PE Hub Wire

Littlejohn buys RailPros from Court Square as infra services heat up; how PE healthcare investors are handling tougher M&A regs in some states

An exclusive that Littlejohn & Co acquired RailPros, a Irving, Texas-based rail infrastructure service provider, from Court Square Capital Partners; some fresh insights into how dealmakers are navigating different regulatory terrains both at the federal and state level in healthcare M&A.

Triton’s Gahleitner says FläktGroup sale shows data center sector is robust; Charterhouse agrees to gelato and pastry ingredients exit

Charterhouse Capital Partners has agreed to sell Casa Optima, a global player in the artisanal gelato and pastry ingredients market.

PE spots opportunity in mental and behavioral health; New Mountain forms RCM platform via three-way merger

Recapping a seven-deal listicle on mental and behavioral healthcare, which has caught the attention of KKR, Clearview Capital, Northlane Capital Partners, and Sovereign Capital Partners, among others; shining the light on a three-way platform merger by New Mountain Capital in revenue cycle management.

TPG among PE firms scooping up hospitality tech companies; European cybersecurity market attracts US investors’ attention, says Houlihan

From accounting software to language processing tech that reduces booking times, private equity has been busy transacting in hospitality tech segment.

Providence Equity adds live music logistics provider GCL to its roster; JC Flowers to take debt collection agency public

Highlighting a deal from Wednesday in the freight and logistics market involving a company we reported was for sale in April; a weekly round-up of PE Hub’s ongoing companies-for-sale coverage, highlighting the logistics and industrials market as safe bets for 2025 exits; an IPO announcement involving a consumer credit collections agency.

Thoma Bravo ‘fired up about Europe,’ says founder Orlando Bravo; Ardian agrees majority stake in MasterGrid; CVC’s Genetic sale enterprise value

MasterGrid is a provider of maintenance services and manufacturer of equipment for critical electrical infrastructure.

Sterling draws on operational savvy in sale of West Star Aviation to Greenbriar; PE firms still like pest control

Greenbriar Equity Group acquires West Star Aviation from the Sterling Group; why we’ve seen deals in the pest control services subsector over the past year; insights on the consumer sector from a panel last week at the ONE Houlihan Lokey Global Conference in New York.

Dealmakers keen on defense and industrial tech, says Lincoln International; Operational improvements key under tariff uncertainty

The importance of operational value-add as a key driver of PE returns is clear, according to Alvarez & Marsal's Steffen Kroner.

Investcorp nets 4x return on Resa Power; Blackstone to take TXNM Energy private in $11.5bn deal

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners’ announced acquisition of the largest New Mexico regulated utility provider; a recent exit by Investcorp of a power services company that we scooped was for sale earlier this year; another power services deal involving a Gryphon Investors portfolio company which announced an add-on of a Birmingham, Alabama electrical engineering firm.