Are A.I. Data Centers a Sure Thing or the Next Real Estate Bubble?
NYT M&A
JUNE 2, 2025
Private equity firms like Blackstone are using their clients money to buy and build data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
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US Investors Swarm Italy’s Football Clubs And Stadiums
Global Finance
APRIL 7, 2025
Serie A, B, and C teams are all in play as private equity firms join the mad rush to buy a dwindling number of assets. But whats getting the ball rolling this time is major backing from US-based private equity (PE) investors. Theyre asking how technology can transform them into smart, revenue-boosting venues.
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EV/EBITDA Explained: A Key Valuation Multiple for Investors
Valutico
MAY 19, 2025
This ratio offers insight into a companys profitability and relative value by comparing its total worth (Enterprise Value, encompassing debt and equity) to its operational earnings (EBITDA). EV typically includes Market Capitalization, Debt, Minority Interest, and Preferred Equity, minus Cash & Cash Equivalents.
How to Sell an IT Business: Everything You Need to Know in Five Minutes
Sun Acquisitions
JANUARY 8, 2025
Selling a business in Information Technology (IT) or within the Managed Services Provider (MSP) space means getting both of these things right. This is music to the ears of strategic acquirers and private equity firms. Private equity buyers who are after targets with stable cash flows and growth potential.
How to Value an Optometry Clinic Using Industry Multiples
Equilest
MAY 21, 2025
Equipment and Technology Modern diagnostic tools, EMR systems, and online booking software not only increase efficiency but also make your clinic more attractive to tech-savvy buyers. Staff and Management A stable team, particularly if associate optometrists are in place, allows a buyer to step into the business without major disruptions.
Sellers’ Market Emerges: Capitalizing on Post-Rate Cut Dynamics
Scott Mashuda
DECEMBER 19, 2024
With private equity firms sitting on dry powder and hungry for quality acquisitions, business owners contemplating an exit face perhaps their most favorable environment in years. This shift from inflation-fighting to growth stimulus has fundamentally altered market dynamics, putting sellers firmly in control.
Stifel Completes Acquisition of Bryan Garnier
Benzinga
JUNE 2, 2025
Bryan Garnier"), a leading independent full-service investment bank specializing in the European technology and healthcare sectors. Combined, Stifel and Bryan Garnier have led more than 500 European technology and healthcare transactions since 2020, including advisory, sponsor-led M&A, equity, and debt deals.
Business Valuation for Buying a Dental Practice
Peak Business Valuation
JANUARY 25, 2025
Technology Use: Using new technology can lower costs and increase service offerings, thus increasing value. Consolidation: Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) and private equity firms are contributing to ongoing consolidation in the industry. It can also create safer procedures and a better patient experience.
Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year
Brian DeChesare
DECEMBER 4, 2024
But this started changing in the 2010s and early 2020s as team values skyrocketed and billionaires, sovereign wealth funds , and sports private equity firms all jumped into the sector. I am using the same breakout that Inner Circle uses for its deals : Teams & Leagues, Technology & Services, and Facilities.
Avid Bioservices poised for significant growth with new partners GHO Capital and Ampersand Capital Partners
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Its strategy focuses on expanding technological capabilities, driving acquisitions, and supporting transatlantic expansion across the CDMO value chain, from early-stage development to commercial manufacturing.
Navigating the M&A Storm: How Tariff Volatility is Reshaping the Lower Middle Market
Scott Mashuda
JUNE 12, 2025
With an estimated $2 trillion in dry powder sitting on private equity sidelines and buyers and sellers on relatively even footing, the stage seemed set for a robust year of deal activity. The optimism was well-founded.
Greening the Bottom Line: M&A Heats the Race for Sustainable Innovation
Sun Acquisitions
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Merging for Sustainability Muscle Imagine a company with a revolutionary battery technology for electric vehicles merging with a leading electric car manufacturer. This cross-pollination of ideas sparks breakthroughs and fast-tracks the development of cutting-edge clean technologies.
