership focused on commercial aviation leasing and financing.

Exciva: €51 Million Series B Closed To Advance Alzheimer’s Agitation Therapy Into Phase 2

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

EQT Life Sciences announced it co-led a €51 million Series B financing in Exciva, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for behavioral symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease, with proceeds earmarked to move the company’s lead program into a Phase 2 study.

Crescent: $3.2 Billion Private Credit Continuation Vehicle Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Crescent Capital Group and Pantheon said they have closed Crescent Credit Solutions VII CV (CCS VII CV), a $3.2 billion private credit continuation vehicle formed to acquire a diversified portfolio of performing sponsor-backed loans, securities, and other equity interests from Crescent Mezzanine Partners VII, a 2016-vintage fund.

Arcano Partners Closes €850 Million Secondary Fund V As Demand Grows for Mid-Market Secondaries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Arcano Partners has held the final close of Arcano Secondary Fund V, FCR (ASF V), raising €850 million—about $1 billion—well above its initial €500 million target. The fund, launched in 2024, drew backing from a mix of institutional and private investors across Europe and the Americas, reflecting continued appetite for secondaries strategies as investors seek liquidity and managers look to extend ownership of assets.

Heitman Closes $2.62 Billion For Value-Add Fund VI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Heitman has completed the final close of Heitman Value Partners Fund VI (HVP VI), securing $2 billion in fund commitments and an additional $620 million in co-investment capital. The close surpassed the fund’s $1.75 billion target and reached its hard cap, making HVP VI the largest closed-end fundraise in Heitman’s history.

Adams Street Partners Launches ASPEN Lux, A Luxembourg-Domiciled Evergreen PE Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment manager with more than $65 billion in assets under management, has launched the Adams Street Private Equity Global Fund, known as ASPEN Lux, a Luxembourg-domiciled open-ended evergreen vehicle aimed at professional and eligible investors outside the United States.

Bain Capital Completes $4 Billion Sale Of WinTriX China Data Center Unit To HEC-Led Consortium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Bain Capital announced it has closed the strategic sale of WinTriX DC Group's China business, a data center portfolio company, to a consortium led by Shenzhen Dongyangguang Industry Co., Ltd. (HEC), valuing the business at approximately $4 billion.

AIG And CVC Launch Up To $3.5 Billion Strategic Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

American International Group and global private markets manager CVC said they have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at advancing AIG’s long-term investment objectives while expanding CVC’s insurance-focused solutions and private markets offerings.

Datawave And Cerberus Strike Majority Investment Deal To Build Singapore-India-Gulf Subsea Cable System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Datawave Networks, a Cyprus-based independent subsea infrastructure provider, said it has signed a binding investment and financing agreement with affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management to fund and accelerate development of the Singapore–India–Gulf (SING) Cable System, a next-generation subsea fiber optic network spanning the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Partners Capital Promotes Three To Partner And Names Four Managing Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Partners Capital announced it has promoted seven senior leaders across its global organization, elevating three professionals to Partner and naming four Managing Directors, as the firm continues to scale its investment and client advisory platform. The global investment firm oversees more than $70 billion in assets under management for endowments, foundations, family offices and high net worth clients, as of Sept. 30, 2025.

DTCP Launches €500 Million Project Liberty Fund For European Defense, Security, and Resilience Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

DTCP has launched “Project Liberty,” a new €500 million venture fund dedicated to defense, security, and resilience technologies, positioning it as the firm’s eighth fund and its first focused exclusively on the sector. The independently managed vehicle will target institutional investors, family offices, and corporate investors, with a mandate centered on backing high-performing European defense and dual-use technology companies across Series A to Series C rounds.

Crescent European Specialty Lending Backs Apheon-Led Consolidation In Trenchless Pipe Rehabilitation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Crescent Capital Group announced its European Specialty Lending strategy has provided financing to support a buy-and-build platform in the trenchless pipe rehabilitation market led by pan-European mid-market private equity firm Apheon and the founders of several Germany-based pipe rehabilitation and manufacturing businesses.

