U.S. sports platform Fanatics has raised $700m in a new financing round led by private equity firm Clearlake Capital, valuing Fanatics at $31bn, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. LionTree and existing investors Fidelity, Sliver Lake and Softbank also...
BlackRock has raised €415m for the firm’s second European Long-Term Investments Fund (ELTIF), bringing total fundraising for its ELTIFs to almost €1bn. The Private Infrastructure Opportunities ELTIF exceeded fundraising targets and follows BlackRock’s Private...
Australian corporate boards are becoming more receptive to engaging with buyout firms than they have been at any time in the prior decade, according to Blackstone’s head of private equity in the region. Public company boards’ “views on private equity are beginning to...
KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced today that KKR has agreed to acquire Clinisupplies, a market leader in continence care products in the UK, from Healthium. Clinisupplies’ management team will continue to hold a minority position. Financial details of...
Norwegian lithium-ion gigafactory firm FREYR has raised over a quarter of a billion dollars and completed the previously-announced JV with Nidec Corporation to develop energy storage solutions. Last month, Bloomberg reported that the company, which listed on the NYSE... 