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'There’s an opportunity to continue to take advantage of that increasing spending in the vet space, while also adding additional customers, services and capabilities,' said RF Investment Partners' Collin Abert.

Thoma Bravo, Great Hill Partners, Inflexion and Brookfield have signed deals where they recently opened offices.

Frazier Healthcare Partners, Waud Capital Partners and RiverGlade Capital are among the PE firms backing home-based care.

M&A was the largest driver of growth for AssuredPartners, which acquired 500 businesses over the past 13 years, before the $13.45bn sale to Gallagher.

Major deals in 2024 includes EQT’s €2.9bn sale of Idealista, a real estate platform, to Cinven.

The industrial equipment supplier is expected to be marketed based on EBITDA of more than $20m over the past year.

'I don't expect macro or top-down topics to be tailwinds, I see them more as headwinds. Let’s see what the magnitude will be.'

'A growing set of now 28,000-plus buyout companies with diminished IPO and M&A exit avenues lies in wait,' says Kline Hill Partners' Mike Bego.

Cinven, Manna Tree and Brynwood Partners are among the PE firms seizing opportunities in the food and beverage sector.