Private Equity

CourseKey Raises Strategic Growth Investment From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

PSG, a leading growth equity firm that specializes in partnering with software and technology-enabled service companies to help navigate and capitalize on transformational growth, announced a strategic growth investment in CourseKey - a student success platform purpose-built for vocational education. CourseKey joins PSG's investments in Verity IQ and Campus Ivy, which creates a unified and end-to-end technology suite for career-focused and vocational education providers.

MDaudit: Strategic Investment Raised From Bregal Sagemount And Primus Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

MDaudit - a provider of billing, coding compliance, and revenue integrity software for health systems, hospitals, and provider groups - announced a strategic growth investment from Bregal Sagemount and Primus Capital. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

Bregal Sagemount Basecamp: Strategic Growth Investment In 360 Advanced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Bregal Sagemount - a leading growth-focused private equity firm - announced a minority growth investment from its Basecamp fund in 360 Advanced, a leading consulting firm focused on cybersecurity and compliance frameworks. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

AE Industrial Partners: Sales Of CDI Engineering Solutions To Tata Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

AE Industrial Partners - a private equity firm specializing in National Security, Aerospace, and Industrial Services, announced that it has completed the sale of CDI Engineering Solutions (CDI), a leading multi-discipline engineering, procurement, and construction management (“EPCM”) firm to Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), India’s largest EPCM firm with a global presence.

Waud Capital Partners: Acquisition Of Mopec Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Waud Capital Partners - a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm specializing in the healthcare and software & technology sectors - announced the acquisition of Mopec Group, a vertically integrated, branded supplier of equipment, consumables, and services addressing the needs of the anatomic pathology and other laboratory end-markets. Waud Capital is acquiring Mopec from Blackford Capital, a Michigan-based private equity firm.

Pemberton Capital Advisors Adopting Broadridge’s Sentry Private Credit Portfolio Management Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Broadridge Financial Solutions announced that Pemberton Capital Advisors LLP, a leading European private credit manager, has adopted Broadridge’s Sentry Private Credit Portfolio Management solution. And Pemberton selected Broadridge’s technology to help it gain greater operational efficiencies and scale its private debt and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) businesses to meet growing demand.

Jordanes Raises $250 Million Of Strategic Capital From Carlyle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Carlyle announced that its Global Credit platform has provided a strategic capital package of NOK 2,750 million ($250 million) to Jordanes ASA, one of Norway’s leading brand houses. The funding will be used to finance a management buyout of Jordanes, led by co-founders Jan Bodd and Stig Sunde, as well as refinance the company’s existing indebtedness and fund its future growth.

Advent To Buy Condiment And Seasoning Company Sauer Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Advent International - a leading global private equity investor - announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sauer Brands, a scaled platform of leading condiments and seasonings brands, from Falfurrias Capital Partners. The terms of the transaction were undisclosed.

Catalyst: Financial Services Company Raises Funding From Aquiline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Catalyst Global Financial Group - an innovative international financial services and technology firm - announced a significant growth investment from Aquiline, a private investment specialist with $11.3 billion of assets under management that invests across financial services and technology.

Strategic Value Partners Completes $1.125 Billion Acquisition Of Revelyst

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Revelyst (a collective of maker brands that design and manufacture performance gear and precision technologies) and Strategic Value Partners (a global alternative investment firm with about $19 billion of assets under management) announced that SVP-managed funds have completed their previously announced acquisition of Revelyst in an all-cash transaction based on an enterprise value of $1.125 billion.

Insignia Financial Receives $1.78 Billion Bid From CC Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Australia-based Insignia Financial announced it received an A$2.87 billion ($1.78 billion) takeover bid from CC Capital Partners, which was higher than an A$2.67 billion offer from Bain Capital. This deal would give CC Capital access to a $A4.1 trillion superannuation system. This is considered one of the largest private pension markets in the world.

Haveli Investments: Acquisition Of AppView Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

AppViewX - a leader in automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM) and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions - announced the completion of its acquisition by Haveli Investments, which is an Austin-based technology-focused private equity firm with expertise in enterprise software.

AFM Capital Partners To Invest In Bull’s Eye Brands (Smart Mouth Pizza)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

AFM Capital Partners - an operationally driven private investment firm specializing in control investments in middle-market companies - announced the acquisition of Bull’s Eye Brands (d/b/a Smart Mouth Pizza).

Coalesce Capital Investing in Leading Advisor Firm Pearl Meyer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Coalesce Capital (a private equity firm focused on investing in business services companies) announced a majority growth recapitalization in executive compensation and leadership consultancy Pearl Meyer & Partners. And Pearl Meyer's management team retains a meaningful stake in the company and will partner closely with Coalesce. The existing minority institutional investors have exited their investment.

Permira Funds Buying Strategic Majority Stake In Westbridge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Global investment firm Permira and the investor GENUI announced that funds advised by Permira had agreed to acquire a majority stake in Westbridge Advisory, a leading European energy and sustainability advisory firm for institutional real estate clients.

