Goldman Sachs has eyes on Bailey Nelson funding round

Goldman Sachs has eyes on Bailey Nelson funding round

Tearaway eye wear group Bailey Nelson is set to front private equity funds and other growth capital investors for a funding round through Goldman Sachs. Street Talk can reveal Bailey Nelson founders Nick Perry and Peter Winkle took pitches from a handful of investment...
Platinum Equity to Wrap $4 Billion Sale

Platinum Equity to Wrap $4 Billion Sale

Platinum Equity is poised to headline a robust calendar next week with a $4 billion acquisition financing package. The private equity firm’s bond-and-loan deal comes as leveraged buyout funding activity picks up in both markets. The company is offering $2 billion in...
Ardian’s Burghardt Believes in Deal in Veolia-Suez Standoff

Ardian’s Burghardt Believes in Deal in Veolia-Suez Standoff

Veolia Environnement SA is starting to see advantages in Ardian’s offer to help solve the standoff in its takeover bid for French rival Suez SA, an Ardian executive said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche. Ardian’s proposal to buy part of Suez with Global...
Satellite veteran Edward Horowitz behind latest space-focused SPAC

Satellite veteran Edward Horowitz behind latest space-focused SPAC

CEA Space Partners I Corp, a blank check company led by satellite industry veteran Edward Horowitz, plans to raise $250 million in a public stock offering to buy a space business. The special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), part of a growing trend in the space...