Equinix plans to sell 16 data centers in the United States to an investment group for about $75 million, writes Reuters. The investment group consists of 365 Main, Crosslink Capital and Housatonic Partners. Reuters – Equinix Inc said it plans to sell 16 data centers in the United States to an investment group for about [...]

Salt Lake City-based private equity firm Peterson Partners is investing $4 million into QMC Telecom International, a Brazilian-based developer of cell towers. The money will go toward construction of cell towers in Brazil. The investment was part of a larger syndicated deal led by Housatonic Partners, a private equity investment firm based in Boston, Mass. [...]

You know you’ve entered the world of private equity when spreads on fund performance widen to fantastic levels. A fund that returns 10 cents on the dollar? Sure, some firms have managed it. Multiply your money by more than 8 times? Yep, private equity funds can do that too. And everything in between. Over a [...]

Housatonic Partners today announced that it has closed its fifth fund with $325 million in capital commitments. peHUB had reported on the fund close earlier this month.

Housatonic Partners has closed its fifth fund at target with $325 million in commitments, according to a regulatory filing. The Boston and San Francisco-based private equity firm collected the capital for Housatonic Equity Investors V, L.P. from 85 investors. The firm entered the market in January with a $250 million target and $325 million hard [...]

Oasis Holdings Limited, a Dublin-based records storage business, has been acquired by UK private equity firms Sverica International and Housatonic Partners. Press release: Oasis is a growing company in the records storage industry, serving customers in the financial, legal, healthcare, and government sectors. The company’s service offerings include hard copy storage, media storage, imaging, digital [...]