Private Equity

Church’s Texas Chicken Secures Growth Equity Investment From Golub Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Church’s Texas Chicken has received a strategic growth equity investment from Golub Capital to support restaurant development, remodeling and continued expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Providence Equity Partners Makes Significant Investment In SCG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Providence Equity Partners has made a significant investment in SCG, a U.K. provider of communications, connectivity and managed IT services for small and medium-sized businesses. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Wind Point Partners Closes $3.2 Billion Fund XI For Middle-Market Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Wind Point Partners has closed its eleventh private equity fund with $3.2 billion in total commitments, exceeding the fund's hard cap and making it the largest fund in the firm's 42-year history.

AE Industrial: Rear Admiral Leonard “Butch” Dollaga Named As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

AE Industrial Partners has named retired Rear Admiral Leonard "Butch" Dollaga as an Operating Partner, expanding his role at the private investment firm as it supports companies operating across the maritime, aerospace and national security markets.

Meta And BlackRock Form $14 Billion Venture To Develop El Paso AI Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Meta and BlackRock have formed a strategic venture to finance, develop, and own a one-gigawatt data center campus currently under construction in El Paso, Texas. Funds managed by BlackRock will own an 80% interest in the venture, while Meta will retain the remaining 20%.

Brookfield Raises About $2 Billion At First Close Of PIF-Anchored Middle East Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Brookfield has raised approximately $2 billion at the first close of Brookfield Middle East Partners, a new private equity fund anchored by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Wynnchurch Capital To Acquire Luxfer Holdings In Take-Private Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Wynnchurch Capital and Luxfer Holdings announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which an affiliate of Wynnchurch will acquire Luxfer in an all-cash transaction, taking the company private. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives To Acquire Majority Stake In Numantec

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Numantec announced that the Private Equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the company from White Bridge Investments and other existing shareholders. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Townsend Raises $2 Billion In Secondaries Push On Path To $3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Townsend, a global real assets specialist and pioneer in private-market real estate secondaries for nearly 20 years, announced that it has raised more than $2 billion in dedicated capital globally for its latest secondaries vintage, with a target of $3 billion. The total includes discretionary parallel vehicles, mandates, and co-investors.

Golding Capital: Buyout VI Funding Reaches First Closing At €283 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Golding Capital Partners announced the first closing of its flagship buyout fund, Golding Buyout VI, securing capital commitments of €283 million from existing and new investors across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, including pension schemes, insurance companies, savings banks, cooperative institutions, and foundations. The fund marks the sixth generation of Golding's buyout strategy.

Conversica Launches Ignite And Announces Majority Recapitalization Led By Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Conversica announced the launch of Ignite, an AI-native Revenue Activation Engine for automotive dealers and dealer groups, alongside a majority recapitalization led by a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Under the deal, Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital acquires a majority stake while Conversica's management team continues to lead the business and retains a significant ownership position.

KKR And Energy Capital Partners Consortium Agrees To $7.7 Billion Takeover Of DCC Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

DCC Energy has agreed to a recommended £5.75 billion, or approximately $7.7 billion, all-cash acquisition by a consortium led by KKR and Energy Capital Partners, which would end its run as a publicly listed company if the deal is completed. Gibson Dunn is acting as counsel to KKR and co-counsel to the consortium on the transaction, which represents KKR's largest public-to-private deal in Europe in more than a decade.

KMM Group Raises Funding From RS2 Healthcare Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

KMM Group, a vertically integrated precision contract manufacturer for the medical device industry, announced the completion of an investment from RS2 Healthcare Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bain Capital To Acquire Vitabiotics, The UK’s No. 1 Vitamin Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Bain Capital announced it has agreed to acquire Vitabiotics, the UK's leading vitamin company, along with its wider VB Group operations, including Meyer Organics in India and its operations across Africa, including VB Egypt. The transaction marks a significant milestone in Vitabiotics' 55-year history and is intended to support the company's next phase of international growth. Financial terms were not disclosed.

EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid To $1.78 Billion In Third Approach This Month

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Australian asset manager Perpetual said it received a higher offer of A$2.55 billion, or approximately $1.78 billion, from Swedish private equity firm EQT AB after rejecting two earlier bids in July, according to Reuters. The new approach adds pressure on the Australian financial services firm as it works to reshape its business.

LLCP Closes Lower Middle Market IV At $2 Billion Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

LLCP, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, announced the final close of LLCP Lower Middle Market IV with $2.0 billion of total capital commitments, surpassing its $1.7 billion target and closing at its hard cap. The fund was significantly oversubscribed after LLCP began marketing it in December 2025.

