Private Equity

Marlin Equity Partners: Over €1 Billion Closed For Third European Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Marlin Equity Partners, an investment firm with nearly $10 billion in capital commitments, announced the final closing of its third European fund, Marlin Heritage Europe III, SCSp (Heritage Europe III), at its €1 billion hard cap. This fFund was oversubscribed and significantly surpassed its target, receiving over 50% more in limited partner commitments than its predecessor. This fund builds on Marlin's 20-year track record of successfully investing in leading software, technology and services businesses.

Viridian Financial: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Viridian Financial Group, which is one of Australia’s leading diversified financial services businesses, announced that TA Associates has signed an agreement to make a strategic investment in the firm. This investment has been approved by Viridian’s founders, Board of Directors, and senior management team. Upon completion of the transaction, they will partner closely with TA to accelerate the firm’s next phase of growth.

Torginol: Strategic Investment Raised From GreyLion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2025

GreyLion, a U.S. private equity firm focused on high-growth businesses, announced it has made a new strategic investment in Torginol, a manufacturer and marketer of decorative flakes, quartz and other products that enhance the aesthetic and ergonomic qualities of resinous flooring systems in both residential and commercial applications.

Aria Growth Partners: $152 Million Fund II Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Aria Growth Partners, a growth equity firm that provides capital and elevated partnership to extraordinary consumer brands, today announced the closing of its second fund with $152 million in capital commitments. This oversubscribed fund will continue the firm's winning strategy of serving founders of high-growth consumable product companies.

Ivy Asset Group: Evergreen Fund Passes $100 Million AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

Ivy Asset Group, an established private credit manager based in Charleston, South Carolina, recently announced that its Ivy Evergreen Fund has surpassed $100 million in assets under management (AUM).

Ares Management Buying Minority Stake In Plenitude For €2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Ares Management, a global alternative investment manager, announced that Ares Alternative Credit funds have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of a 20% stake in Plenitude, a leader in energy transition controlled by Eni, for about €2 billion. This consideration implies an enterprise value for Plenitude of over €12 billion. The completion of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Couchbase: $1.5 Billion Acquisition By Haveli Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2025

Couchbase, a developer data platform for critical applications in our AI world, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Haveli Investments in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion.

Ares Management: Closing Of $2.4 Billion Japan DC Partners I Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Ares Management announced the final closing of Japan DC Partners I LP, marking Ares’ first vehicle dedicated to data center investment and development. With approximately $2.4 billion (¥350 billion) in total equity commitments, the fund positions Ares as one of the largest data center investors in Japan, providing significant capital to meet the rapidly growing demand from cloud and artificial intelligence applications.

T.D. Williamson: Strategic Investment Raised From Apollo Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2025

T.D. Williamson (TDW), a leader in pipeline infrastructure technology and services, announced a strategic investment from funds managed by Apollo. SCF Partners, a Houston-based private equity firm specializing in energy and infrastructure services investments, acquired TDW in June 2022 and will continue to retain a majority ownership stake.

Strategic Value Partners: Grégoire Paepegaey Named As Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Strategic Value Partners and its affiliates (SVP), a global alternative investment firm with $22 billion in assets under management, announced that Grégoire Paepegaey has joined SVP as a Managing Director and member of the European Investment team, focusing on control investments across business services, industrials, and consumer sectors. Paepegaey will be based in the firm’s London office.

Argosy Buys Controlling Interest Of Heavy Equipment Colleges of America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 14, 2025

Argosy Private Equity, a lower-middle-market private equity firm, has announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in Heavy Equipment Colleges of America (HEC).

GTCR Partners With Manish Singh To Launch Maris Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced that it has entered into a partnership with maritime industry leader Manish Singh to form Maris Investments. Maris will seek to acquire companies in the maritime technology sector to establish a market-leading platform that addresses critical workflows and enables digital transformation within the industry.

H.I.G. Capital: Acquisition Of ITH Group Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

H.I.G. Capital - a leading global alternative investment firm with $70 billion of capital under management - announced that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of ITH Group Limited, a leading UK provider of aseptic pharmaceutical compounding services, in partnership with its founders Adam Bloom and Karen Hamling. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

NextGen Healthcare: Madison Dearborn Partners Named As New Investment Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

NextGen Healthcare, a provider of cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, announced that funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago, have completed their acquisition of a significant ownership stake in NextGen Healthcare. And Thoma Bravo retains a substantial ownership position in NextGen Healthcare. MDP will partner with Thoma Bravo management to accelerate NextGen Healthcare’s growth.

Neuberger Berman: $4 Billion Raised For Secondary Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, and employee-owned investment manager, announced the final closing of NB Strategic Capital Fund II, with total capital commitments exceeding $4 billion. This figure includes additional capital committed by limited partners to co-invest alongside the fund.

