Dealmaking

Sullivan Street sees addiction treatment potential; Oaktree, EQT play in busy sectors; Private equity firms hedging bets despite rate cuts

Sullivan Street acquired UKAT earlier this month.

Sullivan Street plays 'untapped' part of healthcare with addiction treatment group UKAT

UKAT is a residential addiction treatment group that operates over 200 beds across eight residential facilities in the UK.

BV advances bids to 2nd round for PERS provider Becklar, sources say

Becklar is said to be worth about 15x its $48m of EBITDA, or about $720m.

For Bridge Growth’s Alok Singh, 'tech is everything'; Blackstone’s Career Pathways enhances value creation

Bridge Growth Partners’ Alok Singh discusses trends in tech deal-making.

Bridge Growth's Alok Singh: 'Buy-in at every level' is needed when selling to a corporation

Bridge Growth announced in August the sale of Syniti to Capgemini, a deal expected to close later in the year.

Private equity’s wealth management push strengthens; Sixth Street and Patron Capital in for UK housebuilder

Sovereign Capital Partners portfolio company Skerritts has acquired Ellis Bates Financial Advisers.

Disruption Matters: Managing the middle

In this third episode of the third season of the Disruption Matters podcast miniseries, we explore how technology can help portfolio companies during the middle period of the investment, when they may need to pivot to take advantage of new opportunities or address changing conditions.

Insight Partners’ Thomas Krane: Cybersecurity a ‘mass market problem’; Cinven sells minority stake in Synlab

Private equity bets on HR tech.

Insight Partners' Thomas Krane: Cybersecurity continues to be an unsolved problem

Insight Partners announced earlier in September the sale of cybersecurity firm Recorded Future to Mastercard for $2.65bn.

WWB’s Iskenderian talks gender lens investing; Private equity keen on energy storage

As electric vehicles grow in popularity and use of AI demands more data centers, battery energy storage systems’ role becomes increasingly important.