Craig McGlashan

PE takes to travel; Vonrosen on the advantage of being sector agnostic; Trilantic, CDP buy agritech biz

PE Hub’s top European stories of 2025; PE’s local presence yields deals; Inflexion buys Mecenat stake

Take a look back at PE Hub's top European stories of 2024, with snippets from PE firm Permira to petcare.

Private equity European office push pays off with UK, Germany and France deals

Thoma Bravo, Great Hill Partners, Inflexion and Brookfield have signed deals where they recently opened offices.

Skincare shows strength despite inflation; HarbourVest takes stake in KKR- and Hg-backed compliance biz

The skincare industry has proved resilient in 2024, despite upward pressure from inflation.

LP pressure refining exit strategies; EY expects rise in PE-backed IPOs; Stone Point invests in Ardonagh 

European private equity exits gained renewed momentum in 2024, with the IPO market picking up.

Ardian Expansion’s Jerphagnon sees macro blocks to dealmaking; Inflexion’s Kassai ‘cautiously optimistic’

Paris-based Jerphagnon leads Ardian’s Expansion team.

PE goes for frozen food as consumers demand convenience; IK to buy accountant from Horizon Capital

Lonsdale Capital Partners has invested in two new healthcare buy-and-build platforms in the private homecare and dental sectors.

Bain Capital’s Ivano Sessa: ‘Quietly confident’ on European dealmaking in 2025

Partner confident the firm can navigate the ‘no growth to very low growth’ predicted in Europe.

Partners Group looks to consolidate Spanish hospitality; EQT launches strategy with battery biz

EQT is acquiring Juniz Energy, a battery energy storage system developer and operator, from its founder Franz Hauk.

Bruin bets on soccer agency growth; Thoma Bravo, KKR complete deals; Brookfield opens in Paris

Thoma Bravo has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in USU Product Business, an IT management services provider.