Tag: buyout

Carlyle and sports-focused private equity firm Dynasty Equity were among minority investments in current Super Bowl holders the Seattle Seahawks, supporting the Khosla family’s $9.6bn acquisition of the NFL franchise.

MS+PARTNERS, co-founded by former KKR European impact head Stanislas de Joussineau, has reached a near-€150m first close for its debut pan-European private equity fund - almost halfway to its €300m target.

UK venture capital investment more than doubled during the first seven months of 2026 despite virtually no increase in the number of deals, adding to evidence that the country's venture recovery is being driven by larger rounds, AI and late-stage businesses rather than a broad-based resurgence in dealmaking.

Lower mid-market buyout house Tyree & D'Angelo Partners has nearly doubled the size of its flagship fund series after racing to a $650m hard-cap close for Fund IV in less than two-and-a-half months.

Benetton family investment holding company Edizione has completed the combination of 21 Invest and Tages to create €3bn-AUM alternatives manager 21 NEXT, which is already preparing an €800m pan-European lower mid-market buyout fund as part of plans to more than triple its assets.

Netley Capital has amassed about $1.2bn of firepower for its private equity tertiaries strategy, less than a year after launching the first dedicated pool targeting the emerging market.

Apax Digital has agreed a strategic growth investment in securities finance technology platform Wematch, with the funds becoming majority shareholder following completion. Existing strategic...

Blue Owl Capital has hired Schroders executive Philippe Benedetti to lead its Swiss private wealth business, as the $319bn alternatives manager continues its expansion outside of the US by opening a Swiss office.

Pantheon has expanded access to its infrastructure secondaries strategy through a new evergreen fund, two years after raising a record $5.3bn for its latest institutional infrastructure programme.

CVC Secondary Partners has closed its sixth global private equity secondaries fund on $10bn, continuing a rapid expansion of the firm's firepower in the asset class.