Dealmaking

A $24bn bonanza for Figma backers Index, Greylock, Kleiner and Sequoia

Figma’s stock price soared 250% on Thursday after the company went public at $33 a share.

Accel-KKR, Carlyle, Vistria target home care software; Bain Capital, Bristol Myers Squibb launch autoimmune biopharma biz

Rounding up five deals in the home healthcare sector, which has caught the attention of Accel-KKR, Berkshire Partners, Carlyle, Vistria and other PE firms; a look at the launch of Bain Capital’s and Bristol Myers Squibb’s new autoimmune biopharma company; insights into the commercialization and market access to the services side of the pharma sector from a report by the investment bank Bourne Partners.

PE bets on home healthcare software: 5 deals

Accel-KKR, Berkshire Partners, Carlyle, Heritage Group and Vistria are among the PE firms investing in software for home healthcare.

US-EU trade pact to prompt PE strategy shift, says BonelliErede; JC Flowers deepens Italian push with Caleas buy; Equistone lines up Karavel exit

Karavel Groupe is an e-tourism travel group in France.

Peak Rock, Sycamore tee up dairy and wine portfolio companies for sale; Five Point-backed midstream system sells to MPLX

A double whammy of companies-for-sale action to highlight: the first is the latest On-the-block series update about food and beverage companies testing the market for buyers, the second is a weekly companies-for-sale update; Five Points is selling a midstream energy provider based in the Permian Basin to a strategic buyer.

On the block: Dairy farming and wineries

Sources have flagged a pair of large-scale dairy producers and a wine producer that will test the market for buyers, with targets of up to $40m EBITDA.

PE eyes third-party wealth tech providers; Keensight to invest in consumer goods data biz

Main Capital Partners portfolio company, UnameIT, has announced the acquisition of Claire Automotive.

Cybersecurity sees uptick in quality deals, says Houlihan’s Keith Skirbe; HarbourView leads way in music royalty and copyright deals

Speaking with Keith Skirbe, a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Technology Group, to learn the latest in the cybersecurity segment; a look at some recent deals in the music royalties and copyrights sector, and how HarbourView Equity Partners has fared in the current fundraising environment; One Equity Partners, Warburg Pincus and Green Cement Investments agree to sell Eco Material Technologies to CRH for $2.1 billion.

PE exits reach highest half-year total since 2022 – EY report

Strategic sales accounted for 26% of all private equity exit transactions recorded between January and June.

Houlihan Lokey’s Keith Skirbe: Expect a rise in M&A deal activity in cybersecurity

'Q2 was still a little slow, but we have seen things pick up over the last month or so across the US and Europe.'