Dealmaking

3 reasons why private equity is backing 'better for you'

"The fact people want cleaner labels, functional ingredients and organic options is a long-term trend that is here to stay," Mathieu Sasseville of Fondaction tells PE Hub.

Investindustrial-backed Nexture to expand into UAE with La Crema; European exits in focus

EQT, Main Capital and Mutares announced exits last week.

Montagu, Kohlberg, Arlington bet on medical textiles; Increased demand for fertility treatment drives Amulet’s CV of US Fertility

Demand for medical textiles such as wound dressings is on the rise, and PE firms such as Montagu, Kohlberg and Arlington Capital Partners are taking note; Amulet Capital Partners closed a continuation vehicle to recapitalize US Fertility; a new hire at RoundTable Healthcare Partners.

Alpine aims to replicate US technical services success in fragmented UK market

The San Francisco-based firm made its first platform investment in the UK in September, with the launch of Eight Group Service Partners, a hard facilities management platform.

PE pursues medical textile businesses: 8 deals

Montagu, Kohlberg, Sterling and Arlington are among the PE dealmakers transacting in the medical textiles sector.

UK built environment pulls in private equity; Providence Equity featured in They Said It

Monterro announced this week that the firm is opening its first UK office in London.

Robust deal pipeline as Q4 approaches; Vector Capital taps Kiran Rao as head of value creation

Upcoming companies-for-sale activity, including insights from Justin Abelow, a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s financial sponsors group, and Effram Kaplan, co-CEO of investment bank Brown Gibbons Lang; Vector Capital Management taps Kiran Rao as managing director and head of value creation; Sheridan Capital Partners completes an investment in PtEverywhere.

Exclusive: Vista Equity’s Kiran Rao joins Vector Capital as head of value creation

Rao worked for five years as COO of Vista’s operations team and is a former operating partner at TPG.

Companies-for-sale activity looks healthy, heading into Q4

Business services, healthcare services and industrials have been the most active sectors for company-for-sale activity this year

Main Capital’s Sjoerd Aarts shares plans as firm ups UK presence; Clearlake grows Chelsea FC stake; CVC DIF, Carlyle and EQT in security deals

EQT’s Mid Market Europe fund has signed a definitive agreement to sell Ontinue, an AI-powered managed cybersecurity services provider focused on Microsoft architecture, to Quorum Cyber.