Dealmaking

GLP-1, preventative products shape consumer health dealmaking, says Houlihan Lokey; LDC completes exit from occupational health biz

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has completed its exit of PAM Healthcare to Optima Healthcare.

Women's health ripe for private equity investments, finds Kearney’s Paula Bellostas Muguerza

Blackstone and TPG's $18.3bn take-private of Hologic, which is expected to close soon, is a bellwether.

Clearlake buys Qualus from New Mountain amid soaring power demand; KKR’s exit provides CoolIT employees with handsome payout

Highlighting a transaction for a power infrastructure service provider that New Mountain Capital is selling to Clearlake Capital; KKR announces that CoolT Technologies employees are gaining significantly from the $4.75 billion sale of the company to Ecolab; a weekly companies for sale update.

PE dealmaking in beauty under pressure from Middle East conflict, says BCLP; Sun European buys Heathrow-based logistics biz

Sun European invests in Heathrow-based aerospace logistics company.

‘Insatiable’ demand for maintaining radar systems fuels Chimney Rock’s purchase of UEC; Advent’s Salt & Stone deal reflects PE’s appetite for beauty

Accenture's report on how much agentic AI is playing a part in M&A dealmaking is also featured.

Exclusive: Chimney Rock Equity scoops up United Electronics Company

‘There is a long and insatiable demand for the maintenance, repair and upgrades of radar systems, particularly when you think about where the world is headed today with political hostilities,’ Chimney Rock’s Robert Aikman told PE Hub.

TowerBrook taps into sports jersey personalization craze with ID Unlimited acquisition; Altérra teams up with Montagu and GA in IoT business

Accel-KKR has added to its Nordic HR software group by acquiring a stake in Tamigo, a European workforce management software provider.

Turnspire said to collect bids for USG Water Solutions; Blue Fire Equity's Farrah Holder on marketing and PE

An exclusive: Turnspire Capital Partners is expected to collect first-round bids in mid-April for its 2023 portfolio company, a municipal water utility service provider; a conversation with Farrah Holder, the co-founder and co-managing partner of Blue Fire Equity, for our latest instalment of Dealmakers to Watch series.

Exclusive: Turnspire shops USG Water Solutions to broad PE universe, sources say

The mid-market PE firm will take first-round bids for the municipal water service provider in mid-April, sources told PE Hub.

Blue Fire Equity's Farrah Holder talks about specializing in defense, government tech

Blue Fire made its first platform investment by acquiring Jovian Concepts earlier in March.