Dealmaking

International startups can speed the growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, President Trump proposes a record $4.75 billion budget, Democrats pick Milwaukee for their 2020 convention and NVIDIA is buying supercomputer chipmaker Mellanox for $6.9 billion.

PE nearly shut out of Shift4 Payments auction

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Hercules, Blackstone, Highland and CPPIB are hiring

This week’s jobs include a managing director at Hercules Capital, a marketing director at Serent and associates at Blackstone and Highland.

TPG wraps up third real estate fund at over $3.7 bln

TPG Real Estate Partners, TPG's real estate platform, has closed its oversubscribed third fund at more than $3.7 billion.

PE HUB First Read

First Read kicks off the week with news that Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson resigns, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank’s CEOs have reportedly resumed talks over a potential merger, and chipmaker Nvidia Corp is nearing a deal to acquire peer Mellanox Technologies Ltd for more than $7 billion in cash.

Startups help students and parents get schooled in college admissions

PE firms tour travel tech as industry evolves

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Google, Amazon and Facebook, America is about to surpass Saudi Arabia as world's leading exporter of oil and Bill Shine resigns as White House communications director to join President Trump's re-election campaign.

Antares co-CEO Brackett to become sole leader after Martin's retirement

David Brackett, co-CEO of Antares, a private credit manager, will become the company's sole leader following the retirement of co-CEO John Martin at the end of April. Both were founding partners of the firm in 1996 and have served as co-CEOs since 2015.