Private Equity

Aurora Capital Partners Acquires Industrial IoT Platform Anova

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2026

Aurora Capital Partners has acquired Anova, a global provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions that help industrial and energy-related distributors remotely monitor and manage critical field assets. The deal adds a scaled, technology-enabled platform serving the industrial gas, propane, fuels, lubricants, and chemicals markets to Aurora’s portfolio as customers in these sectors accelerate adoption of data-driven tools to improve uptime, optimize replenishment, and reduce operating costs. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Oppenheimer: Michelle Jacobi Joins As Managing Director In Global Fund Placement & Advisory Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2026

Michelle Jacobi has joined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. as a managing director in the firm’s Global Fund Placement & Advisory Group, strengthening the investment bank’s private markets advisory and fundraising capabilities for alternative asset managers.

Pinegrove Opportunity Partners: $2.2 Billion Raised For Inaugural Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2026

Pinegrove Opportunity Partners, a venture and growth secondaries specialist, announced it has closed its first fund with $2.2 billion in capital commitments, topping its $2 billion target and ending the raise oversubscribed.

Flashpoint Reaches First Close For Second Direct Secondary Fund Targeting Up To $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Flashpoint announced it has completed a first closing for Flashpoint Direct Secondary Fund II, its second dedicated direct secondaries vehicle aimed at providing shareholder liquidity in later-stage technology companies founded by European and Israeli entrepreneurs.

EQT To Acquire Coller Capital In $3.2 Billion Share Deal, Launching New Secondaries Segment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

EQT AB announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Coller Capital, a global secondaries specialist with nearly $50 billion in total assets under management and $33 billion in fee-generating AUM as of Dec. 31, 2025, in a move that would add a dedicated secondaries platform to EQT’s private markets franchise.

Lovell Minnick Partners Closes Continuation Vehicle For SRS Acquiom

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Lovell Minnick Partners has closed a single-asset continuation vehicle for SRS Acquiom, providing fresh capital and an extended ownership runway to support the transaction-services provider’s next phase of growth. The deal, led by Carlyle AlpInvest, allows Lovell Minnick to continue its partnership with SRS Acquiom after initially making a majority investment in 2018, while also bringing in new and existing investors and management as shareholders alongside the two firms.

Churchill Asset Management Raises Over $16 Billion For Latest Senior Lending Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Churchill Asset Management, the U.S. private capital affiliate of Nuveen Private Capital, said it has raised more than $16 billion in committed capital for its most recent senior lending program, marking the largest capital raise in the firm’s history.

CV Advisors Adds Bridgewater Veteran Hailey Gordon As Portfolio Manager

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

CV Advisors LLC, a multi-family office with more than $15 billion in assets under management, has hired hedge fund investor Hailey Gordon as a portfolio manager.

Private Equity Veteran Speed Liu Joins FTI Consulting In Hong Kong As Senior Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

FTI Consulting has hired private equity veteran Speed Liu as a Senior Managing Director in its Business Transformation practice in Asia, based in Hong Kong, strengthening the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment amid rising demand for operational turnaround and exit-readiness work across the region.

BV Investment Partners Launches Altimeter Solutions Group After Acquiring Alacrity’s Managed Repair Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

BV Investment Partners has acquired the Managed Repair Program division of Alacrity Solutions and rebranded the business as Altimeter Solutions Group, launching a standalone platform focused on property-insurance managed repair. The transaction is the first investment from BV’s $2.465 billion Fund XII, with capital also coming from BV Funds XI and XII, and was completed in partnership with Altimeter’s existing leadership team.

Lovell Minnick Closes Continuation Vehicle For SRS Acquiom In Carlyle AlpInvest-Led Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Lovell Minnick Partners has closed a single-asset continuation vehicle for SRS Acquiom in a transaction led by Carlyle AlpInvest, extending Lovell Minnick’s ownership partnership with the M&A and loan transaction services provider first established through a majority investment in 2018.

Blueprint Equity Closes Oversubscribed $333 Million Fund III In Single Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Blueprint Equity has raised a $333 million third fund, Blueprint Equity III, in a single close that the firm said was oversubscribed and completed in 12 days, pushing the San Diego-based growth equity manager past $600 million in assets under management.

Datarails: $70 Million Series C Raised To Bring AI Into The Heart Of The CFO’s Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Datarails has raised $70 million in Series C funding in a round led by growth equity firm One Peak, as the company bets that finance teams want AI capabilities embedded directly into the tools they already use (especially Excel) rather than forcing a tradeoff between spreadsheets and standalone AI products.

Sylvan: KKR-Led Group Backs Additional Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

KKR has completed an additional investment in Sylvan, a global mushroom spawn and fungal biotechnology company, as the firm continues to fund the company’s expansion plans and broaden its investor base. The new round includes participation from a group of global and China-based investors, alongside a follow-on investment from Novo Holdings, which increased its ownership stake. KKR will remain Sylvan’s majority investor following the transaction.

PGIM Expands Into Private Credit Secondaries With Plan To Deploy Up To $1 Billion Over Two Years

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

PGIM is launching a private credit secondaries platform and expects to deploy up to $1 billion over the next two years, positioning the initiative as an expansion of its longstanding private credit and private equity secondaries capabilities. The firm said the platform will combine its private credit franchise with Montana Capital Partners, its private equity secondaries business, to pursue deals in an emerging segment where market volume is expected to surpass $50 billion within the next two to three years, according to an Evercore private credit secondary market commentary published in August 2025.