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Blackstone, TPG to buy Hologic for $18.3bn; Incline Equity Partners closes single-asset CV for Accredited Labs

Blackstone and TPG are taking women’s health specialist Hologic private for $18.3 billion; Incline Equity Partners closes a single-asset continuation fund for Accredited Labs at approximately $300 million; Decarbonization Partners, Climate Investment and Activate Capital have provided growth equity financing to a manufacturer of sustainable liquid and air-cooling technologies as well as control systems.

Plexus Capital achieves rapid close on seventh fund

The firm wrapped its fund up in about a quarter of the average industry time.

Bain closes $14bn flagship after 'one of the largest distribution years ever'

The firm has returned billions in capital to investors since early 2024, according to the firm’s co-head of North America private equity.

Carlyle shares economic indicators amid official data shutdown; Madison Dearborn explains thesis behind IOA deal

Catching up with Matt Raino, a partner and co-head of financial services at Madison Dearborn Partners, about opportunities that the firm identified with its Insurance Office of America investment; Carlyle releases proprietary indicators providing some windows into the health of the US economy; Broad Sky Partners portfolio company Commonwealth Electrical Technology makes its debut add-on.

Madison Dearborn's Matt Raino details Insurance Office of America investment

'MDP believes there are multiple drivers to accelerate organic growth that are not reliant upon industry tailwinds,' Raino said.

Marc Lasry-backed Avenue Capital closes sports fund with over $1bn

Since its launch, Avenue Sports Fund has made numerous investments across sports leagues and franchises in North America and Europe.

Catchment Capital signs debut deal; How Blue Point built Stax and attracted Grant Thornton

Newly formed Catchment Capital has made its debut deal, of an Ottawa-headquartered provider of outsourced advanced electronic and embedded system design services; PE Hub speaks with Chip Chaikin, a partner at Blue Point, on how his firm built a platform that attracted Grant Thornton.

Blue Point almost doubled Stax’s EBITDA before exit to Grant Thornton Advisors

Blue Point became Stax's first institutional investor in October 2021.

Exclusive: Newly formed Catchment Capital debuts with Fidus Systems deal

The firm’s strategy is focused on mid-market industrial technology, services or products companies with up to $75m of EBITDA.

Why more GPs are embracing single-asset continuation vehicles

Butterfly co-founder Adam Waglay on Qdoba: ‘We didn’t do the single-asset CV because we had run out of options. There is a lot more upside.’