Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners bid as low as $11.22 per share for Dell in mid 2012, when it first discussed a buyout with founder and CEO Michael Dell, writes Reuters. Since then Silver Lake and Michael Dell raised their bid to take the business private to $13.65 a share. At $24.4 billion, it would be the largest private equity-led buyout since the 2008 financial crisis, writes Reuters.

Some big transactions helped boost deal values in February. There were 472 U.S. announced mergers last month valued at roughly $127.9 billion, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

Yesterday, Dell announced it was being taken private in a $24.4 billion buyout from Silver Lake Partners and Michael Dell. The deal ranks as the biggest tech LBO ever.

The giant Texas Teachers’ Retirement System committed more than $1.1 billion to private equity across seven investments in the fourth quarter, with some pledges going to long-time partners and some to new relationships…

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone’s CEO, tells Bloomberg News that the buyout shop didn’t look at Dell and he doesn’t think the possible takeover of Dell will herald the return of mega-LBOs.

LinkedIn Corp and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners are among a number of parties that have expressed interest in a potential deal for Monster Worldwide Inc.

Avaya Inc., which is backed by TPG Capital and Silver Lake Partners, acquired RADVISION Ltd. The two buyout shops said in a statement Friday that they would provide a majority of the approximately $227 million required to fund the purchase. Avaya is a provider of business collaboration and communications technology. PRESS RELEASE TPG Capital and [...]

Healthcare buyouts accounted for 65% of the value of the top ten global private equity deals in 2011, according to a report by Bain & company. This top ten takes a look at who paid the highest price and for what deals.

Hybris, which is backed by Huntsman Gay Global, will likely sell a stake to an outside investor before it goes public.

Lower-rated borrowers are seizing the opportunity to amend and extend their debt facilities while lenders are willing to accept them, sister magazine Buyouts reports.