Searchlight Capital Partners

News, insights, analysis and data

← Back to Searchlight Capital Partners profile

Searchlight Capital Partners related stories

All articles and analysis

  • Duke Street-led consortium acquires Medi-Globe
    Victoria Robson- 2 March 2016

    The German surgical and medical instrument maker has an enterprise value of €140 million.

  • Searchlight closes second flagship fund on $1.9bn
    Annabelle Ju- 18 December 2015

    The firm launched Searchlight Capital II in February with a $1.5bn target and a hard-cap of $1.8bn. It will invest about $120m per transaction in the communications, media, education and consumer sectors.

  • Searchlight hires former Heinz exec as operator
    Chelsea Stevenson- 15 January 2014

    Mitchell Ring has joined Searchlight as a senior advisor.

  • Searchlight hits $860m for maiden fund
    Oliver Smiddy- 18 January 2013

    Searchlight Capital Partners, co-founded in 2010 by former head of Teachers' Private Capital Erol Uzumeri and execs from KKR and Apollo, has raised more than $860m.

  • Searchlight in $585m cable merger
    Graham Winfrey- 6 January 2013

    Searchlight Capital Partners will acquire a minority stake in international cable company Liberty Global following a merger with Puerto Rico-based cable business OneLink Communications.

  • The view from the other side
    Sam Sutton- 6 January 2013

    Former Ontario Teachers’ head of private equity Erol Uzumeri explored the differences between his experiences as an LP and a GP at the Dow Jones conference Friday.

  • Searchlight slips into Hunter Boots
    Clare Burrows- 6 January 2013

    Searchlight, a private equity firm founded by ex-KKR partner Oliver Haarmann last year, has bought fashionable boots manufacturer Hunter Boots.