Dealmaking

Foresight eyes German battery storage; Cinven to acquire AI consulting biz from Ardian

Montagu has agreed to acquire IAI Group, a Polish digital retail services provider, from MCI Capital and IAI founders.

Foresight’s Richard Thompson: German battery storage offers higher returns

'You can capture ancillary service revenues in Germany. Those markets tend to be quite shallow, so they saturate quickly. But for a short period of time, you can capture much higher returns.'

Clearview, Grovecourt, Vistria bet on telehealth platforms; Northlane sells cost containment biz to Stone Point Capital

Private equity sees attractive demand and growth opportunities within the fragmented healthcare cost containment service market

PE targets growing telehealth demand: 6 deals

Clearview Capital, Berkshire Partners, Grovecourt Capital Partners and The Vistria Group are among the PE firms investing in telehealth.

Global PE eyes Spain’s favorable valuations, says DLA Piper; Ares deploys secondaries strategy in Apax Global Alpha buyout

AGA is an investment trust headquartered in Guernsey.

Ares’ secondaries unit backs Apax Global Alpha take-private

The transaction involves a continuation fund-like structure, Secondaries Investor understands, and includes an option for backers of the UK investment trust to roll into a new fund, filings show.

Increased confidence, clarity expected to accelerate dealmaking this fall; Audax, Lindsay Goldberg rack up exits

Details of two sales processes that yielded exits for Audax Private Equity and Lindsay Goldberg; a resurgence of optimism about M&A; a Dealmakers to watch story that highlights a new firm launched by former L2 Capital and Prestwick Partners dealmakers.

Signal Rock’s Sam Hafermann sees 'obsession and opportunity' in lower mid-market

'The lower mid-market is inefficient and messy, which is exactly what makes it compelling to us. It’s friends of friends, brokers in rural towns or niche online platforms. You have to dig,' Hafermann told PE Hub.

Perwyn, SilverTree-backed Salesmanago makes add-on in Poland; European PE AUM hits new high

Perwyn and SilverTree acquired Salesmanago in 2021.

Guide to VC secondaries buyers (updated)

Our directory, first published in July 2024, has grown to 31 firms that manage more than $94bn in secondaries capital.