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Last updated: August 7, 2026, 4:23 PM ET

Mega Deals & Take-Private

Apollo and EasyJet have agreed on a £5.7bn takeover bid, signaling that 'bear hugs' are on the rise in UK take-privates. Sunoco is acquiring Court Square-backed oil transporter Offen Petroleum for $600m, a firm that delivers approximately 2.5 billion gallons of fuel annually to 7,000 customers. Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in AVK Power Solutions, a Maidenhead-based provider of power systems for data centers and AI infrastructure. Carlyle is picking up a minority stake in Prime Capital Financial as Abry Partners exits the $50bn AUM wealth platform after three years of concentrated growth.

Healthcare & Workforce Tech

Private equity firms including Accel-KKR, Bain, Knox Lane and LLR Partners are betting on a tech push in healthcare workforce services with eight deals currently tracked. Accel-KKR, Bain and Knox Lane are specifically targeting clinical workforce services, while Nordic Capital has inked an $800m take-private of BWXT’s nuclear med biz. Eir Partners has invested in ClaimsBridge and supported its add-on acquisition of DialysisPPO, aiming to scale the platform organically and through further M&A. Copley Equity-backed FMG Leading has snapped up Broadbranch Advisors in a deal that closed at the end of July. MPK Equity-backed Gorgeous Collective has acquired Clean Your Dirty Face, its first acquisition since the platform launched earlier in 2026.

Credit & Secondaries

Pantheon has bought $523m of BlackRock TCP Capital’s private credit book in a landmark BDC continuation vehicle transaction. The single-asset secondaries market within infrastructure is blooming as firms use it not just for liquidity but as an access strategy; discipline, alignment and entry valuations remain critical. Allianz posted record operating profit in Q2 driven by €39bn in asset management net inflows, with PIMCO and AGI pushing third-party AuM to a record €2.16tn.

Fundraising & Portfolio Moves

Bernard Arnault has installed Aymeric Le Clere as CEO of Financière Agache, the €3.1bn holding vehicle that anchors the Arnault family’s control of LVMH, in the latest reshuffle. Active startup investors kept up the pace in July, with familiar names topping the ranks for most prolific venture dealmakers, most active lead backers and biggest spenders. A16z has recruited 30+ venture scouts hunting for deals across Europe. The top junior VCs to watch in Europe, according to partners, have been identified. QMUL spinouts are looking to raise. Lendable is chasing the superapp dream but says it is "more constrained by capacity than ideas." Inside Pleo’s culture crisis, the corporate spend management firm faces an executive exodus, unhappy staff and sale speculation.