Private Equity 3d Briefing
×Deals & Exits
FSI takes control pe-insights.com of Missoni in a deal valuing the Italian fashion house at €130 million, with the family exiting its majority stake. Waterland acquires pe-insights.com Palletways, one of Europe's largest pallet distribution platforms, to drive cross-border expansion. Royal Cup pehub.com, backed by Braemont, agreed to take Farmer Brothers Coffee private in a transaction that will delist the historic coffee distributor. West Star Aviation pehub.com, supported by Greenbriar, purchased aircraft maintenance firm DCJet to bolster its MRO capabilities. KCP agrees pehub.com to acquire luxury yacht builder Sunseeker, marking a major move into high-end marine assets. Thoma Bravo pehub.com is acquiring logistics provider WWEX Group from a seller group that includes CVC Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners. Peak Rock sells pehub.com Spatial Business Systems to Blackstone-backed Enverus, the energy data analytics platform. Arlington Capital pehub.com sold aerospace parts manufacturer FSG to JF Lehman, exiting its investment in the sector. Lone Star completes pehub.com the $4.7 billion sale of SPX Flow to ITT, realizing a significant gain on its 2022 take-private. American Securities pehub.com agreed to sell manufacturers CPM Holdings and MW Components to Rosebank Industries. CCMP Capital pehub.com is exploring a sale of facilities manager BGIS, which could value the business at approximately $2.2 billion. Aurelius opens pehub.com new offices in Amsterdam, Milan, and Zurich to target SME opportunities across Europe.
Fundraising & Continuations
Charterhouse secures pe-insights.com €1 billion at first close for its new European mid-market fund, hitting a €1.1 billion target. Carlyle AlpInvest secondariesinvestor.com is targeting a massive $60 billion for its next secondaries fund as part of a broader $200 billion-plus capital raise by 2028. Ares deploys pe-insights.com $850 million into a continuation fund for Convergint Technologies, riding a record $240 billion secondaries wave. Hamilton Lane and Ardian back pe-insights.com Latour’s first continuation vehicle for portfolio company Gutor. GCM Grosvenor backs pehub.com the launch of new private equity firm Torch Key, focused on food and beverage and industrial sectors. AllianzGI and TotalEnergies commit pe-insights.com $550 million to a German battery storage portfolio, acquiring a 50% stake. HgT deploys pe-insights.com £46 million ($62 into co-investments in software firms One Stream and Septeo.
Secondaries Market Moves
Bridgepoint eyes secondariesinvestor.com further secondaries growth as it integrates the Newbury team ahead of a planned 2026 flagship fund launch. Coller Capital partners pe-insights.com with Mediobanca to expand evergreen secondaries access for Italian investors. Apollo S3’s Lessar secondariesinvestor.com indicated the firm will likely build its secondaries platform organically rather than through acquisitions. New entrants unlock further opportunities in the secondaries market, according to industry executives. CVs are now established secondariesinvestor.com as a legitimate exit route alongside M&A and IPOs, said Moelis’s Jeff Hammer. LPs are not waiting secondariesinvestor.com on distributions to return to the secondaries market, noted William Blair’s Jake Stuiver, with opportunistic sellers already active.
Portfolio Company Actions & Consolidation
Main Capital takes pe-insights.com a majority stake in Swedish manufacturing software platform Good Solutions. Bain Capital takes pe-insights.com a majority stake in Swedish distributor Tingstad, expanding its European footprint. Trive invests pehub.com in women’s apparel firm Adrianna Papell, with existing management remaining. Fulcrum Capital Partners pehub.com invests in the growth of auto glass repair specialist Glass Masters Autoglass. SeaFort Capital acquires pehub.com a majority stake in doors supplier Allmar, with Roynat Equity co-investing. JLL Partners-backed pehub.com surface science tech platform Talica has launched. Gryphon-backed Southern Home Services pehub.com acquired Dunn’s HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical. Lee Equity snaps up pehub.com consulting firm KCIC, which advises on complex litigation liabilities. Kohlberg-backed Riveron pehub.com invested in AI and data firm Cuesta Partners. Pike Street-backed US BioTek pehub.com merged with Nutri Path Pathology. Gemspring expands pehub.com its investment in construction tech firm Sitemetric. Gryphon Investors backs pehub.com HR tech firm HRSoft, with Bow River Capital retaining a minority stake. Resurgens backs pehub.com vacation rental operations platform Breezeway. TPG invests pehub.com $250 million in social care tech platform Findhelp. LGPS co-invests pehub.com in Joblogic alongside Vista Equity. JC Flowers commits pehub.com up to $200 million to back Accelerated Wealth Partners. Kyip Capital invests pehub.com in Chiron to develop an outpatient diagnostics platform.
Market Trends & Strategic Shifts
BC Partners’ Stathopoulos pehub.com said tariffs are now the number one risk factor in investment theses, impacting deal sourcing and valuation. Private equity is adapting pehub.com its tech playbook as AI disrupts the traditional buy-and-build model, according to Lincoln International’s Chris Brooks. Carlyle’s Steve Wise pehub.com believes the market is open for bigger, higher-quality businesses, while Cutting Edge Group is betting on music from movies and TV. The acceptance of continuation vehicles secondariesinvestor.com means the timing is right for new PE entrants, said New Mountain’s Neal Costello. Brookfield’s David Nowak pehub.com emphasized that operational improvements at portfolio companies will be the defining factor for PE winners and losers. Searchlight-backed Roots pe-insights.com is exploring a sale as its shares trade near $2.35. Blackstone proposes pe-insights.com a $2.5 billion investment in a potential $4 billion transaction with Hong Kong’s New World Development. Blackstone consortium pe-insights.com submitted a non-binding bid for UK aerospace supplier Senior Plc, valuing it at around $