Rafael Canton

Patient Square unveils $4.1bn take-private deal; Bain Capital, Leeds Equity leverage seismic shift in education

After an earlier slowdown, private equity went all in on the education sector in 2024.

Carlyle and Sixth Street led new wave of sports deals; Bridge Growth made fundamental transformation with Syniti before sale

Private equity was bullish about sports in 2024.

NFL ownership, college athlete NIL, women's soccer drove PE sports deals in 2024

'What differentiates the NFL from the other leagues is higher revenues, higher valuations and cashflow,' says Park Lane's Sean Clemens.

Serent banked on booming sports market in exit of Kore; Bain Capital Double Impact bets on mid-market buyouts

Serent Capital exits sports tech company Kore.

Serent leaned on international growth with Kore before exit

Kore, a software and business intelligence company for the sports industry, has grown four-fold since Serent invested in 2018, says the private equity firm's Stewart Lynn.

Blackstone leverages generative AI in dealmaking; New Heritage sells foodservice biz to Morgan Street

Blackstone's CTO Stecher discusses the latest generative AI happenings with PE Hub.

Blackstone is building tools to 'intelligently augment investment processes,' says CTO John Stecher

Blackstone's in-house tools help deal teams generate deep company and sector analysis.

Exclusive: Emerging manager HighPost Capital takes minority stake in Front Row Group

Founded in 2019 by David Moross and Mark Bezos (the younger brother of Jeff Bezos), HighPost expects to close two more deals over the next year.

Carlyle’s Schwartz: ‘Markets like certainty;’ plus Camino Real said to collect bids

Carlyle Group says the election results have caused widespread relief across the market.

From donuts to gyms, franchises appeal to PE: 7 deals

Beach Point, Rainier, Trive and other PE firms have invested in franchises recently.