Rafael Canton

LLCP utilized organic growth in Tropical Smoothie Cafe exit

Tropical Smoothie Cafe's annual pace of openings has grown by over 70% during LLCP's ownership period.

Butterfly Equity is splitting Bolthouse Farms into two standalone companies

The separation is being facilitated by way of separate debt recapitalizations of each business.

Bon voyage: 6 PE-backed deals in the travel industry

L Catterton, General Atlantic and SVP are among the PE firms investing in travel.

BC Partners leveraged increased demand for increasingly complex IT services to grow Presidio

BC Partners is selling the majority stake in the company to CD&R.

Matt Leeds, founder of Forward Consumer Partners, details debut deal

The former L Catteron dealmaker's new PE firm acquired Firehook Bakery earlier in April.

KKR capitalizes on intersection of healthcare and technology with SunFire

KKR recently acquired SunFire, a developer of software and services for the Medicare market, from Stone Point Capital, which retained a minority stake.

Montage capitalizes on data center interest in exit of Southwest Data Products

Montage recently sold the company to Nucor for $115m.

PSG sees AI's value in education with Packback investment

'In our view, we are at the front end of a transformative period in education,' says PSG's Rick Essex.

Alpine to launch Guardian Restoration with three acquisitions

Alpine-backed Guardian has already bought DryLux Restoration, Dry Kings Restoration and Midwest Restoration.

SK Capital-backed Apotex acquires Searchlight Pharma; a conversation with Clearview Capital

Pophouse is buying rock band Kiss's music catalog.