Private Equity
Z’Tejas Southwestern Grill, a portfolio company backed by KarpReilly, has hired Mastodon Ventures to advise on strategic alternatives, two sources said. This could include a sale, the sources said.
2 min read · 11 July 2014
Elephant Bar, the restaurant chain backed by buyout shop KarpReilly that filed for bankruptcy last month, may still find a buyer.
3 min read · 10 July 2014
Sun Capital Partners has completed fundraising for its sixth pool after 18 months, according to two sources, one of whom is a limited partner.
3 min read · 02 July 2014
MCM Capital Partners is seeking $100 million for its third fund, two sources said.
1 min read · 01 July 2014
Gryphon Investors is exiting Flagstone Foods after more than three years.
2 min read · 30 June 2014
Austin Ventures is exiting Asset International after five years.
2 min read · 20 June 2014
Portfolio companies of large buyout shops, which typically carried huge amounts of debt during the so-called bubble years, actually fared no worse in terms of default rates than big debt issuers without financial sponsors, Moody’s Investors Service said
4 min read · 19 June 2014
TransFirst, which is owned by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, is considering going public, four banking sources said.
2 min read · 13 June 2014
Lovell Minnick Partners has held a roughly $275 million first close for its fourth fund, which is targeting $550 million, according to sources.
1 min read · 11 June 2014
Fundraising was easier and quicker for many financial sponsors during the first three months of the year, according to the Triago Quarterly.
2 min read · 27 May 2014