Blackstone, Brookfield, And KKR Sign $16 Billion Oil Pipeline Deal With Kuwait

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announced its subsidiary, Kuwait Oil Company, has signed a $16 billion lease and leaseback agreement covering its crude oil pipeline network with a consortium comprising Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management, and KKR, according to CNBC. The state-owned company described the transaction, named Project Peregrine, as the largest foreign direct investment in Kuwait's history.

Blackstone’s AUM Reaches Record $1.35 Trillion In Second Quarter 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

Blackstone reported second quarter 2026 results, with total assets under management increasing 11 percent year over year to $1,346.3 billion, driven by $68.3 billion of inflows during the quarter and $262.5 billion over the trailing twelve months. Fee-earning assets under management rose 8 percent to $961.6 billion, while perpetual capital assets under management reached $555.6 billion, up 15 percent year over year and now representing roughly 41 percent of total assets under management.

Hamilton Lane Board Elects Michael Schmertzler As New Independent Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2026

Hamilton Lane announced that its Board of Directors elected Michael Schmertzler as a new independent director, effective July 22, 2026, marking the fifth independent director named to the board alongside the firm's three executive directors.

Savano Capital Partners Closes Oversubscribed $252 Million Fund IV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Savano Capital Partners announced the final close of Savano Capital Partners IV, L.P., raising $252 million in capital commitments and exceeding its original target. Fund IV is the largest in the firm's history, roughly 60 percent larger than its predecessor, and brings the firm's total capital commitments across its funds and co-investment vehicles since inception to more than $600 million.

Blackstone Raises $14 Billion For New Secondaries Flagship Amid Record Second-Quarter Results

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Blackstone reported strong second-quarter 2026 results, with distributable earnings rising 26 percent year over year to $2 billion, or $1.52 per common share, while highlighting significant momentum in its secondaries business. The firm disclosed that it has raised more than $14 billion to date for its new buyout secondaries flagship, targeting at least $22 billion in total commitments, as part of a broader institutional fundraising cycle that included several strategies hitting their hard caps in 2026.

Partners Group Closes Infrastructure Secondaries Program At Over $5.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Partners Group has completed the final closing of its infrastructure secondaries program at more than $5.5 billion, making it one of the largest dedicated fundraises focused on the strategy. The program consists of a $1.7 billion closed-ended fund, customized mandates and additional investment vehicles that participate alongside the main fund.

Francisco Partners Raises $21 Billion Across Flagship And Agility Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Francisco Partners has closed $21 billion in capital commitments across its eighth flagship fund and fourth Agility fund, completing the largest fundraising effort in the technology investment firm's history.

Apollo And San Jose Earthquakes Launch AI-Powered Go-To-Market And Jersey Sleeve Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Apollo has entered a multiyear partnership with Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes that combines a jersey sleeve sponsorship with the deployment of Apollo's artificial intelligence-based go-to-market system across the club's commercial operations.

Nestlé And Platinum Equity To Create $5.6 Billion Water And Premium Beverages Company Peranel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Nestlé and Platinum Equity have agreed to create Peranel, a standalone water and premium beverages company valued at approximately $5.6 billion.

Wellington, Vanguard, And Blackstone Launch Two Public And Private Market Investment Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Wellington Management, Vanguard and Blackstone have launched two investment funds designed to give eligible investors simplified access to professionally managed portfolios spanning public and private markets.

Brookfield To Acquire Aypa Power From Blackstone For $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners in a transaction valued at approximately $7 billion on an enterprise-value basis. The deal assigns Aypa an equity value of approximately $3 billion.

Brookfield To Acquire Gregg Distributors In C$1.6 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Gregg Distributors, a Canadian industrial maintenance, repair and operations distributor, in a transaction valuing the company at approximately C$1.6 billion on an enterprise-value basis.

Healthpeak Properties And Brookfield Form $2.1 Billion Outpatient Medical Real Estate Joint Venture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Healthpeak Properties and Brookfield Asset Management have formed a long-term strategic joint venture involving 86 outpatient medical properties valued at approximately $2.1 billion. The portfolio contains about 5.6 million square feet across 11 states, including Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York. It is approximately 95% leased and has a weighted average remaining lease term of six years.

Capitol Meridian Partners Raises $1.9 Billion For Second Fund At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Capitol Meridian Partners has closed its second private equity fund with $1.9 billion in commitments, exceeding its original fundraising target by 50% and reaching the vehicle’s hard cap. The fund is focused on investments spanning national security, defense, government technology and commercial aviation.