Dealmaking

Large-cap firms set for ‘significant’ interest in EMEA mid-cap deals; Global IPOs rise but Europe drops; Inflexion and Keensight sign deals

Inflexion portfolio company DSS has acquired Proaction International.

Permira bets on ‘hungry’ biopharma patient services market with Valeris; Watchtower eyes founder-owned add-ons with new fencing platform

Catching up with Jon Maschmeyer, partner at Permira, to learn more about the growth strategy for Valeris, which formed from the Permira portfolio company PharmaCord and Odyssey Investment Partners-backed Mercalis; Watchtower Capital Partners launched a new fencing service provider platform, which merges Fence Builders of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Green Hill Fencing of Greenville, South Carolina; a look at PE’s interest in digital marketing.

Permira's Jon Maschmeyer: 'The future of patient services in biopharma is really being driven by innovation'

'Integrated, tech-forward platforms are going to define the next chapter of healthcare commercialization, and this merger puts Valeris right at the forefront of that shift.'

Exclusive: Watchtower launches residential and commercial fencing platform

Founded in 2023 by former Sun Capital dealmakers, Watchtower is combining two fencing service providers to form the platform, which is seeking add-ons.

Baird’s Gordon Pan sees ‘ample capital’ for exits; Apheon acquires Spanish in-vitro equipment provider; GenNx360 aviation MRO portco buys Scottish business

Baird Capital’s Gordon Pan: ‘Risk-on’ outlook for H2 of 2025

‘The market is starting to unwind, with more opportunities coming to market,’ Pan says.

China’s GP-led secondaries activity fuelled by LP pressure – Coller

Secondaries buyers have been eyeing both RMB- or USD-denominated opportunities in China as managers contend with a dearth of exits, investment principal Karen Tse tells affiliate title Secondaries Investor.

Strategic buyers prevail over PE bidders for industrial targets amid tariff uncertainty; FFL merges two MSPs

An exclusive deal announcement involving IT managed service providers; an outlook on the industrials and manufacturing M&A market; a sweet deal involving an Oregon pie producer.

Strategics pay high multiples for high-quality industrial and manufacturing targets

PE firms appear more anxious and hesitant. They're cautious about buying something at a premium multiple in this uncertain environment, investment bankers said.

Exclusive: FFL merges Abacus and Medicus IT, as multi-vertical MSPs gain traction

'MSPs get to benefit from every important IT trend that comes along, whether that's cybersecurity or data and AI,' said FFL's Jonathon Bunt.