Dealmaking

VSS details Pinnacle stake, plus American Securities portco scoops up AI specialist

How Pinnacle Investment Management’s global distribution capabilities prompted VSS Capital Partners to say yes after saying no to other suitors; an American Securities-backed company acquires Smartech; insights from a senior analyst at RSM US on factors to consider to prepare for potential tax changes under the next administration.

Why VSS sold minority stake to Pinnacle after turning down other suitors

Pinnacle Investment Management, an Australian Securities Exchange-listed multi-affiliate investment management group, is taking a 22.5 percent interest in VSS Capital.

Quilvest’s Meffre expects supportive dealmaking environment; Partners Group picks up real estate investor

Partners Group has agreed to acquire Empira Group, a premier real estate investment platform.

Quilvest's Alexis Meffre: Mid-market should enjoy favorable conditions in 2025

'As inflation cools and interest rates potentially ease after 2024's period of elevated rates – easing only in the last couple of months – the economic landscape should be more supportive of dealmaking activity.'

Tariffs top of mind for PE dealmakers; Astorg outlines ambitions for assisted reproductive technology platform

The potential impact on PE deals of higher tariffs on goods from China, Canada, Mexico and others; Astorg completes its take-private of Hamilton Thorne; a reminder about our Deal of the Year awards.

Astorg closes Cook Medical carve-out, outlines Hamilton Thorne merger plans

Value creation will include M&A and a new management team, managing directors Olivier Lieven and Tobias Nordblom told PE Hub.

Tariff impact on PE deals: What’s exposed, what’s resilient?

B2B service providers and targets with US-based manufacturing, transportation and logistics will command premiums, say West Monroe’s Brad Haller and Jeremy Tancredi.

Andera Partners’ Gonzalo Boada: Spain has ‘great’ deal opportunities; Bridgepoint’s tender for Esker opens

Esker is a cloud-based company servicing the finance, procurement and customer service industries in the ‘Office of the CFO’ market.

Andera Partners' Gonzalo Boada: Cross-border build-ups are our ‘bread and butter’

The firm named Boada as a director with a remit to open its Madrid office and lead its PE strategy in Spain.

Venture debt: Valuation methods, challenges and best practices

In part 15 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence examines the methodologies and challenges of valuing early-stage companies in venture lending.