Dealmaking

Toshiba walks from $20bn+ buyout deal, Georgian seeks $1.5bn for blind-pool strategy to back prized assets

Georgian unveils blind-pool strategy to continue investing in software assets.

Permira agrees to take-private of Mimecast at $5.8bn valuation, Astara promotes Tannenbaum to partner

Astara ups Tannenbaum to partner and Permira will acquire Mimecast in a take-private deal.

Genstar-backed Foreside Financial adds-on Alaric Compliance Services

Foreside added-on Hardin Compliance Consulting in June and announced a merger with ACA Group in November.

Accel-KKR runs multi-asset secondaries on older fund, JMI Equity leads $85m funding in ServiceTrade

JMI Equity backs ServiceTrade.

Amex Global Business Travel agrees to $5.3bn deal with Apollo SPAC, Carlyle invests in GTCR-backed Resonetics

The merger includes $335 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing from new investors; the Carlyle deal continues the firm's focus on medical products businesses.

Friday Letter: 'It's the most exciting time ever to be a seed investor'

The Build Back Better plan, if it passes the Senate, could provide billions of dollars for climate tech start-ups. Brad Harrison of Scout Ventures in Austin is thus bullish on seed investing.

Post Capital reaps 10x return on EC Waste sale; too much crime in San Fran?

Post Capital made the investment in EC Waste after identifying numerous opportunities in Puerto Rico; anonymous bankers are looking to convince JP Morgan to abandon its annual “Woodstock of Healthcare” conference in San Francisco.

Post Capital reaps 10x return on EC Waste sale

3i Group acquired EC Waste from Post Capital, which held the waste management company for seven years.

Tech talent & PE’s ‘third leg’: Takeaways from PEI’s Value Creation Forum Asia

Experts from CVC Capital Partners, TPG and Pantheon weigh in on the top issues facing value creation practitioners.

M&A drama on the rise amid flood of deals, Tracking the transition from deal-by-deal to funded