PE Investor Best Practices: Data Transparency and Standardization

PE Investor Best Practices: Data Transparency and Standardization

Drawn by a growing investor appetite for alternative strategies and returns, more and more fund managers are entering the market. Today, LPs are looking for more in-depth investment data, better transparency and faster communications from fund managers. Given limited...
PE-backed Sprinklr targets $5 billion valuation in U.S. IPO

PE-backed Sprinklr targets $5 billion valuation in U.S. IPO

Software startup Sprinklr, backed by private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman, said on Monday it was looking to raise as much as $380 million through a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), targeting a valuation of about $5 billion.  The company, whose customers...
Blackstone, Vista Equity To Acquire Ellucian For Undisclosed Terms

Blackstone, Vista Equity To Acquire Ellucian For Undisclosed Terms

Private equity firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners announced that they have agreed to acquire Ellucian, a leading higher education technology solutions provider, from TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. Financial terms of the transaction were not...