Private Equity
Lexington Partners, Adams Street and StepStone were part of a consortium that acquired five assets off Eurazeo's balance sheet which were used to seed the €700m Eurazeo Capital IV buyout fund.
2 min read · 12 August 2019
6 min read · 09 August 2019
First Read closes out the week with news that Salesforce is buying Israel's ClickSoftware for $1.35 bln, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe sues the Justice Department over his firing and Facebook offers millions to news outlets to share content for news section.
1 min read · 09 August 2019
Centerbridge walks away from $1.5B GoHealth deal; Ardian eyes North America-based companies with next buyout fund; Francisco sells ClickSoftware to Salesforce for $1.4B
2 min read · 08 August 2019
First Read begins the day with news that Lanxess and Bayer are selling a chemical park operator to Macquarie for $3.9 billion, FedEx is ending its ground deliveries for Amazon, and the duo behind “Game of Thrones" have signed with Netflix to create new TV shows and feature films.
1 min read · 08 August 2019
SharesPost, a provider of liquidity to private growth companies, has named Christian Munafo as chief investment officer. Previously, he worked at HQ Capital where he was co-head of the global private equity secondary practice.
3 min read · 07 August 2019
1 min read · 07 August 2019
A deal was expected to value Chicago’s GoHealth around or just south of $1.5 billion; however, the New York private equity firm ultimately pulled back due to issues around price.
3 min read · 07 August 2019
Vista Equity clinches $500 mln AltaReturn buy; Ex-Gamut execs launch firm to invest in industrials; Carlyle sells MBS Group for $650 mln
2 min read · 07 August 2019
Veteran fundraiser and PEI Rainmaker Bob Brown has left the team he formed in 2014, a year after it was acquired by Houlihan Lokey. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 07 August 2019
