PE Hub Wire

Insurance in vogue as JC Flowers makes Italian play; Kartesia supports Goetzpartners MBO; Winterberg portfolio company makes women’s health add-on

Consulbrokers is an insurance broker with headquarters in Milan.

Monroe’s Zia Uddin says Wendel investment will speed up growth in private credit; plus New Mountain’s next single-asset CV

An interview with Monroe Capital president Zia Uddin about why the Chicago mid-market lender sold a 75 percent stake to Paris PE firm Wendel Group; sources say New Mountain Capital is readying another single-asset continuation fund; a conversation with Rick Zall, chair of the healthcare transactions and regulatory practice at law firm King & Spalding, about the changing environment for healthcare deals.

EQT, Towerbrook and CD&R bet on RCM; OEP looks to deliver on the hybrid work experience

OEP acquires IT services firm Yorktel.

Transition Equity: Solar panel onshoring provides catalyst for Heliene growth; Silver Lake-backed Endeavour sells IMG Live Events to TKO

Transition Equity Partners partner Michael Allison discusses the four-year old energy transition investor’s latest deal backing Heliene; TKO Group agrees to acquire Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG Live Events from Silver Lake Capital-backed Endeavor; a companies-for-sale update.

Verdane spills the beans on Cropster plans; EQT, MiddleGround wrap up take-privates; KKR, TPG, Tikehau, Oakley and LLCP sign deals

Cropster, based in Tyrol, Austria, provides software to coffee professionals who produce, buy, roast and sell coffee through wholesale and retail channels.

Lateral’s Richard de Silva: 'reasonable valuations' emerge; HCI launches car parts platform

An outlook conversation in the technology sector with Lateral Investment Management founder and managing partner Richard de Silva; HCI Equity Partners launches Driven Distribution Group and acquires auto parts and accessories distribution business of Chicago Parts & Sound; First Reserve sells IRISNDT, a provider of non-destructive testing and inspection services, to Apave Group.

Butterfly Equity’s co-founder details Duckhorn take-private; Sverica Capital invests in Electronic Source Company

A deep dive into Butterfly Equity’s take-private deal of a winemaker, Duckhorn Portfolio; Blue Marlin Partners and Trive Capital take a majority stake in Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food; Sverica Capital Management invests in an electronic manufacturing services company serving the aerospace and defense market and space sector.