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2007 set to smash fundraising records againFundraising could reach a record $500 billion in 2007, setting yet another new record after last year’s all time high.
- Warburg portfolio company in talks with Silver Lake
Warburg Pincus is the largest shareholder in US telecom products company Avaya, which is reportedly in take-private talks with Silver Lake Partners.
- Palm mulls $2 billion buyout deal
US hand-held device maker Palm is reportedly close to a $2 billion sale, with buyout firms TPG and Silver Lake among the favourites to buy the business.
- Texas Pacific, Silver Lake get travel deal go-ahead
The two private equity firms have received the anti-trust clearance to pursue their $5bn acquisition of Sabre Holdings, the owner of Travelocity.
- Bain and Apax squeeze into €8.3bn Philips deal
The two global buyout firms have found a route back into the Philips’ semiconductor deal which KKR and its consortium tied up at the beginning of August.
- Silver Lake to buy IPC for $800m
Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners has entered into an agreement with corporate private equity seller GS Capital Partners to acquire communications company IPC Information Systems for approximately $800m.
- AlpInvest joins Philips mega-spinout
AlpInvest is part of a consortium led by KKR and Silver Lake to acquire a majority stake in the semiconductor business of Royal Philips Electronics for roughly €8.3bn.
- PE firms to bid a reported $10bn on Philips semiconductor division
Three teams of private equity firms are in the final stages of bidding for the semiconductor division of Philips Electronics - a deal which could be valued at more than $10bn, according to news reports.
- Blackstone nabs “superstar” from CVC
The private equity firm has hired Chip Schorr, a nine-year veteran of CVC Equity Partners and a “superstar in his field”, to oversee all of the firm’s technology related investments.
- Silver Lake clinches Serena Software deal
Silver Lake Partners agreed to take Serena Software private for roughly $1.2 billion, in what has been a busy week for public-to-private transactions.