Dealmaking

PE eyes platform scaling opportunities in autism care: 5 deals

Aquitaine Capital, Goldman Sachs, Renovus and Verdane are among the PE firms investing in the autism care sector.

EU’s potential antitrust rules relaxation a boost for PE exits, says EY-Parthenon; PAI Partners-backed Pasubio adds on textile capabilities

PAI Partners-backed Pasubio, a leather provider for automotive and luxury sectors, has announced the acquisition of Luilor.

Industrial deals 'skittish to launch' and taking longer to close, say investment bankers; companies for sale update

Excerpt from a deep dive on the challenges facing transaction pros in industrials M&A as a result of oil price volatility stemming from the US/Israel-Iran conflict; the weekly companies-for-sale update, highlighting a trend in industrials deals: strategic buyers are prevailing over private equity firms.

Energy price volatility stalls industrials deals, especially for companies newly in the market

Late-stage deals are largely unchallenged by energy input dynamics. For new companies in the market, investors are evaluating whether it makes sense to launch now or wait four or six weeks

Danish pension P+ seeks GPs for defence investment

The €25bn retirement scheme for academics joins a growing list of European LPs exploring opportunities in the defence sector.

Charterhouse agrees Animalcare take-private as vet pharma sector sees high pet ownership but increasing scrutiny; Eurazeo targets Mittelstand with Munich office

May River Capital portfolio company Cashco has acquired 3B Controls, a UK manufacturer of specialized solutions for storage tanks.

Topspin on the hunt for differentiated consumer businesses; Thoma Bravo merges HCSS business with Nemetschek unit

Also featured is recent coverage of the vitamins, minerals, and supplements sector with insights from Brown, Gibbons, Lang and Company.

Exclusive: Topspin targets founder-led consumer businesses after closing third fund

Topspin wants about half of its deals to be in consumer value chain and the other half in consumer products and services.

Portco data concerns flagged in Williams Lea survey as GPs look to leverage AI; SaaS pricing model shake-up

'If data isn’t clean, consistent and compatible across entities, the AI-driven efficiencies that are now central to most value-creation plans simply won’t materialize at scale,' Mike Raposa, chief revenue officer at Williams Lea, told PE Hub.

Add-on operational risk ‘visible in a new way’ for AI-era private equity

Williams Lea’s Mike Raposa warned that inconsistent data puts potential artificial intelligence gains at risk as company’s new survey shows data concerns at portcos.