Clearlake partners with KeVita co-founder to seek food and beverage deals

The acquisition will expand Boyd’s U.S. footprint and reinforce its strategy of scaling through platform acquisitions in the collision repair industry.

A recurring concern for publicly traded PE firms is that traditional equity investors often misunderstand how to value their business, which frequently leads to sustained undervaluation.

The transaction fits a broader trend of companies abandoning traditional bank or leveraged‐loan financing in favor of private credit lenders.