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Meet the LP: KENFO, Germany's nuclear waste disposal fundThe €24bn investor has no future inflows and has an approach to private equity based almost entirely on outperformance, head of investment management Verena Kempe tells PEI.
AI is a double-edged sword for PE portfoliosGPs are under pressure to position their portfolio companies on the right side of AI history.
Thoma Bravo-backed Conga completes merge with PROS’ B2B bizConga is a provider of AI-powered innovation in configure, price, quote, contract lifecycle management and document automation.
Private equity demand for LP capital keeps rising amid slowdownAccelerating GP demand for fund capital is at odds with today’s supply crunch, caused by widespread LP overallocation.
PE fundraising timelines shorten for first time since 2022Fundraising timelines averaged 18.6 months in the North American market last year, down from a record high in 2024, according to Buyouts data.
How Foundation Capital has distributed $3bn since 2020General partner Steve Vassallo explains how Foundation's laser focus on early-stage has generated big exits from investments in Solana, Venafi and ForgeRock.
DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising in North America hits post-pandemic lowBuyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other private equity funds had raised a total of $508bn as of December 31, according to Buyouts data. Capital inflows last year were the lowest recorded since 2020.
HIG sells software firm ProsperOps to Thoma Bravo-backed FlexeraHIG Growth Partners invested in ProsperOps in December 2022.
Female leaders flourish despite DEI backlash: Story of the YearThe effective outlawing of diversity initiatives within the US federal government hasn’t diminished the impact of high-flying women in private equity.
Some of this year’s most interesting private equity fundsBuyouts highlights some of the private equity funds and themes it believes helped define the market in 2025.