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08/17/2020

Insight Partners invest $60M in Keeper Security

Keeper Security, a highly – rated and patented cybersecurity platform for preventing password – related data breaches and cyberthreats, has announced the close of…

08/11/2020

KKR and Carlyle on Japan dealmaking

PE companies including Carlyle Group Inc. and KKR & Co. are betting on making deals in Japan later this year as firms protect themselves…

08/03/2020

Thyssenkrupp sells elevator division for $20.4bn

Thyssenkrupp closed a $20.4bn (EUR 17.2bn) sale of its elevator division to two private equity firms – Cinven and Advent, the company announced last…

07/30/2020

Carlyle returns to profitability in second quarter of 2020

The Carlyle Group returned to profitability in Q2 of 2020, with a significant rebound from first quarter losses due to the pandemic. Some key…

07/28/2020

Permira buys EF China & Indonesia at $1.5bn

Buyout group Permira has bought a majority stake in EF Education First’s chain of English language schools for children in Indonesia and China, at…

07/18/2020

KKR expects to triple investments in Vietnam

KKR’s investment in Vietnamese assets have exceeded $1 billion after the firm’ purchase of a stake in Vinhomes JSC, Vietnam’s largest real estate developer.…

07/14/2020

Apax leads $65M Series C for Pricefx

Apax has led a $65M Series C for Pricefx, a Munich-based, cloud-based pricing software. Founded in 2011, Pricefx provides a modular SaaS solution to…

05/26/2020

Apax Fund leads $550M investment in KAR Global

Apax recently announced a $550M placement in newly issued perpetual convertible preferred stock of KAR Global (“KAR”), which provides the global wholesale used vehicle…

02/12/2020

Funds advised by Apax Partners to acquire Cadence Education from Funds advised by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

Funds advised by Apax Partners reported that they have reached an agreement to buy Cadence Education from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital…

02/05/2020

Funds advised by Apax Partners and NB Renaissance Partners sell their stake in Engineering Group

Funds advised by Apax Partners and NB Renaissance Partners (“NBRP”) announced the sale of their stake in the Italian IT company Engineering Group to…

06/18/2020

Apollo to further expand its Insurance Asset Management Business

Global alternative investment manager, Apollo, announced today the expansion of its insurance asset management business as Athene Holding Ltd. together with Jackson National Life…

06/17/2020

Bain Capital targets $9B for next flagship global buyout fund

The American private investment firm aims to raise $9B for its next global buyout fund, which it plans to close later this year. Bain’s…

06/22/2020

Blackstone to invest $150M in 21 Vianet

Blackstone has agreed to invest $150M in 21 Vianet, a Chinese internet data services provider. As a result of this investment, Blackstone will become…

08/11/2020

KKR and Carlyle on Japan dealmaking

PE companies including Carlyle Group Inc. and KKR & Co. are betting on making deals in Japan later this year as firms protect themselves…

07/30/2020

Carlyle returns to profitability in second quarter of 2020

The Carlyle Group returned to profitability in Q2 of 2020, with a significant rebound from first quarter losses due to the pandemic. Some key…

07/02/2020

The Carlyle Group to invest in translation software provider

The Carlyle Group has recently acquired a majority stake in Memsource, a cloud-based translation firm that assists the language services industry and global corporations…

08/03/2020

Thyssenkrupp sells elevator division for $20.4bn

Thyssenkrupp closed a $20.4bn (EUR 17.2bn) sale of its elevator division to two private equity firms – Cinven and Advent, the company announced last…

02/28/2020

Advent and Cinven to acquire Thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Technology business

Advent International and Cinven have agreed to acquire thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Technology business, together with the RAG-Stiftung. The deal is scheduled to close by the…

01/09/2020

EcoVadis secures $200m investment from CVC Growth Partners

EcoVadis SAS, world leader in business sustainability ratings for global supply chains, today announced it has committed to a $200m CVC Growth Partners II…

