Private Equity

Dealmaking

Covid-19: lessons learned & the call for public-private sector collaboration

PE firms move slowly into offense mode amid the coronavirus crisis and Thoma Bravo shelves its sale of Imprivata.

4 min read · 26 March 2020

Palladium Equity bags Reading Alloys for $250m, CVC sticks with 6 pct hurdle rate on next flagship fund, TA makes growth investment in Accion Labs

Despite the current coronavirus crisis, deals are being prepped.

3 min read · 26 March 2020

Kleiner Perkins leads Series A round for Pathlight

Pathlight, a provider of a power team management platform, has secured $7 million in Series A funding.

3 min read · 26 March 2020

Managers

Vice Ventures sees its thesis play out amid coronavirus outbreak

Demand for sextech, gambling and cannabis products began to skyrocket when lockdowns began.

2 min read · 26 March 2020

News & Analysis

Palladium Equity bags Reading Alloys for $250m

As one of few to lock down financing amidst the covid-19 turmoil, the PE firm’s specialty materials company Kymera manages to clinch a sizable add-on.

2 min read · 25 March 2020

Deals

Seed funding may slow, but won't halt in the midst of covid-19

Analysts predict a global seed slowdown of 22% by the end of Q1 because of the covid-19 outbreak, US seed investors say not so fast.

4 min read · 25 March 2020

Covid-19 and cashflow forecasting: buyer beware

Thomas Friedman recently argued that “the coronavirus will create a new historical divide: before-Corona (BC) and after-Corona (AC).”

3 min read · 25 March 2020

Managers

PODCAST: Pulled deals, chaotic fundraisings, skittish LPs – the corona effect

Across the private equity industry, the impacts of the pandemic-spurred economic downturn are being felt in dealmaking, which has slowed or paused fundraising processes while LPs work to understand the status of their portfolios.

1 min read · 25 March 2020

PE firms repurpose portfolio company resources to tackle covid-19, Gryphon Investors hits market with Fund VI, Sponsors keep tabs on staples beyond canned goods or toilet paper

COVID-19 crisis could bode well for new M&A tech opportunities and Gryphon launches sixth fund.

3 min read · 25 March 2020

Featured

Secondaries funds try to navigate coronavirus chaos

Market volatility has led to stalled deals, the withdrawal of sellers and the return of MAC clauses.

4 min read · 25 March 2020

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