Dealmaking

Peak Rock doubled Shipley Do-Nuts revenue before exit to LLCP; Apollo, Carlyle and TPG report strong Q2 

Catching up with Robert Strauss and Michael Graham, senior managing director and managing director, respectively, at Peak Rock Capital, to learn more about their sale of Shipley Do-Nuts to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners; key points from second quarter results of The Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management and TPG; a look at managed service providers.

Peak Rock’s exit of Shipley Do-Nuts driven by ‘proven resiliency’ of business

Shipley more than doubled its revenue and also roughly doubled its systemwide sales during Peak Rock's hold.

Take-privates in fashion as Advent, Nextalia plan Tinexta takeover; Blackstone announces biggest Japan deal with TechnoPro delisting

Rome-based Tinexta operates across three divisions: digital trust, cybersecurity and business innovation.

Crestview Partners to sell Elo Touch for $1.3bn; Amberjack details opportunities in infrastructure

We catch up with Jason Turowsky, a managing partner at Amberjack, about the generational opportunity offered by the supporting infrastructure to the oil and gas industry; Crestview Partners agrees to sell its Silicon Valley-based touch screen systems and components provider for $1.3 billion; Francisco Partners agrees to acquire a software provider for the legal industry; Poalim Equity makes a minority investment in Glassbox.

Amberjack’s Jason Turowsky sees a generational opportunity in critical infrastructure investment

'The pipeline inspection market is a large, stable end market driven by public safety needs and mandated inspections every five years,' said Turowsky.

Carlyle makes HR tech play with Ingentis investment; KKR tops Advent’s Spectris bid once again; Maven exits door and window hardware supplier

Maven Capital Partners has sold UAP, a designer and supplier of door and window hardware, to global security and access company Allegion.

GHK bets on HVAC with RBS deal; Is ECP and KKR’s new hyperscale data center campus and power plant tie-up a sign of things to come?

GHK Capital Partners has acquired Rogers Building Solutions, a Douglasville, Georgia-based provider of specialty mechanical HVAC and plumbing services; Energy Capital Partners and KKR’s joint venture to develop a new 190 MW hyperscale data center campus; Amberjack Capital Partners has sold Entegra to NDT Global, a company backed by Novacap and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

Number Crunch: A bumpy ride for logistics

The transport and logistics sector faces increased risk and subdued fundraising in an uncertain environment.

Sun European parts ways with Wescom; Oakley, General Atlantic to buy Brevo from Bridgepoint

Brevo is a global customer engagement software platform.

Sun European's exit from Wescom signals increased defense demand

Wescom's consumable products created a 'steady' cashflow, Sun European managing director Alexander Wyndham told PE Hub in an exclusive interview.