Private Equity 24 Hours

Last updated: August 7, 2026, 5:59 PM ET

Deal Activity

Eir Partners backed Claims Bridge, a medical cost containment platform, and supported the add-on acquisition of Dialysis PPO with plans to scale organically and through M&A. Carlyle acquired a minority stake in Prime Capital Financial as Abry Partners exited the fast-growing $50bn AUM wealth platform after three years of concentrated growth. Nordic Capital agreed to acquire BWXT’s nuclear medicine business for $800m, while clinical workforce services attracted Accel-KKR, Bain and Knox Lane. Bear hugs are rising in UK take-privates, with Apollo making a £5.7bn bid for Easy Jet, and Partners Group bought a majority stake in AVK Power Solutions, a provider of power systems for data centers and AI infrastructure. Pantheon purchased $523m of BlackRock TCP Capital’s private credit portfolio in a landmark BDC continuation vehicle.

Infrastructure and Secondaries

Within infrastructure, single-asset secondaries are emerging as both a liquidity tool and an access strategy, but discipline on entry valuations remains critical to ensuring buyers bag a good deal, Stafford’s William writes.

Asset Management Flows

Allianz posted a record operating profit in Q2 and H1, fueled by €39bn in net inflows that pushed third-party AuM at PIMCO and AGI to an all-time high of €2.16tn. Meanwhile, Bernard Arnault named Aymeric Le Clere chairman and CEO of Financière Agache, the €3.1bn holding vehicle that anchors the family’s control of LVMH, according to a filing.

Healthcare Workforce Technology

Eight deals underscore how PE firms are driving tech investments in healthcare workforce services, with Accel-KKR, Bain, Knox Lane and LLR Partners among those transacting in the sector.

Venture Capital and Startup Funding

This week’s 10 biggest funding rounds included three companies raising $1bn or more across sectors including AI and fintech. July’s most active startup investors were led by Khosla Ventures as the most prolific lead backer, with Y Combinator among the top dealmakers. A16z now has over 30 venture scouts hunting for deals across Europe, while Lendable is chasing a superapp vision, telling Sifted it is "more constrained by capacity than ideas." Queen Mary University of London spinouts are looking to raise capital, and Pleo faces an internal culture crisis marked by an executive exodus, unhappy staff and sale speculation. Partners across Europe named the top junior VCs to watch, including those at Balderton and Index Ventures.