by Sebastian | Feb 11, 2022 | News
Buyout funds, including KKR, Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone, have expressed interest in German transport logistics software company Transporeon as private equity owner Hg reviews options to cash out, four sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Hg,...
by Sebastian | Feb 11, 2022 | News
Zendesk, the software company under activist shareholder pressure to abandon its $3.9bn all-stock acquisition of the parent of online survey portal SurveyMonkey,said on Thursday it had rejected an acquisition offer from a consortium of private equity firms for as much...
by Sebastian | Feb 10, 2022 | News
abrdn, formerly known as Aberdeen Standard Investments, has held a first close for its third core/core+ infrastructure fund on €326m with LPs from the UK, continental Europe, Japan and North America. €1bn-targeting Aberdeen Standard Core Infrastructure Fund III will...
by Sebastian | Feb 10, 2022 | News
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in discussions to raise $25bn for a new flagship fund, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The firm is separately targeting $5 billion for a core fund to invest in lower-return,...
by Sebastian | Feb 10, 2022 | News
Compute North, the leader in sustainable, large-scale computing infrastructure, today announced that it has closed its next growth capital round of $385m, comprised of $85m in the initial Series C equity closing, co-led by Mercuria and Generate Capital with additional...
by Sebastian | Feb 10, 2022 | News
Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc is considering spinning off its asset management unit at a valuation of $70bn to $100bn, according to a letter sent to shareholders on Thursday. The move to separate the business, either in the public or private market, could...