Private Equity 3d Briefing
×Market & Deals
Blackstone Energy pehub.com Transition Partners is now the majority owner of the merged Mac Lean Power Systems and Power Grid Components. Springcoast pehub.com led a $180 million investment in Cart.com, a commerce and logistics firm. FSI pe-insights.com has become the controlling shareholder of Missoni, increasing its stake in the Italian fashion group.
Waterland pe-insights.com Private Equity acquired a majority stake in Palletways to facilitate cross-border growth. Braemont-backed Royal Cup is set to take Farmer Brothers Coffee private Braemont-backed pehub.com. Greenbriar pehub.com-backed West Star Aviation acquired DCJet. Main Capital Partners pe-insights.com has acquired a majority stake in Good Solutions.
Peak Rock pehub.com is selling Spatial Business Systems to Blackstone-backed Enverus. Fulcrum Capital pehub.com invested in Glass Masters Autoglass. Sea Fort Capital acquired a majority stake in Allmar SeaFort Capital pehub.com. JLL Partners pehub.com-backed Talica launched its surface science tech platform.
Hamilton Lane pe-insights.com and Ardian are backing Latour’s first continuation fund for Gutor. Gryphon pehub.com-backed Southern Home Services acquired Dunn’s HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical. Lee Equity pehub.com acquired consulting firm KCIC. Trive invested in women’s apparel firm Adrianna Papell Trive pehub.com.
GCM Grosvenor pehub.com is backing the launch of a new PE firm called Torch Key. Blackstone pe-insights.com proposes a $2.5 billion investment in a potential $4 billion New World transaction. KCP pehub.com agreed to buy the luxury motor yacht brand Sunseeker.
American Securities pehub.com is selling manufacturers CPM Holdings and MW Components to Rosebank Industries. Thoma Bravo pehub.com will acquire logistics firm WWEX Group. New State pehub.com acquired Vast Coworking Group. Charterhouse pe-insights.com secured a $1.1 billion first close for its European mid-market fund.
CCMP Growth pehub.com-backed Decks & Docks picked up Pro Deck Supply. Accel-KKR pehub.com invested in fleet maintenance software firm Whip Around. TDR Capital pehub.com-backed David Lloyd Leisure acquired Aspria. Waterland pehub.com scooped up Cooper Turner Beck.
Orion pehub.com, CGF and Exiro partnered in a $200 million investment in Manitoba’s Thompson Mine Complex. Trilogy Capital pehub.com-backed SSRG acquired Elite Residential Concierge. Gemspring pehub.com expanded its investment in Sitemetric. Lone Star completed the sale of SPX Flow Lone Star pehub.com to ITT for over $4.7 billion.
JC Flowers pehub.com committed up to $200 million to back Accelerated Wealth Partners. EBRD pe-insights.com, Morphosis Capital, and CEECAT exited Romanian retailer La Cocos to Schwarz Group. Boyne Capital pehub.com sold McKee Utility Contractors to Mastec Inc.
Secondaries Market
Bridgepoint is eyeing further secondaries growth Bridgepoint secondariesinvestor.com. Carlyle AlpInvest secondariesinvestor.com seeks to raise $60 billion. Ares pe-insights.com deployed an $850 million continuation strategy. Coller Capital is partnering with Mediobanca to expand evergreen secondaries access Coller Capital pe-insights.com in Italy.
Industry Trends & Strategy
Carlyle's Steve Wise says the market is open for bigger businesses Carlyle’s Steve Wise pehub.com. The EU faces scrutiny as a €5 billion Scaleup fund shortlist nears EU sifted.eu. LPs are not waiting on the promise of distributions LPs secondariesinvestor.com.
BC Partners’ pehub.com Nikos Stathopoulos discusses tariffs as the number one risk factor. Brookfield’s David Nowak pehub.com discusses operational improvements. Carlyle Alp Invest seeks to raise $60 billion. Oakley Capital pehub.com made several promotions.
AI & Technology
Eight Sleep news.crunchbase.com raised $50 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Kohlberg pehub.com-backed Riveron invested in Cuesta Partners. Nvidia pe-insights.com-backed Ayar Labs secured $500M in funding. Accel-KKR invested in Whip Around.
Other Deals
Trive invested in Adrianna Papell. Pike Street pehub.com-backed US Bio Tek merged with Nutri Path Pathology. Aeromed pehub.com secured investment from Gemspring. 360training.com pehub.com acquired assets of Canadian Food Safety Group. HG Capital pe-insights.com deployed $62 million in co-investments.
People & Firms
ArcLight pehub.com named Gary Lambert as senior advisor. Littlejohn pehub.com tapped Shant Mardirossian as managing director. Maven pehub.com announced planned leadership succession. Ex-Coller CEO pe-insights.com joined Emissary.