Global buyout giant KKR has closed KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II on $4bn, just shy of tripling the size of its $1.45bn predecessor fund I which was closed in 2017. The vehicle will be dedicated to health care growth equity investments in North America and...
Insatiable investor demand has driven US PE-backed exit value to nearly 20-year highs, but it is unlikely this trend will hold up in 2022. PE-backed IPOs broke annual records for both total count and value in just the first three quarters of 2021, a phenomenon driven...
Private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners, which has backed companies such as home-and-office-goods retailer Container Store and restaurant operator Velvet Taco Inc., has joined the growing ranks of large buyout shops seeking capital with plans to raise at...
A consumer-technology company whose brands include online beauty products seller Il Makiage and that is backed by private-equity firm L Catterton gained several new investors through a $130 million deal valuing the business at $1.5bn. Money managers Franklin Templeton...
Pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners said on Monday it would buy Warburg Pincus-owned Navitas Midstream for $3.25bn in cash, entering the active Midland basin to tap into increased demand for natural gas infrastructure. Woodlands, Texas-based Navitas owns a... 