B Capital Group, which backs early- and growth-stage companies focused on digitizing traditional industries, has sold a slice of its holdings in five businesses for about $200m, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm backed the five companies involved...
Southwestern Energy announced a $1.85bn purchase of assets in the US Haynesville basin held by private equity firms. Under the deal, announced in early November, Southwestern has paid $1.33bn in cash and issued $525mn of its shares to acquire GEP Haynesville, a joint...
The biotechnology sector is facing headwinds entering 2022, after an explosive year for funding and initial public offerings. Biotech companies rolled into 2021 with momentum stemming from innovation in the industry and its role in combating the Covid-19 pandemic....
Warner Music has acquired David Bowie’s songbook for about $250m, the latest mega-deal in a frenzy for music copyrights that has attracted billions of dollars from investors. KKR and Blackstone have committed billions of dollars to buying music rights, viewing them as...
Private equity firms are lining up to take on the dirty – and highly profitable – assets being divested by publicly traded commodity producers as the world grapples to decarbonize. In the latest example, private equity accounted for most of the 30... 