Filament Syfter: $4.8 Million Series A Raised For Data Engine For Private Market Dealmakers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Filament Syfter, a leading AI-enabled data engine purpose-built for private market dealmakers, announced it has raised $4.8 million in a Series A funding round led by FINTOP Capital.

Harbor: Majority Investment Raised From BayPine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Harbor Global, a provider of consulting and technology services to the legal industry, announced that it has received a majority investment from BayPine. This private investment firm drives digital transformation in market-leading businesses. And Harbor’s initial private equity sponsor, Renovus Capital Partners, will remain a significant investor in the company, alongside the existing Harbor management team. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Igneo Infrastructure Partners Buying Infinity Aviation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Igneo Infrastructure Partners (a global infrastructure investment manager with $20.5 billion in assets under management) announced it has acquired Infinity Aviation Group, a fixed-based operator (FBO) platform based in Nashua, New Hampshire. As part of the deal, Igneo has acquired a portfolio of on-airport assets at Boire Field in Nashua (KASH), a public-use general aviation airport located 50 miles from downtown Boston. The assets include hangarage, line services, and fueling operations at the airfield. The transaction terms were not disclosed.

Reddy Family And Bain Capital Form Trillium Foods

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Trillium Foods, a liquid food and beverage company specializing in manufacturing and innovation, has announced its official launch. The family-owned, privately held company is a scale North American platform with diverse product capabilities across dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, syrups, and beverage mixes for application in foodservice, retail, and food processing channels.

Blackstone Investing $500 Billion In Europe Over The Next Decade

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 10, 2025

Blackstone Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman stated that the firm plans to invest as much as $500 billion in Europe over the next decade. Schwarzman said that this is a significant opportunity for the firm, as they are changing their approach, which would result in higher growth rates. Blackstone recently marked its 25th anniversary of operations in London.

AlpInvest Partners: $4.1 Billion Raised For Ninth Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 10, 2025

Leading global private equity investor AlpInvest Partners has announced the raising of $4.1 billion for AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund IX. ACF IX and related strategic mandates reached the initial fundraising target, with the fund exceeding its predecessor, which closed at $3.5 billion in 2021.

Oceans Equity: Scott Bartnick Named As Managing Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 8, 2025

Oceans Equity, a Miami-based private equity firm focused on helping business leaders and accelerating growth, announced that Scott Bartnick has joined the firm as Managing Partner. Within this role, Bartnick will co-lead firm operations, investment activities, and portfolio oversight.

Schroders Capital: Over $600 Million Raised For Private Equity Global Innovation XI Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 8, 2025

Schroders Capital, which is the $99.3 billion private markets business of Schroders, announced it has raised over $600 million at the final close of its Schroders Capital Private Equity Global Innovation XI Fund. This latest fundraising featured global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, and family offices.

Thoma Bravo: Over $34.4 Billion Fundraising Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2025

Thoma Bravo announced the completion of fundraising for its buyout funds totaling over $34.4 billion in fund commitments: Thoma Bravo Fund XVI (a $24.3 billion fund), Thoma Bravo Discover Fund V (an $8.1 billion fund), and as previously announced the firm's first dedicated Europe Fund, with about €1.8 billion in capital commitments.

Peter Park: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Great Hill

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, announced that it has agreed to make a majority investment in Peter Park System, a leading provider of digital parking solutions.

SurePay: Funding Raised From Carlyle And Rabo Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP), in partnership with Rabobank’s investment arm Rabo Investments, announced a strategic growth investment in SurePay, a European leader in payment verification software.

Bernhard Capital Sets Up Utility Engineering & Consulting Platform Via TechServ Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP), a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, announced its acquisition of TechServ, a leading utility service provider of engineering, oversight, telecommunication design, joint use and storm support services. With this investment, BCP has set up a new platform focused on utility engineering and consulting, which will be strategically positioned for supporting grid modernization and expansion efforts across the electric power and telecommunication utility sectors.

PAG: Nikhil Srivastava Named As Co-Head of Private Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

PAG, a leading Asia-Pacific focused alternative investment firm, announced that Nikhil Srivastava, Partner and Head of India Private Equity, has been appointed as Co-Head of PAG’s Private Equity business, effective immediately. Srivastava will also join the firm’s Management Committee and will work alongside David Wong, Partner and Co-head of PAG Private Equity, to lead PAG’s private equity operations.

Roark Capital Investing In Dave’s Hot Chicken

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Dave’s Hot Chicken - a company that went from a parking lot in 2017 to a global sensation and expects to end the year with over 400 restaurants across the globe - announced it has chosen an investment from Roark in a deal reportedly valued at $1 billion. Dave’s Hot Chicken has seen years of unit and sales growth and leading guest satisfaction metrics. And the company remains committed to delivering an exceptional experience for its guests, team members and its franchise partners around the globe.

Vista Equity Partners: Acquisition Of Cloud ERP Company Acumatica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Acumatica, a provider of cloud ERP solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners.