Baird Capital, the global private equity and venture capital arm of Baird, has held the final close for its second Global Fund (Global Fund II) with over $340m in committed capital. The fund makes buyout and growth equity investments of 15m to 40m in Technology &...
Blackstone said its second quarter distributable earnings nearly doubled year on year driven by a surge in asset sales across its real estate, private equity, credit and insurance businesses. Distributable earnings, which represents the cash used to pay dividends to...
Thoma Bravo-owned Sophos has announced it’s acquiring Braintrace, a cybersecurity startup that provides organizations visibility into suspicious network traffic patterns. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Braintrace, which was founded in 2016 and has raised $10m...
Baring Private Equity Asia has shortlisted bidders including Bain Capital and French company Teleperformance SE for its India portfolio firm Hexaware Technologies in a deal that could fetch nearly $3bn. Also in the race are private equity firms KKR and The Carlyle...
Five Elms Capital, a leading global growth private equity firm 100% focused on investing in world class B2B software, today announced the closing of Five Elms V with $780m in capital commitments. Five Elms V will target equity investments between $5m and $75m. The new... 