Private Equity 8 Hours

Last updated: July 15, 2026, 5:30 AM ET

Deal Activity Across Sectors

Private equity firms were active across various sectors today. Stone Point are set to acquire ABC Economics, a firm specializing in competition and regulatory advisory, from Permira, which previously sold Kroll to Stone Point and Further Global in 2020. Meanwhile, AnaCap-backed Ryze announced a deal to purchase Krata, a valuation firm with a focus on property services in Spain. In the healthcare space, Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Pflegia, a digital healthcare recruitment platform based in Berlin.

Music Royalties and Tech Investments

The music royalty sector saw further investment as Pophouse acquired a stake in the music and NIL rights of the band Iron Maiden, who have sold over 100 million records globally. On the technology front, Sifted reported that Neko raised $700 million in a Series C funding round, with the company now boasting 100,000 members and profitability at the clinic level. Other tech news included an incubator launching Scotland's next generation of tech companies, aiming to attract larger players to the market. Separately, a duo of former Palantir and Dropbox executives are assisting companies like Eleven Labs and Notion in accelerating AI-generated code deployment.

European Biotech Landscape

A review of the European biotech landscape highlighted 89 startups that are actively reshaping the medical industry. In related news, the effectiveness of unflattering avatars in changing behavior was explored in an article discussing Neko's technology.