by Sebastian | Nov 28, 2022 | News
Higher edtech platform Simplilearn, promoted by private equity firm Blackstone, has bought US-based bootcamp education company Fullstack Academy as it looks to strengthen its business in North America. The acquisition comes at a time when competition in the higher...
by Sebastian | Nov 28, 2022 | News
OMERS Private Equity, has entered into an agreement with EQT Infrastructure V, a fund controlled by purpose-driven global investment organization EQT, which grants exclusivity to EQT to acquire a majority stake in Trescal, the global leader in calibration services. As...
by Sebastian | Nov 28, 2022 | News
Mexico’s Banca Mifel has lined up investors including Apollo Global Management and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) to fund a bid for Citigroup Inc’s (C.N) Mexican retail bank, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The debt financing could...
by Sebastian | Nov 28, 2022 | News
U.S. buyout firm Carlyle Group has raised more than three billion euros ($3.12 billion) for a pan-European technology fund that is taking advantage of “pockets of life” in the economy, the co-heads of Carlyle Europe Technology Partners told Reuters....
by Sebastian | Nov 28, 2022 | News
French insurance broker April Group said private equity firm KKR & Co. has become its new majority shareholder, according to a statement posted on its website. The statement, which confirmed a Bloomberg News report, didn’t disclose deal terms. KKR is valuing the...
by Sebastian | Nov 25, 2022 | News
Whisper it, but biotech SPACs appear to be back in fashion. The latest is cancer-focused Aum Biosciences, which is merging with blank check company Mountain Crest Acquisition to put its MNK and TRK inhibitors into phase 2 testing. The transaction—which is expected to...
