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SPECIAL EDITION: A PE POV on NY Tech Week
Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
CVC Dreams Big with $5B Dream Games Acquisition
Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
Thoma Bravo’s $10.5B Boeing Deal Braces for Turbulence
Plus: Fitch downgrades ‘deteriorating’ global leveraged finance market and we outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
KKR’s $3.1B OSTTRA Play is Firm’s First Foray into Post-Trade Services
Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
Artificial Intelligence May Slash Operating Teams
Fewer operating professionals will be required to get the same (or better) outputs at the portfolio company level.
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Isabel O'Brien
Mega Merger? Behind Bain’s 30x EBIDTA Price Tag on HealthEdge
Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
Why Most Portcos Are Far From Being ‘AI-Ready’
GPs’ expectations for generative artificial intelligence to drive business growth are high. Do they match portcos’ realities?
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Isabel O'Brien
Will General Atlantic Duplicate Duolingo’s Success with $1B LTG Deal?
Plus: We wonder why sports fans play defense against private equity and outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
KKR’s Next Chapter in EdTech: the $4.8B Instructure Take-Private
Plus: We argue why ESG needs to remain core to operations (even during a Trump presidency) and outline portco M&A and exits from last week.
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Isabel O'Brien
Why Did Vista, Blackstone Up the Price on Smartsheet to $8B?
Plus: Permira closes on Squarespace, CVC loses its €16B DB Schenker deal, and interest rates show weak correlation on US buyout activity.
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Isabel O'Brien
US PE’s Outperformance of European PE Is Structural, Not Operational
It’s not that US firms are better operators – there are a number of structural reasons for the performance gap between European buyouts and their…
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Isabel O'Brien
Cinven Sells JAGGAER to Vista, Doubles EV
Plus: Apollo and EQT make sustainable investments in Europe, and Francisco Partners makes 15x its money on QGenda sale to Hearst.
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Isabel O'Brien
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