Accel-KKR targets $500 mln for third growth fund
Accel-KKR, a technology-focused investment firm, attracted a slew of commitments from investors in recent weeks [...]
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Back to School: H1 secondary-market volume up 26 pct, on record pace
Secondary-market volume this year is on pace to beat 2017’s record totals, intermediary Setter Capital [...]
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PE will likely pass on New York Media sale: sources
New York Media may be a trophy brand, but private equity will likely not be [...]
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Oregon makes biggest bet so far in ’18: $500 mln on Vista
Oregon Investment Council re-upped with Vista Equity Partners in what has been the pension’s single [...]
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Five Questions with Waud Capital’s Reeve Waud
Reeve Waud is founder and managing partner of Waud Capital. The Chicago private equity firm makes [...]
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Great Hill swam against retail tide in building Shade Store
Great Hill Partners, known for its success with Wayfair, used an old-school retail strategy with [...]
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Ex-GA exec hits market with sophomore fund
Lupin Capital, an Asia-focused firm formed by an ex-General Atlantic executive, is eyeing $500 million [...]
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Longtime fundraiser Beverly Berman to leave TH Lee
Beverly Berman, a longtime investor-relations professional, is retiring from Thomas H. Lee Partners in the [...]
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NexPhase’s Comprehensive Pharmacy Services preps for sale
NexPhase Capital is gearing up to launch a sales process for Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, which [...]
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AlpInvest becomes first outside investor in ex-Clinton adviser’s firm
AlpInvest Partners led a $260 million capital infusion in Stagwell Group, the investment firm launched [...]
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KKR to sell another chunk of First Data
KKR is offloading another chunk of First Data Corp, the payment processor it acquired more [...]
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Alameda County mulls new relationships as it builds PE exposure
Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association is mulling two commitments to new PE relationships as it [...]
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Newell to sell Goody hair accessories business to ACON Investments
Private equity is picking up another noncore unit from Newell Brands, the household-goods group that [...]
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Ex-HKW execs form fundless firm to target small end of market
Two ex-CEOs of Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co joined with other partners to form a fundless [...]
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Cressey exits behavioral-health company InnerChange
Cressey & Co has exited its investment InnerChange, a provider of residential mental-health treatment, Buyouts has learned. [...]
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CalPERS may channel more dollars to buyouts, give staff added flexibility
Investment staff at California Public Employees’ Retirement System have proposed to notch up their target [...]
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Parthenon’s Millennium Trust open to offers: sources
Parthenon Capital Partners is entertaining offers for portfolio company Millennium Trust Co, four sources said. [...]
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Riverwood targets $1.5 bln for core fund and LatAm sidecar
Riverwood Capital is targeting $1.25 billion for its third flagship fund and $250 million for [...]
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