Private Equity 24 Hours

Last updated: July 6, 2026, 5:30 PM ET

Fundraising & Investor Intentions

The private equity fundraising environment is seeing increased focus on manager-investor trust and specific fund strategies, even as the broader model weathers economic headwinds new rules fundraising. Singaporean family office JRT Partners plans to boost its exposure to the secondaries market, actively seeking opportunities in North America, Australia, and Western Europe. Concurrently, CNPADC is seeking experienced investment consultants to conduct due diligence across various asset classes, signaling a demand for specialized expertise in navigating complex markets. Meanwhile, industry commentary suggests that while the private equity model remains fundamentally sound, the perception of uniform success is fading, prompting a recalibration of expectations and strategies era of ‘easy money’. In a significant development for the secondaries market, Eurazeo successfully closed its fifth secondaries program at €2.3 billion, surpassing its €2 billion target. CVC Capital Partners also announced the final close of its European mid-market fund, Catalyst III, at €3 billion, nearly doubling its initial fundraising goal CVC closes mid-market fund.

Energy Transition & Infrastructure

Blackstone has acquired Dresser Utility Solutions from First Reserve, marking the inaugural deal for its new energy transition fund, Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V Blackstone Energy Transition Partners. This acquisition of the Houston-based supplier of natural gas and water measurement equipment signals a strategic move into critical infrastructure. Permira is backing the Iberian engineering group Quadrante with a strategic investment, its second deal under its dedicated Energy Transition strategy. Quadrante, a consulting firm specializing in engineering, architecture, environment, and sustainability, benefits from this backing as it navigates the energy transition Permira invest Quadrante. Further expanding its infrastructure portfolio, Avance has backed the infrastructure firm Lexxel, with its founders and management team reinvesting significant equity. In the cleantech sector, investor funding has stabilized in the first half of the year, with approximately $15 billion directed towards seed through growth-stage rounds for companies focused on cleantech, electric vehicles, and sustainability Cleantech Startup Funding Stabilizes. Foresight also sees strong opportunities in decentralized energy systems, despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainties. HIG Capital is acquiring a majority stake in Germany's Terras Group, which provides infrastructure engineering and construction services across mobility, energy, digital, water, and urban development sectors in the DACH region.

Buyouts & Divestitures

CVC has agreed to sell its premium marina operator D-Marin to Infra Via Capital Partners. D-Marin operates 28 marinas across nine countries in the EMEA region, serving over 50,000 customers annually CVC agrees sale D-Marin. In a significant industrials deal, Lone Star Funds is acquiring Conti Tech, the industrial materials arm of Continental, for €4 billion Lone Star agrees. Headquartered in London, Cobham Ultra, an Advent-backed defense and aerospace company, is set to sell its undersea warfare solutions provider Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion Advent-backed Cobham Ultra sell. In a potential take-private transaction, Castlelake has secured the qualified support of easy Jet's board for a proposed deal that would value the UK budget carrier at approximately $7.3 billion. Bruin Capital is selling its golf simulation company Full Swing to Versant Media for $530 million. Warburg Pincus is exiting Singular Bank, a private banking specialist, by selling its stake to a consortium led by ING Foresight eyes industrial decarbonization. Capmont is carving out Dyneon, a fluoropolymer manufacturer serving sectors including semiconductor, medical technology, and electric vehicles, from 3M Deutschland.

Software & Technology

Bridgepoint has made a €200 million minority investment in Skello, an AI-powered HR management software provider for frontline workforce teams serving 25,000 businesses across Europe. The rise of artificial intelligence is compelling software companies to rethink their business models How AI is forcing. A significant pension fund, managing $67 billion, is actively seeking software investments, indicating a strategic shift towards technology assets within large institutional portfolios Software steals.

Market & Sector Trends

EQT is acquiring the parking technology group Orikan, signaling a push into the Asia Pacific mid-market. Meanwhile, easy Jet's board has backed a possible £5.5 billion take-private offer. The $1.8 trillion GPIF pension fund saw its private equity portfolio grow by approximately $1.4 billion year-on-year, despite a challenging market environment. This growth underscores the resilience of private equity assets, even amidst broader economic uncertainty. Many venture capital limited partners have responded to recent economic volatility by concentrating investments in megafunds, potentially overlooking opportunities for higher returns in smaller, specialized funds Year Misplaced Fear. Commentary from the Chinese private equity market suggests a potential reset that could yield a more disciplined opportunity set for investors who maintain conviction in the region Chinese PE: retreat repositioning.