SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2 has led a $775m investment in Perch, a technology firm that buys and operates third-party brands that sell their products on Amazon.com Inc. The Series A funding will make Perch a so-called “unicorn” – implying a valuation of...
Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a Chicago-based, control-oriented private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has closed its inaugural fund, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners I (e2p I or Fund I), with $423m in aggregate capital...
Australian hospital operator Ramsay Health Care on Wednesday said it would buy Cinven-backed British peer Spire Healthcare Group for $1.42bn to strengthen its healthcare business in the country, sending Spire shares up 26%. The 240 pence per Spire share offer is at a...
Vectura Group, a British pharmaceutical company focused on inhaled medicines, said on Wednesday it had agreed a $1.36bn takeover by global investment firm The Carlyle Group. Shareholders will receive 136 pence in cash plus a dividend of 19 pence for each share under...
P3 Health Partners said on Tuesday it had agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Foresight Acquisition Corp in a deal valuing the combined company at $2.3bn, including debt. The health population management company said the deal is expected to... 