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News & Analysis

VC-backed GrubMarket snaps up WaudWare

San Francisco-based food technology company GrubMarket has acquired WaudWare, a Kincardine, Ontario-based food supply-chain software solutions provider.

3 min read · 13 April 2022

News & Analysis

Venture-backed Auvik acquires Boise, Idaho's MetaGeek

Auvik has acquired MetaGeek, a Boise, Idaho-based provider of tools to help network professionals deploy and maintain wireless networks.

1 min read · 13 April 2022

Managers

Off-duty: Blue Owl’s Michael Rees on how Dyal got its name, Guns N’ Roses and being a Yinzer

Rees shares with us his training as a mechanical engineer, the book that most influenced his career, and the highs and lows of spinning out Dyal Capital.

3 min read · 12 April 2022

Managers

Brightstar Capital shoots for $2bn in launch of third flagship fund

The fund comes almost exactly a year after the closing of Brightstar’s second flagship vehicle. Originally targeted to bring in $1bn, Fund II wrapped up at its $1.27 bn hard-cap.

3 min read · 11 April 2022

Featured

Turnaround deal of the year: KPS Capital Partners and TaylorMade

TaylorMade was buried in the bunker until KPS made a brilliant sand save.

4 min read · 01 April 2022

Managers

Banyan Capital taps into retail investors for long-duration strategy

“Our philosophy of long-term investing lines up well with our investor base,” Banyan managing director and group head Jeff Wigle told Buyouts.

3 min read · 30 March 2022

Managers

TPG to wrap up debut climate fund at $7.2bn, launches $3bn Rise Fund III

TPG's Rise Fund platform, overseeing $14bn in assets, was as of December 2021 earning a net IRR of 25%.

3 min read · 28 March 2022

Managers

TPG Growth-spinout Knox Lane closes debut fund above $600m hard-cap

Knox Lane was on Buyouts' list of 12 emerging managers to watch in 2022. It is the first to announce a final closing.

3 min read · 24 March 2022

Managers

VWH Capital targets $1.5bn for third distressed-mortgage loan fund

Fund III is expected to have soft commitments of $500m to $750m by the end of Q1 2022, according to pension documents.

3 min read · 21 March 2022

News & Analysis

Advent International on course to wrap up $23bn Fund X next month

Advent's prior flagship fund was showing outsized performance with a 3x net multiple and a 129.4% net IRR as of September.

2 min read · 21 March 2022

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