Dealmaking

Healthcare specialist Amulet Capital runs CV-on-CV process for US Fertility

The single-asset process is part of what looks to be record-setting secondaries activity this year that appears headed for more than $200bn of total volume.

AI playbook a major value creation lever, says HarbourVest; Deal structures face innovation pressure

The State Pension Fund of Finland chief executive Timo Löyttyniemi conveys his sentiment on the defense segment to GPs.

HarbourVest’s Scott Voss: Take-privates create 'attractive' setting for AI-led growth

Public companies with market caps of $5bn-$15bn are partnering with buyout and tech investors so they can develop AI features away from public scrutiny, said Voss.

More big software deals ahead, says Goldman Sachs’ Joe Porter; GPs concerned about supply chain disruption, finds Dechert survey

Porter also discusses how there will be some very large software assets reaching the IPO market in 2026.

Goldman Sachs' Joe Porter: 'Big deals are definitely on the table'

'There is a large backlog of private equity-owned software companies that have the size and performance to enter the public market,' says Porter.

Clipway leverages AI tool TESS to identify valuation discrepancies; CVC to acquire security-screening business and agrees to exit D&G

CVC has agreed to acquire Smiths Detection from Smiths Group.

Exclusive: Clipway’s AI tool TESS finds valuation and value creation mismatch

Some growth in GPs' portfolio companies may come more from M&A than underlying equity performance, the research found.

Unity Partners launches landscaping platform Yardmaster; Windjammer exits Paragon

An exclusive: Unity Partners formed a Midwest-based landscaping platform by combining four businesses that will operate under the name Yardmaster; InTandem Capital Partners invests in The Phia Group; Blue Point Capital Partners exits Country Pure Foods; Windjammer Capital Investors sells Paragon Energy Solutions.

Exclusive: Unity Partners forms Midwestern landscaping platform, acquires four businesses

'Commercial landscaping remains a large, fragmented, resilient and steadily growing industry,' Unity Partners' Brett Stoehr told PE Hub.

UK CMA pet-care review brings ‘clarity’ as worst-case scenario avoided; Battery’s Shiftmove takes step towards pan-European coverage with Ocean acquisition

Main Capital Partners has sold WeFact to Visma, an accounting, payroll, invoicing, and HR business software company.