PE Hub Wire

Leonard Green execs to form $10m employee-assistance fund, Great Hill's Chris Gaffney talks business actions amid covid-19, How coronavirus outbreak is hammering PE fundraising

Leonard Green partners commit $10 million for an employee-assistance fund and a placement agent is surprisingly optimistic about the long-term effects of the coronavirus outbreak on private equity fundraising

Pain points in private equity in economic crash, Black Diamond hires ex-Carlyle exec to run private equity, Hellman & Friedman to buy Checkmarx from Insight

Markets crash amid the coronavirus outbreak and Black Diamond taps an ex-Carlyle exec to head private equity.

Advent agrees to investment in Conservice, Morgan Stanley's Pathway Vet Alliance goes to TSG for $2.65bn, Fed takes emergency measures

The Federal Reserve implements emergency measures to adjust to the new reality and Advent agrees to invest in Conservice.

Thomas H. Lee Partners to shop Auction.com; Summit Partners leads growth round in NinjaRMM; Fundraising amid the pandemic

Amid the turmoil rocking the global markets, Thomas H. Lee Partners is putting Auction.com on the block.

M&A delays amid Covid-19: sources talk virus impacts; Repricing, hung deals loom in secondaries; Riverside invests in National Flavors

Covid-19 hits the M&A market and Riverside backs National Flavors.

Vista Equity explores options for Infoblox, Neil Tolaney rejoins TCV, Blackstone to acquire HealthEdge

The coronavirus outbreak roils the markets and private equity and Silver Lake invests $1 billion in Twitter.

Providence agrees to sell Galileo Global Education to consortium that includes CPPIB, KKR's Blue Sprig Pediatrics buys Florida Autism Center, New Mountain targets $8bn for next flagship

Providence Equity is selling Galileo Global Education to an investor group and New Mountain Capital is targeting $8 billion for its sixth fund.

Goldman emerges as lead investor on TPG's CAA process, AUA Private Equity builds up specialty foods platform, HarbourVest announces senior-level promotions

PE Hub is growing and Goldman Sachs emerges as lead investor for TPG's Creative Artists Agency.

Vista and Danny Meyer's fund buy Tripleseat, HGGC to sell Selligent, CalSTRS racks up big co-investment numbers

HGGC is getting ready to sell Selligent and Carlyle imposes travel restrictions for its employees due to the coronavirus.

Nautic buys Harrington Industrial, Silver Lake targets $4bn for structured equity fund, GI Partners' Logibec hits the auction block

Super Tuesday results could bode well for private equity and GI Partners mulls sale of Logibec.