Private Equity
Salveo Capital, which is targeting investments in the legal marijuana industry, is out fundraising for its debut fund.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
Private equity funds are sitting on record levels of cash. And yet delegates at an industry conference in Berlin are feeling the pressure to generate adequate returns and offer value for money to investors, Reuters reports.
3 min read · 25 February 2015
(Reuters) - Sycamore Partners has abandoned its attempt to buy apparel retailer Chico’s FAS Inc after failing to secure financing on acceptable terms, the Wall Street Journal reported quoting a person familiar with the matter.
1 min read · 25 February 2015
Business software vendor K2 is in no rush to go public — and now it doesn’t have to, thanks to an investment of more than $100 million from Francisco Partners.
2 min read · 23 February 2015
Big private equity players are pursuing different paths to scale a mountain of capital offered by wealthy individuals and other retail investors, with fresh initiatives under way this year.
8 min read · 23 February 2015
A roundup of recent moves and promotions at private equity firms, portfolio companies, limited partners and service providers for the Feb. 23 issue of Buyouts.
7 min read · 23 February 2015
Barclays Plc’s sale of its index business, which was called off in 2014, will go back to market this summer, three sources told Buyouts.
2 min read · 20 February 2015
Thoma Bravo LLC, the private equity firm behind some of the technology sector’s largest leveraged buyouts, is seeking more money from investors for deals, less than a year after it raised a $3.65 billion fund, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
2 min read · 20 February 2015
Canadian private equity firm TriWest Capital Partners has raised $500 million in the final close of its fifth partnership, TriWest Capital Partners Fund V LP, targeted for investments in mid-market companies based in Western Canada.
3 min read · 20 February 2015
Local growth market managers selling assets to the global private equity groups can produce winners on both sides of the trade
3 min read · 20 February 2015
