Private Equity 8 Hours

Last updated: July 27, 2026, 2:30 PM ET

Private Equity Dealmaking Accelerates in Healthcare and Industrials

Partners sells medical firmware provider AMI to Lattice Semiconductor, retaining an equity stake in the latter. In a separate healthcare transaction its medical equipment company Riverpoint to Novanta for $1.45 billion, with Arlington’s managing partner noting a stable transaction environment in the sector. Wynnchurch set industrial company Luxfer private for $17.37 per share. Meanwhile, agreed acquire DCC Energy, a multi-energy sales and distribution business, in a $7.7 billion deal that will take the company private pending approvals. TransDigm will IGP-backed Prince & Izant, a maker of brazing alloys and specialty metal components, for over $1 billion.

Cybersecurity and Aerospace See New Investments

Carlyle is backing cybersecurity firm Secturion, marking the first investment from its middle-market aerospace, defense & government and industrials platform. In aerospace services in RH Aero Systems, with the founding Moeller family remaining significant investors. Cinven and La Caisse have agreed to jointly acquire MGA Optio, which underwrites specialty risk across 15 countries for over 60 capacity providers.

Venture Capital and Secondaries Markets Show Shifting Trends

Bessemer Atomico to lead a funding round for The Exploration Company at a $2 billion valuation. In the secondaries market from investors in the first half of the year, with AI disruption impacting both LP-led and GP-led transactions. Blackstone has hit $14 billion for its latest secondaries fund. Separately, providers talks for a £1 billion Scale-Up Fund. Schneider Electric's venture arm, SE Ventures, is actively backing startups in the AI economy, seeing this as the start of a new industrial investment cycle. Morgan Stanley a new Asia insurance solutions lead, signaling a push by GPs to raise more capital from the insurance sector.