by Sebastian | Jan 16, 2021 | News
US private equity firm Blackstone is closing in on a stake in the owner of Butlin’s holiday resorts as it looks to cash in on higher demand for staycations after the pandemic. The investment giant is in advanced talks with Bourne Leisure over acquiring a significant...
by Sebastian | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Santa Monica-based venture growth firm March Capital Partners has closed a new $450 million venture capital fund focused on enterprise software companies. March Capital Fund III is the firm’s largest yet, beating out the $300 million Fund II which closed just...
by Sebastian | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Heritage Group, a private-equity firm that backs health-care companies, collected $317 million for its third and largest fund to date, while attracting a new group of investors in addition to sector-focused organizations. The Nashville, Tenn.-based firm wrapped up...
by Sebastian | Jan 15, 2021 | News
The largest waste company in the Republic, Beauparc Utilities, has attracted takeover approaches from dozens of private equity firms after its minority shareholder, Blackstone, set about putting its stake on the market late last year, according to sources. The...
by Sebastian | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Audax Private Equity announced today the successful completion of its first Continuation Fund. The fund is comprised of $1.7 billion in capital commitments, which funded the purchase of portfolio companies from Audax Private Equity Fund IV, a 2012 vintage fund with...
by Sebastian | Jan 15, 2021 | News
When news leaked last October that beverage giant Coca-Cola was looking to discontinue its Zico coconut water brand as part of a broader culling of its portfolio, private-equity investor Mark Rampolla couldn’t wait to pick up the phone. Just a few months later,...