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Bridge Growth closes debut fund, names chairmanThe growth-oriented firm raised $410m after fundraising for about three years.
- Orlando Bravo: Our LPs ‘very comfortable’ without a hurdle
Thoma Bravo’s funds have satisfied their LPs to justify their streak of no preferred return going forward.
- Goldman Sachs buys minority stake in Littlejohn
Goldman’s Petershill Fund II purchased less than 10% in Littlejohn, the first investment out of that fund.
- Dyal acquires minority stake in HIG Capital
Dyal acquired less than 15% of the Miami-based private equity firm in a deal that reportedly values HIG at $4.5 billion.
- Temasek unit Heliconia strikes mixed martial arts deal
HeliconIa snaps up Singapore-based mixed martial arts promoter ONE Championship just two days after a group led by Silver Lake fought off rival buyers to seize another MMA business, Ultimate Fighting Championship.
- Dyal buys minority stake in Silver Lake
Dyal, the private equity unit of investment manager Neuberger Berman, purchased a passive non-voting interest of less than 10% in the tech buyout firm.
- Bain sells Blue Coat a year after acquiring it
The firm, which purchased the web security company from Thoma Bravo in 2015, is selling it to Symantec and also plans to reinvest in the convertible debt of the combined company.
- GIC and Silver Lake back Ancestry.com in $2.6bn deal
Current investors Permira, Spectrum Equity, Ancestry’s management and GIC will continue to own the majority of the company.
- Impetus-PEF unveils 2016 vision
The charity focused on supporting disadvantaged young people will initiate a new project in March looking at the barriers to education and employment.
- Impetus-PEF appoints new chief exec
Andrew Ratcliffe joins the youth-focused charity from the Africa Governance Initiative.