Commentary

Continuous M&A opportunities and increasing care demands are among the reasons why firms like KKR, CVC Capital and MidEuropa are still betting on the hospital sector; spotlighting a recently announced partnership between Waud Capital Partners and healthcare executive Bill Mixon to build a new platform focused on the medical device and supply chain services market.

Weekly companies-for-sale update, featuring two newly announced deals in fire safety and drug development; KKR announces strategic investment in HVAC equipment e-commerce site SupplyHouse; and sticking with KKR: talking points from Henry McVey’s 2025 Mid-Year Macro Global Outlook.

Inflexion portfolio company DSS has acquired Proaction International.

Catching up with Jon Maschmeyer, partner at Permira, to learn more about the growth strategy for Valeris, which formed from the Permira portfolio company PharmaCord and Odyssey Investment Partners-backed Mercalis; Watchtower Capital Partners launched a new fencing service provider platform, which merges Fence Builders of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Green Hill Fencing of Greenville, South Carolina; a look at PE’s interest in digital marketing.

An exclusive deal announcement involving IT managed service providers; an outlook on the industrials and manufacturing M&A market; a sweet deal involving an Oregon pie producer.

Mutares has agreed to acquire a Spanish transportation company operating across the food supply chain.