Dealmaking

Large specialty vet care deals are brewing: BBH-backed Ethos, Chicago Pacific Founders' SAGE

Further validating a market that investors have long touted for its durability and sustained growth regardless of market conditions, vet care has proven resilient through the pandemic.

How remote working made GPs look for greener pastures and lower taxes

The onset of covid-19 has shown investors what can be achieved outside of the office and away from the traditional tech-heavy communities, like Silicon Valley. This may result in longer-term changes for the venture community, writes Rob Langston.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Carlyle, Ardian and Bain Capital are hiring

This week’s jobs include a principal at Carlyle, a summer VP at Bain Capital and an investment manager at Ardian.

Diagnosing performance of physician practice management companies

The question that continues to plague sponsors seeking to stabilize or enhance value creation is: How do we accurately diagnose a problem with PPMC performance?

BlackRock acquires GTCR's Transaction Data Systems, Clearlake's Symplr grows GRC platform with another buy, Waud's CyberGrants up for sale

BlackRock buys GTCR's Transaction Data Systems and Waud's CyberGrants hits the market.

BlackRock sees long-term growth trend for healthcare pharma tech company TDS

Transaction Data Systems is an example of a company operating in a growing sector, healthcare technology, that is emerging and has a long way to develop.

Waud Capital to sell philanthropy software provider CyberGrants

The Chicago PE firm invested in CyberGrants in June 2015 in partnership with Mark Layden, a seasoned software executive who assumed the CEO position as part of the deal.

Genstar buys Vector Solutions, Carlyle makes 3.5x on NetMotion, Vistria's Supplemental Health considers sale, Apax bets on premium pet foods

Carlyle makes 3.5x on NetMotion and Vistria's Supplemental Health Care mulls sale.

Supplemental Health Care, backed by Vistria, weighs sale

The rapid growth seen by the provider of healthcare staffing is likely to create difficulty in valuing Supplemental as sponsors assess how the business and market will look in a post-covid world.

Carlyle to make 3.5x its money on sale of NetMotion

Absolute Software, a publicly-traded provider of endpoint-centric security solutions, is set to buy NetMotion for $340m in cash, a Wednesday announcement revealed.