Pike Street Capital Closes First Fund with a Focus on Lower Middle Market Industrial Technology Businesses
Pike Street has completed investments in three companies: US BioTek Laboratories, HeadRush Technologies and QuickBox Fulfillment.
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Lower Middle Market is Bursting with Deal Opportunities, says Align Business CEO Dena Jalbert in this Q&A
"The lower middle market is very fragmented, comprised of thousands of smaller businesses, making it a prime candidate for consolidation in a buy-and-build strategy," mentions Jalbert.
Blackstone Reportedly Buys Piramal Glass for $1 Billion
Piramal Enterprises is looking to sell some non-core businesses to boost capital. In June, the group agreed to sell a 20 percent stake in Piramal Pharma to Carlyle for $490 million.
Blackstone Reportedly Buys Piramal Glass for $1 Billion
Piramal Enterprises is looking to sell some non-core businesses to boost capital. In June, the group agreed to sell a 20 percent stake in Piramal Pharma to Carlyle for $490 million.
Värde Partners Raises Fund to Seek Distressed Deals
The Alternative investment has raised $1.6 billion that will invest in opportunities created by economic disruption and the coronavirus.
KKR Invested Record $6.2 Billion in Q3, With Turmoil Spurring New Deals
This year “is on pace to be the most active deployment and fundraising year in our history,” say co-CEOs Henry Kravis and George Roberts.
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M&A wrap: Accel-KKR, LVMH, Tiffany, Dior, Carlyle, Alliance
Accel-KKR raises new small-cap fund to take advantage of growth in technology spending. LVMH and Tiffany agree to a new deal at a reduced price. Alliance Data buys digital payments company.
Carlyle Acquires Siemens’s Mechanical-Drive Unit for $2.4 Billion
The divestiture of Flender marks one of the final steps by to turn the industrial-manufacturing giant into a more manageable entity for his successor, Roland Busch.
M&A Wrap: Thoma Bravo, Dunkin’ Donuts, Roark, Inspire, Bayer, Blackstone, AEI
Acceleration of digital transformation leads Thoma Bravo to raise three technology and software-focused funds. Dunkin' owner confirms it is in buyout talks with Roark-backed Inspire Brands. More deal news from Bayer, Blackstone and AEI.