Commentary

Turn/River buys Starlims from Francisco Partners; Arctos expected to kick off third sports fund

We also have a deep dive into TCG’s recent minority investment in romance book publisher Entangled Publishing.

OpenAI: Latest ChatGPT model ‘incredibly valuable’ for investment analysis amid ‘super high’ PE adoption; CVC in talks with Infravia over Celeste stake

CVC DIF, the infrastructure business of CVC, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire an 88 percent stake in Celeste from Infravia Capital Partners.

MSCP deepens engineering portfolio with Olsson acquisition; Sheridan Capital acquires EHR software provider ICANotes

Speaking with Eric Kanter, head of industrial services at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, about opportunities his firm identified in its deal for a majority stake in engineering and design firm Olsson; insights from Sean Dempsey, co-founder and partner at Sheridan, on the firm's acquistion of ICANotes, a provider of electronic healthcare record software for the behavioral healthcare market.

Rebuilding sellers’ trust in private equity

Don’t treat the early stages of an acquisition discussion as a business transaction – it should be about nurturing a relationship, writes Seth Collins, managing partner, martinwolf.

Verdane taps structural demand in assistive tech with Smartbox deal; Valuation gaps persist despite market recovery, finds White & Case

Smartbox is an assistive technology company based in the UK.

ECP closes $26.6bn Calpine exit to Constellation; Glut of midstream pipeline deals to come in 2026, dealmakers say

Soaring power demand from data centers has put PE and infrastructure investors in the catbird seat for new returns; a look at the power infrastructure market; the closing of Energy Capital Partners’ blockbuster exit of independent power producer Calpine.