Dealmaking

Butterfly ranks packaging among ‘most attractive places’ in food following debut in segment; LLCP's Kaufman confident on loan services post-GLAS exit

Arcline’s Signia and Ansor’s Corvero announce aerospace and defense add-ons.

LLCP bullish on loan services following GLAS sale to Oakley Capital

GLAS provides administration and trustee services for the credit markets, including private credit and leveraged finance.

Butterfly Equity sees food packaging as essential after debuting in sector

Investments in Sabert and ePac are the Beverly Hills-based firm's first investments in the food packaging sector.

Mason Wells pursues sale of KJ Holding, sources say; PAI to acquire skincare biz Elemis from L’Occitane

A PEI Private Equity scoop of Mason Wells exploring a sale of KJ Holding, the parent of lemonade brand Calypso; PAI Partners' agreement to acquire skincare brand Elemis from L’Occitane Group; and a look at aerospace and defense, a segment that could be impacted by the midterm election results.

Weil wind-down: How fund mandates will be affected

PEI Private Equity examines what the biggest risks are for clients as GPs mid-fundraise weigh whether to follow their lawyers after the collapse of Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Mason Wells explores sale of KJ Holding, parent of lemonade brand Calypso, sources say

KJ Holding launched Calypso, which has a stable of products that includes lemonades, sparkling lemonades and limeades, in 2000.

EIV Capital’s Kristin Kelly on the resilience of the oil and gas sector; Carlyle and PAI Partners to exit Theramex; PEI Private Equity Awards open

The latest profile in our Dealmakers to Watch series: Kristin Kelly, a partner at Houston-based energy-focused PE firm EIV Capital; Carlyle and PAI Partners agree to sell specialty pharmaceutical company Theramex; O2 Investment Partners sells Xobee Networks to Brite; submissions for the PEI Private Equity Awards 2026 are open.

Garnett Station’s Rafi Haramati: Tech key to vacation rental investment thesis; Cybersecurity has ‘never been more valuable,’ says Thoma Bravo’s Carl Press

Checking in on a sector that is about as AI-resilient as it comes: vacation rentals; another look at our recent TMT Sector Spotlight, with the views of Carl Press, partner and co-lead of Explore Fund, at Thoma Bravo.

Three reasons why PE is gung-ho over vacation rentals

‘It’s a very large market, very fragmented,’ Rafi Haramati of Garnett Station tells PEI Private Equity. ‘There is a logic to consolidation and proven players have scaled.’