Private Equity 3d Briefing
×Market Moves
Astorg portco Solabia pehub.com expanded with three strategic acquisitions, marking its first moves since Astorg’s 2025 investment. MacLean Power Systems pehub.com and Power Grid Components merged, with Blackstone Energy Transition Partners as majority owner and Centerbridge Partners investing. Springcoast pehub.com led a $180m investment in Cart.com, while Royal Cup pehub.com took Farmer Brothers Coffee private. Peak Rock pehub.com sold Spatial Business Systems to Blackstone-backed Enverus. Trive pehub.com invested in Adrianna Papell, and GCM Grosvenor pehub.com backed Torch Key. AllianzGI pe-insights.com and Total Energies committed $550m to German battery storage. Photoncycle sifted.eu raised €15m for energy solutions. Neuberger Berman pe-insights.com led a $500m Nvidia-backed Ayar Labs round. Jacmel-backed VTG pehub.com acquired Vector Tech Group. Charterhouse pe-insights.com raised €1bn for a mid-market fund. Esperion pehub.com acquired Corstasis for $75m. Arlington Capital pehub.com sold FSG to JF Lehman.
Macro & Policy
Blackstone pe-insights.com proposed a $2.5bn investment in New World, while Waterland pehub.com acquired Cooper Turner Beck. Sifted sifted.eu highlighted a stealth AI startup challenging Nvidia. Sifted sifted.eu noted Ovo founder Stephen Fitzpatrick leading Kaluza. Sifted sifted.eu discussed European fintech in HBO’s Industry. Top private equity news pe-insights.com covered Apollo and BNP Paribas’ partnership. Danske Bank pe-insights.com scaled alternatives mandate. CCMP pehub.com is in sale talks for BGIS. Ardian pehub.com sold Nova Reperta stake. Bain Capital pe-insights.com took a stake in Tingstad. Warburg Pincus pe-insights.com targeted an $8bn egg empire.
Secondaries & Exits
Carlyle AlpInvest secondariesinvestor.com seeks $60bn as part of a fundraising supercycle. Moelis’s Hammer secondariesinvestor.com noted secondaries as an exit route. New Mountain’s Costello emphasized PE entrants’ focus. Ares pe-insights.com deployed $850m amid a $240bn secondaries wave. Hellman & Friedman’s Healy pehub.com stressed capital return tools. CCMP Growth-backed Decks & Docks pehub.com expanded via Pro Deck Supply. TDR Capital-backed David Lloyd Leisure pehub.com acquired Aspria.