One Equity Partners: Majority Investment In Comau

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

One Equity Partners (OEP) - a middle market private equity firm - announced that it completed a majority investment in Comau, making Stellantis an active minority shareholder. Comau is a global technology company specializing in industrial automation and advanced robotics.

One Equity Partners: Acquisition Of EthosEnergy Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) announced that it completed an investment in EthosEnergy, a global independent service provider focusing on rotating equipment for customers in the power generation, energy, industrial, aerospace, and defense markets.

Olympus Partners: Acquisition Of Accelevation Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Olympus Partners has announced the acquisition of Accelevation, a leading provider of infrastructure products and services to the data center market. Accelevation's offering includes white space design, custom manufacturing, and installation services to hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise customers.

Highlander Partners Buys Ergo Baby Carrier From Compass Diversified

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 1, 2025

Highlander Partners - a Dallas-based private investment firm - announced the acquisition of The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. from Compass Diversified. Launched in 2003 and based in Los Angeles, California, Ergobaby is the global market leader in premium baby carriers.

Nordic Capital: Evolution II Closed At €2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Nordic Capital announced the first and final closing of Nordic Capital Evolution II at the hard cap of €2 billion. Raised within four months from launch with excess demand, this fund closed at its hard cap and significantly exceeded its target of €1.4 billion. Evolution II had attracted excess demand from its launch and benefited from strong support from its current investor base, with a high re-up rate of over 100% by capital and significant LP commitments from new investors and geographies, such as a substantial increase from the Americas.

Guardian Capital Partners Acquires TEAM LINX

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Guardian Capital Partners - an operationally focused private equity firm focused on control-oriented investments in lower middle-market private companies - announced the acquisition of Team LINX in partnership with the LINX executive management team, which will continue to operate the company.

Ardonagh Raises Funding From Stone Point Capital At $14 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Stone Point Capital has agreed to invest in Ardonagh Group, enabling it to become a significant shareholder in the insurance broker. The investment funds managed by Stone Point Capital value Ardonagh at $14 billion.

Colbeck Capital: Gregory Budetti Named As Head of Business Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Colbeck Capital Management - a leading middle-market private credit firm focused on strategic lending - announced that Gregory Budetti, former Director of Capital Partnerships and Investor Relations at Closed Loop Partners, has joined Colbeck as Head of Business Development. In this newly created role, Budetti will work closely with Colbeck’s Managing Partners, Jason Beckman, and Jason Colodne, to manage strategic capital formation initiatives and develop investment solutions that align investors’ interests with Colbeck’s core competencies in strategic lending.

Invidia Capital: Interview With Javier Bravo Nieto About The Healthcare Investment Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Invidia Capital Management is a pure-play healthcare investment firm focused on upper-middle market buyouts in North America. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Invidia Capital Management Private Equity Senior Associate Javier Bravo Nieto to learn more about the firm.

Craigs Investment Partners Signs Strategic Partnership with TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 25, 2024

Craigs Investment Partners (a leading wealth management firm in New Zealand) announced that private equity firm TA Associates has signed a conditional agreement to make a strategic investment in the firm. Under the terms of the deal, Craigs’ existing employee and director shareholders will retain 50 percent ownership of the Firm, partnering closely with TA.

Sia Partners: Strategic Minority Investment Of Up To €250 Million Raised From Blackstone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Sia Partners - a next-generation independent management and AI consulting firm - announced a minority investment of up to €250 million from funds managed by Blackstone’s private equity strategy for individual investors to support the company’s continued growth. And founder and CEO Matthieu Courtecuisse retains a significant majority stake in Sia and will continue to lead the Company. It marks the Company’s first partnership with a financial investor since its founding.

Cornell Capital Names Jennifer Cattier As New Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Cornell Capital - a U.S.-based private investment firm with approximately $5.3 billion of AUM and offices in New York and Hong Kong - announced the promotion of Jennifer Cattier to Partner. And based in the New York office, Cattier will continue to focus on advancing Cornell Capital’s strategic priorities, overseeing firm operations and personnel, and spearheading transformative infrastructure initiatives.

CIG: Interview With CIO Christopher Kane About The Diversified Holding Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Carey International Group (CIG) is a diversified holding company focused on growing North American assets in the energy/renewables, commercial real estate, and financial services sectors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CIG Chief Investment Officer Christopher Kane to learn more about the company.

Centana Growth Partners: Fund III Closed At $600 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Centana Growth Partners, a specialized growth equity firm investing in the future of finance, announced the closing of its oversubscribed third fund, Centana Growth Partners III, L.P., with $600 million in capital commitments from limited partners.

Amulet Capital Partners Investing In Theoria Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Amulet Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, announced a new platform investment in Theoria Management. This tech-enabled management service organization delivers high-quality and value-based primary care services to senior living communities across the US. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.