Rochefort Asset Management Provides Senior Secured Loan To Uo Arms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2026

Rochefort Asset Management said it has closed a senior secured loan to Uo Arms, a Dallas-based firearms manufacturer, to expand production capacity and accelerate development of the company’s NT7 personal defense weapon platform.

Pagaya Closes $350 Million Revolving Personal Loan ABS With Investment From 26North

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Pagaya Technologies has closed PAID 2025-REV1, a $350 million asset-backed securitization backed by personal loans originated on its network, marking the company’s first revolving funding structure for its personal loan business and adding a new long-term capital channel alongside its public ABS program.

New Mountain Capital: $1.2 Billion Raised For Strategic Equity Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

New Mountain Capital has closed its second non-control private equity vehicle, New Mountain Strategic Equity Fund II, L.P. and related vehicles (SEF II), with $1.2 billion in total commitments, exceeding the fund’s stated $1 billion “hard cap” after limited partners supported an increase to accommodate additional demand. The New York-based alternative investment firm said general partner commitments totaled more than $150 million, making the GP the fund’s largest investor and representing commitments from roughly 115 internal team members.

H.I.G.: €1.6 Billion Europe Capital Partners IV Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

H.I.G. Capital has closed H.I.G. Europe Capital Partners IV with €1.6 billion in total commitments, completing an oversubscribed first-and-final close within six months of launch as demand rose from both existing and new limited partners. The Miami-based alternative asset manager said Fund IV will continue its established strategy of investing in “undermanaged” European lower middle market businesses where it believes its operating resources can drive performance improvements, with an emphasis on complex situations and challenging transaction dynamics.

Kinderhook Industries: $1 Billion Solid Waste Services Combination Closed, Forming Ecowaste Solutions With Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Apollo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Kinderhook Industries said it has closed a $1 billion single-asset continuation vehicle transaction for Ecowaste Solutions, a newly formed waste services provider created through the combination of Live Oak Environmental and CARDS Recycling. The transaction provides optional liquidity for certain Kinderhook limited partners while securing more than $400 million of new equity capital to fund organic growth and an active pipeline of acquisitions.

Southfield Capital Partners With The Perfect Franchise To Support Growth And Expand Advisory Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Southfield Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with The Perfect Franchise (TPF), a franchise advisory and consulting firm, as the private equity investor looks to deepen its exposure to franchising-related business services and back organizations that support franchise ecosystem expansion.

Insight Partners: Amir Malayery Named As Managing Director To Lead Secondaries Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Insight Partners has appointed Amir Malayery as a Managing Director to lead the firm’s secondaries strategy, expanding its effort to provide liquidity solutions and flexible capital across the software ecosystem.

Butterfly Completes Acquisition of Digital Flexible Packaging Maker ePac

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Butterfly Equity, the Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on the food and beverage sector, announced it has completed its acquisition of ePac Holdings, the company behind ePac Flexible Packaging, from an investor consortium that included Amcor and Indevco North America. Financial terms were not disclosed.

New Mountain Capital Raises $1.2 Billion For Strategic Equity Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

New Mountain Capital announced it has closed its second non-control private equity vehicle, New Mountain Strategic Equity Fund II, at $1.2 billion, exceeding the fund’s $1 billion “hard cap” after limited partners agreed to allow additional commitments.

Lime Rock Partners Commits Equity To Athena Energy For Eagle Ford Acquisitions And Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Lime Rock Partners has closed an equity commitment to Athena Energy Partners, a Houston-based upstream oil and gas company targeting acquisitions and development opportunities along the Gulf Coast, with an initial focus on South Texas and the Eagle Ford Shale.

NEFCO Partners With Leonard Green & Partners To Back Next Phase of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

NEFCO, a family-operated, value-added construction supply company serving professional contractors nationwide, has entered into a strategic partnership with private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) aimed at accelerating the company’s long-term growth strategy.

KKR And RWE Form 50-50 Joint Venture To Build 3GW Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Projects In The UK

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

KKR and German utility RWE have agreed to form a strategic partnership to develop and operate two large offshore wind projects off the coast of East Anglia, a buildout the companies said would add roughly 3 gigawatts of generation capacity to the UK grid.