Private Equity
Apax, Clearlake, EQT, Francisco Partners, Hg, Permira, Thoma Bravo and Vista spoke with PEI Private Equity about defensible moats, AI-native companies and vibe coding.
10 min read·26 October 2026

Apax, Clearlake, EQT, Francisco Partners, Hg, Permira, Thoma Bravo and Vista spoke with PEI Private Equity about defensible moats, AI-native companies and vibe coding.
10 min read · 26 October 2026
Our latest Sector Spotlight, on AI and the TMT sector, looking at how private equity firms are adapting to a new world where old assumptions and playbooks in software investing no longer apply; L Catterton invests in Glance, an AI-powered personal shopping platform; Pitchwise Holdings agrees to buy shares in Spanish soccer team Valencia CF.
5 min read · 26 October 2026
The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company runs more than 200 surgical locations across 30 states with about 5,000 affiliated physicians.
2 min read · 26 October 2026
Valencia CF is a football club that is moving to Nou Mestalla, a stadium expected to seat more than 70,000.
1 min read · 26 October 2026
The Bengaluru-based, InMobi-backed company uses agentic AI to recommend products to consumers across smartphones and connected TVs.
2 min read · 26 October 2026
The alternative asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company manages more than $60 billion across five strategies in its core alternatives business.
2 min read · 26 October 2026
Gulliver has helped raise more than $10 billion in capital commitments over her career.
1 min read · 26 October 2026
Eurazeo is a Paris-based investment group with €40bn in assets under management.
2 min read · 26 October 2026
3E is a provider of renewable energy asset performance management software and technical advisory services.
2 min read · 26 October 2026
4ALLPORTAL is a Gütersloh-based provider of product information, digital asset and master data management software with more than 100 enterprise customers.
2 min read · 26 October 2026