07/14/2020

EQT funds to acquire leading global enterprise software provider

EQT VIII and EQT IX funds are planning to acquire IFS, a global enterprise solutions provider that allows companies to digitize their core operations.…

05/08/2020

Karo Pharma acquires Pevaryl

Karo Pharma, an EQT VIII portfolio company, has announced the acquisition of the remaining European rights to the Pevaryl brand portfolio from Cilag GmbH…

03/30/2020

SHL Medical buys Weibel CDS

SHL Medical, an EQT VIII portfolio company and world-leading solution provider in advanced drug delivery devices, has announced its acquisition of medical technological company,…

02/12/2020

Nexon Asia Pacific completes three new acquisitions

Nexon Asia Pacific, an EQT MMA III portfolio company, has unveiled three new acquisitions: XCentral, Kiandra IT (Technology Services and Security Solutions division), and…

02/12/2020

Aldevron Adds DasherGFP mRNA to its Product Portfolio

The expressed protein yields a bright green fluorescence allowing scientists to easily track and analyze mRNA delivery and translation. Aldevron, a global leader in…

12/20/2019

EQT to sell Clinical Innovations

Funds advised by EQT – EQT Mid Market US and EQT Mid Market Asia III – (“EQT”) announced an agreement to sell Clinical Innovations…

08/17/2020

Insight Partners invest $60M in Keeper Security

Keeper Security, a highly – rated and patented cybersecurity platform for preventing password – related data breaches and cyberthreats, has announced the close of…

06/16/2020

Insight Partners to invest in intelligent software firm Apprentice.io

Leading global VC and PE firm, Insight Partners, has recently announced that it will invest $7.5 million in Apprentice.io, to scale its solutions to…

06/14/2020

Insight Partners to acquire Gemini V for $500M

The American PE & VC firm, Insight Partners, is ready to acquire the fifth fund of Gemini Israel Ventures, one of Israel’s most senior…

06/04/2020

Insight Partners Leads Inky $20M Series B Raise

Next-gen email phishing protection protection company, Inky, announced a $20M Series B raise led by global VC and PE firm Insight Partners with the…

04/03/2020

Insight Partners Closes Its Largest Growth Equity Fund at $9.5B

Insight Partners announced the final close today of Fund XI – new $9.5 billion growth equity fund and Insight’s biggest to date.. The New…

01/06/2020

Armis Acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $1.1 Billion

Acquisition Focused on speeding up Armis ‘growth and strengthens the organization’s leading position in addressing the need for a large global market for IoT…

06/25/2020

IVP leads a $40M Series A in leading virtual events provider

IVP has led a $40M Series A in Hopin, a leading online events platform. Since its launch in 2019, Hopin has quickly scaled to…

08/11/2020

KKR and Carlyle on Japan dealmaking

PE companies including Carlyle Group Inc. and KKR & Co. are betting on making deals in Japan later this year as firms protect themselves…

07/18/2020

KKR expects to triple investments in Vietnam

KKR’s investment in Vietnamese assets have exceeded $1 billion after the firm’ purchase of a stake in Vinhomes JSC, Vietnam’s largest real estate developer.…

06/16/2020

Epic Games raises $750M at a $17bn valuation

Fortnite creator, Epic Games, nears a $750M round at a valuation of about $17bn. Investors include KKR, Baillie Gifford and T. Rowe Price. In…

06/01/2020

Buyout Funds to take private Spain’s MasMovil

According to Market Watch, MasMovil Ibercom S.A has received a $3.3bn buyout offer from three buyout funds, a deal that would represent the biggest …

05/28/2020

KKR to inject money into vending machine company Selecta

US buyout group KKR is planning to invest funds into Swiss vending machine firm Selecta which has struggled with some losses due to the…

05/27/2020

KKR to commit $1bn to form Data Center in Europe

KKR plans to invest $1bn to build a new European data center venture; Global Technical Realty (“GTR”). The leading global investment firm is teaming…

07/28/2020

17th August 2020