Private Equity
Riverwood Capital, the Silicon Valley middle-market technology specialist that participated in a bid for Dell Inc last year, has raised $378 million for its second fund, according to a Form D filing.
2 min read · 10 January 2014
Panda Power Funds, the Dallas-based private equity firm that invests in energy projects, has raised $535.5 million for Panda Power Fund II LP as it looks to roughly double the size of its debut fund, according to Form D filings and sources familiar with the firm.
2 min read · 09 January 2014
Riverside Co has closed its flagship Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund VI at $1.5 billion, $500 million over target, marking the 25-year-old firm’s largest fund dedicated to the smaller end of the middle market.
2 min read · 09 January 2014
BV Investment Partners has grown EBITDA at PetroSkills by 3x since it acquired the oil and gas technical training and career specialist in 2010. The company continues to scale up with this week’s add-on deal for Resource Development Company LLC which took place during a fundraising effort for BV’s eighth buyout vehicle.
2 min read · 08 January 2014
Brynwood Partners executive Henk Hartong III is expecting more deal opportunities following two acquisitions and one exit over the 2013-14 holiday season, as the 30-year-old lower middle-market buyout shop aimed at consumer products deploys its $400 million Brynwood Partners VII LP fund.
2 min read · 07 January 2014
3 min read · 06 January 2014
Buyouts sat down with Marek Herchel, partner at AlpInvest, to discuss its more than $4.2 billion secondary program, among other topics
3 min read · 06 January 2014
The vintage 2007 Trilantic Capital Partners IV LP fund rang up an IRR of 18.4 percent as of Sept. 30, 2012, according to pension fund data compiled by Buyouts. The performance exceeds the 14.3 percent threshold for a top-quartile fund and the median performance of 8.9 percent.
4 min read · 02 January 2014
Bain Capital plans to continue expansion of Bob’s Discount Furniture after the Boston-based private equity firm completes its deal for a majority stake in the retailer in the first quarter for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 31 December 2013
H.I.G. Capital is capping off a busy year of fundraising with its second middle-market buyout fund with one private equity pro expecting the Miami buyout shop to finish up the effort quickly.
2 min read · 31 December 2013
