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Throwback Thursday: remembering 2019's healthcare tech boom as Parthenon, Bain step in to lead Zelis

Waxing nostalgic for last year's health tech boom amid pandemic

KKR buys 55% stake in Colonial First State, Thoma Bravo sells Idaptive for $70m, LA pension pulls $100m commitment from Alcentra over departures

Unlike a few weeks ago, deals are starting to flow again: KKR invests in an Australia's Colonial First State and Thoma Bravo exits Idaptive.

Zelis backers Parthenon, Bain step in to lead amid CEO departure, GTCR bets on growth of marketing tech, KKR leads growth funding in pizzeria tech platform Slice

GGC forms a new marketing tech company Dreamscape and OMERS' new head of global private equity wants to safeguard the portfolio amid the pandemic downturn.

Spectrum leads $144m growth deal in DispatchTrack, StepStone in $80m GP-led strip sale, Rise of earnouts in M&A to get deals done

Earnouts are all the rage right now in the M&A world and Spectrum Equity leads a $144 million growth deal in DispatchTrack.

KKR to make significant investment in Coty Inc, Brookfield launches $5bn retail rescue effort, Life under quarantine with Soundcore's Jarrett Turner

PE firms rush to rescue retail with KKR investing in beauty brand Coty and Brookfield launching a "retail revitalization" program.

Thoma Bravo-backed Apttus to merge with Conga, Ellie Rubenstein's Manna Tree aims to do a deal a quarter, Ares raises $3bn for investments into dislocation

Ares Management closed on $3 billion for its special opportunities fund and Manna Tree wants to do a deal every quarter.

Unusual deal terms: Mednax hands over anesthesia biz to American Securities platform

American Securities agrees to buy American Anesthesiology from publicly-traded Mednax.

Arcline Investment Management acquires Unitec Elevator, KKR welcomes 40 new LPs amid downturn, Sponsors assess pandemic liability as economy reopens

KKR deploys about $8 billion since late February and LACERA has no plans to change its private equity program in the downturn.

ELearning and remote working deals amid the pandemic, MPK Equity acquires home services business Restoration 1, GPs begin outlining pandemic impacts in disclosures

A group of mid-market PE firms invest in an eLearning company and BV Investments backs StraighterLine, an edtech company.

Private equity's retail bomb, Ara Partners closes debut fund on about $400m, LPs weigh the future of their PE programs

FTV Capital invests in a UK pet insurance firm and L Brands shuts down the $525 million sale of Victoria's Secret to Sycamore Partners, legal posturing aside.