Sageview Capital, founded in 2005 by veterans of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, plans to raise up to $800 million for its sophomore growth equity fund on the heels of a successful IPO of GoPro Inc, a maker of mobile cameras popular with surfers, skydivers and other social media darlings, according to two sources familiar with the firm.
2 min read · 10 October 2014
Sharing wisdom gleaned as a senior executive at HGGC after his years as a Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young told private equity pros to huddle, embrace change and find out how good you could be.
2 min read · 08 October 2014
Sharing wisdom gleaned as a senior executive at HGGC after his years as a Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young told private equity pros to huddle, embrace change and find out how good you could be.
2 min read · 08 October 2014
Tech deal-makers said Tuesday they’re as busy as ever despite high purchase prices, with interest in areas like advertising technology, financial technology and software-as-a-service running as high as it did for dot-coms in the late 1990s.
3 min read · 08 October 2014
Goodwin Procter’s private equity group recently promoted two associates to partner and has hired ten middle- and junior-level people this year in a move to boost its New York presence to match increased middle-market activity both in LBOs and growth equity.
1 min read · 02 October 2014
Hellman & Friedman said it has raised just about $10 billion for its eighth flagship buyout fund as the San Francisco generalist firm turns away some investor dollars as it nears its hard cap, according to an investor in the fund.
3 min read · 01 October 2014
Hellman & Friedman said it has raised just about $10 billion for its eighth flagship buyout fund as the San Francisco generalist firm turns away some investor dollars as it nears its hard cap, according to an investor in the fund.
2 min read · 30 September 2014
Two co-founders of Madison Capital who left the firm under a cloud have joined Angelo Gordon & Co to launch a new middle-market direct lending business aimed at companies generating EBITDA of $3 million and $50 million. It is the latest expansion move by the New York firm.
2 min read · 29 September 2014
Silver Lake may be known more for its technology buyouts, but one of the San Francisco firm’s biggest recent falls into a different category altogether.Teaming up with its platform company William Morris Endeavor, Silver Lake bought sports marketing and talent management firm IMG Worldwide for $2.3 billion late last year. Jim Davidson, Silver Lake managing partner, recently hailed the acquisition as a way to harness IMG’s stable of authors, athletes and other stars that generate popular entertainment and content.
6 min read · 29 September 2014
John A. Haggerty, managing principal and director of private markets investments for Meketa Investment Group, marked the 36th anniversary of the firm this year with two office openings and future hiring plans in Portland, Oregon, and London in a move to grow into new geographies.
2 min read · 29 September 2014
