Private Equity 3d Briefing
×Major Buyouts & Take-Privates
Missoni family pe-insights.com passes control as FSI takes €130m fashion house. Waterland pe-insights.com targets cross-border growth with Palletways acquisition. Royal Cup pehub.com to take Farmer Brothers Coffee private in Braemont-backed deal. Lone Star pehub.com completes $4.7bn sale of SPX Flow to ITT. Charterhouse pe-insights.com secures $1.1bn first close for new European mid-market fund.
Consolidation & Add-Ons
West Star Aviation pehub.com snaps up aircraft maintenance firm DCJet. Greenbriar-backed West Star expands MRO footprint. Kohlberg-backed pehub.com Riveron invests in AI and data tech firm Cuesta Partners. CCMP Growth-backed pehub.com Decks & Docks picks up Pro Deck Supply. CCMP pehub.com at early-stage sale process for facilities manager BGIS.
Fundraising & Secondaries
Bridgepoint secondariesinvestor.com eyes further secondaries growth as Newbury team comes on board. Carlyle pehub.com targets bigger, higher-quality businesses. Hamilton Lane pe-insights.com and Ardian back Latour's first continuation fund for Gutor. Ares pe-insights.com deploys $850m continuation strategy amid record $240bn secondaries wave. Carlyle AlpInvest secondariesinvestor.com seeks to raise $60bn as part of fundraising supercycle.
Tech & AI Investments
Peak Rock pehub.com to sell Spatial Business Systems to Blackstone-backed Enverus. Trive pehub.com invests in women's apparel firm Adrianna Papell. GCM Grosvenor pehub.com backs launch of new PE firm Torch Key. Kohlberg-backed Riveron invests in AI and data tech firm Cuesta Partners. Eight Sleep news.crunchbase.com raises $50m at $1.5bn valuation to expand into 'predictive, AI-driven health.'
Industrial & Manufacturing
Main Capital pe-insights.com takes majority stake in Swedish manufacturing software platform Good Solutions. Bain Capital pe-insights.com takes majority stake in Swedish distributor Tingstad. American Securities pehub.com to sell manufacturers CPM Holdings and MW Components to Rosebank Industries. KCP pehub.com agrees to buy luxury motor yachts brand Sunseeker.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Fulcrum Capital Partners pehub.com invests in growth of Glass Masters Autoglass. Kyip Capital pehub.com invests in Chiron to develop an outpatient diagnostics platform. PE-backed pehub.com Esperion to acquire biopharma firm Corstasis for $75m upfront. Pike Street-backed pehub.com US Bio Tek merges with Nutri Path Pathology.
Energy & Infrastructure
AllianzGI pe-insights.com and Total Energies commit $550m to German battery storage portfolio. BCI pehub.com Norges Bank and Brookfield launch Northview Energy. Gemspring pehub.com expands investment in construction tech firm Sitemetric. Orion pehub.com CGF and Exiro partner in $200m investment in Manitoba's Thompson Mine Complex.
Real Estate & Hospitality
TDR Capital-backed pehub.com David Lloyd Leisure picks up Aspria. Gryphon-backed pehub.com Southern Home Services scoops up Dunn's HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical. SeaFort Capital pehub.com acquires majority stake in doors supplier Allmar. New State pehub.com acquires Vast Coworking Group in carveout from United Franchise Group.
Financial Services & Professional
Lee Equity pehub.com snaps up consulting firm KCIC. Boyne Capital pehub.com sells McKee Utility Contractors to Mastec Inc. BCP pehub.com sells United Utility Services to Sandbrook. JC Flowers pehub.com commits up to $200m to back Accelerated Wealth Partners.
Cross-Border & Emerging Markets
EBRD pe-insights.com Morphosis Capital and CEECAT exit Romanian retailer La Cocos to Schwarz Group. CVC pehub.com Hartenberg-backed Future Life to buy Herts & Essex Fertility Centre. Ares deploys $850m continuation strategy amid record $240bn secondaries wave.
Market Insights & Strategy
Carlyle's Steve Wise says market open for bigger, higher-quality businesses. Tariff uncertainty pehub.com complicates valuations says Alvarez & Marsal. Blackstone pe-insights.com proposes $2.5bn investment in potential $4bn New World transaction. Blackstone consortium pe-insights.com tables bid for $1.5bn UK aerospace supplier Senior.
Fund & Firm Moves
Littlejohn pehub.com taps Shant Mardirossian as managing director and COO. Maven pehub.com announces planned leadership succession. Aurelius pehub.com opens three new offices in Amsterdam, Milan and Zurich. HgT pe-insights.com deploys $62m into One Stream and Septeo co-investments.
Industry Events & Awards
Secondaries Investor's Annual Dinner secondariesinvestor.com 2026 in pictures. Secondaries Awards 2025 secondariesinvestor.com Asia-Pacific winners. Secondaries Awards 2025 secondariesinvestor.com Americas winners. Secondaries Awards 2025 secondariesinvestor.com EMEA winners.
Market Context & Trends
Private equity adapting tech playbook pehub.com as AI disrupts buy-and-build model says Lincoln's Chris Brooks. Massive AI deals news.crunchbase.com drive $189B startup funding record in February. Over $50B news.crunchbase.com went to boom-era software companies that haven't raised in 4+ years. Intersection of biosecurity and AI news.crunchbase.com sees seed-stage spike.