European buyout giant CVC Capital Partners is considering soccer investments in Germany, France and Italy, according to people familiar with the matter, as sports businesses feel increasing strain from the coronavirus pandemic. CVC has offered financial support to...
Vista Equity Partners will buy a 2.3% stake in Reliance Industries Ltd.’s Jio Platforms for 113.7 billion rupees ($1.5 billion), making the private-equity firm the largest investor in the digital arm after the parent and Facebook Inc. With the latest investment, Jio...
Zoom Video Communications Inc. bought Keybase Inc., which makes a secure messaging and file-sharing service, to bolster the service’s encryption amid privacy concerns. The acquisition, Zoom’s first, boosts its goal of becoming the most popular video conferencing tool...
Nate Koppikar and his Orso Partners co-founder decided more than a year ago to keep track of “every crazy private equity story” that they heard. “This is not sustainable,” he thought at the time. Private equity giants “are bidding on crappy companies....
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan is considering selling its stake in a Malaysia telecommunications tower company in a deal that could be worth at least $500 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The state-backed private equity firm has hired an... 