ICG has held the final close of the ICG Strategic Equity IV fund, which is focused on GP-led secondaries, at over $5bn in capital commitments, according to a report by Secondaries Investor. The report cites unnamed sources as revealing that the fund reached final...
Software company Zendesk, which has a market value of over $7bn, is close to a deal with a group of buyout firms that includes Hellman & Friedman and Permira, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A deal could be struck in the coming days, they said....
Ara Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in industrial decarbonization investments, today announced that it has acquired Genera Energy, a manufacturer of non-wood agricultural pulp and molded fiber products. Ara has also committed up to an additional $200...
Europe’s dealmakers are finding it harder to secure the most important component of their takeovers: the money. After more than a decade of freely-available financing, rocky markets are making banks less willing to lend for big mergers and acquisitions. This has cast...
Private equity company L Catterton will sell minority interests in some of its portfolio investments in Asia to accounts managed by Hamilton Lane and other institutional investors for $360m. The transaction covers companies in sectors that include beauty and personal... 