The Great Consolidation: Why Now is Prime Time M&A Activity
Scott Mashuda
AUGUST 6, 2025
trillion of buyout dry powder waiting to be invested by private equity and strategic buyers seeking growth through acquisition. And while, Jerome Powell and the Fed have pumped the brakes on rate cuts , consolidation continues to be fueled by $1.2
Investment Banking Surge in the GCC: From Oil to Assets
Global Finance
JULY 28, 2025
“All GCC nations are actively working to diversify their economies away from hydrocarbon dependence, which will unlock significant growth opportunities in all sectors,” says Wissam Haddad, CEO of Riyadh-based SICO Capital, which is developing products and services geared toward emerging technologies.
Best Financial Innovation Labs 2025
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Wenov’s WeLab experiments with emerging technologies. In 2024, Wenov purchased more than $750,000 of these technologies. Currently, lab activities focus on the adoption of cutting-edge technologies in fields such as the metaverse, mixed reality, decentralized finance, and AI. The lab has focused heavily on AI and automation.
Saudi Arabia: The Corporate Bet
Global Finance
APRIL 3, 2025
A Wealth Of Opportunities Opportunities getting a look from foreign investors span sectors from food and beverages to retail, automotive, aviation, mining and rare metals, real estate, health, technology, and renewable energy.
PE Firm's £570M Buy Of Tech Biz Clears US Antitrust Check
Law 360 M&A
JUNE 18, 2025
private equity firm TA Associates said Wednesday that the U.S. antitrust authorities have not objected to its approximately £570 million ($756 million) cash acquisition of British tech businesses FD Technologies PLC.
LongRange Capital Completes Acquisition of US Synthetic
Business Wire M&A
JULY 21, 2025
BUSINESS WIRE)--LongRange Capital (“LongRange”), a private equity firm with a longer-term, customer-centric orientation to building and growing middle market businesses, has completed its acquisition of US Synthetic Corporation (“US Synthetic” or the “Company”) from ChampionX Corporation. STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS
Carlyle Selling Calastone To SS&C In $1B Fund Tech Deal
Law 360 M&A
JULY 21, 2025
SS&C Technologies said Monday it has agreed to acquire global funds network and technology provider Calastone from private equity firm Carlyle for approximately £766 million ($1.03 billion).
Brightstar Capital Partners Acquires Analyte Health, Establishing Platform in Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare
Business Wire M&A
AUGUST 4, 2025
As part of the transaction, Analyte founder Fiyyaz Pirani will continue as CEO and retain a significant ownership stake in the Company
Brightstar Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of PlayAGS for Approximately $1.1 Billion Dollars
Benzinga
JUNE 30, 2025
LAS VEGAS and NEW YORK, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brightstar Capital Partners ("Brightstar"), a private equity firm focused on investing in business services, industrials, consumer, and government services and technology companies, today announced the closing of its acquisition of PlayAGS, Inc.
AE Industrial’s ‘Captain’ Kirk Konert On Firefly Beating Musk’s SpaceX, PE Space Race
Global Finance
APRIL 24, 2025
So therefore, AE Industrial is the only private equity firm with a portfolio company that has achieved this milestone. We are now past the point of asking, Is this an investable sector for private equity and private investment firms? Were investing in technology that works.
The AI Facility Frenzy
Global Finance
JUNE 13, 2025
” Like many of its peers, Rowan Digital Infrastructure is sponsored by a private equity firm, Tim McGuire says. “Typically, a private equity investor will front some of the pre-development costs, which could include acquiring the land parcel and doing some of the horizontal development,” he notes.
Private Equity Set For M&A Surge In 2025
Global Finance
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Private equitys $2 trillion pile of cash is set to fuel M&A opportunities in 2025. Private equity firms are sitting on an unprecedented war chest: roughly $2 trillion in uncalled capital. For perspective: Private-equity dry powder peaked at $2.6 trillion, according to Dealogic. How Long a Wait?
Sapiens Inks $2.5B PE Buyout Deal, With 4 Firms Advising
Law 360 M&A
AUGUST 13, 2025
Sapiens International, a New Jersey-based software provider for the insurance industry, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Advent International in a $2.5 billion all-cash deal, the technology company announced Wednesday.
SS8 Networks Acquired by Private Equity Firm Mill Point Capital
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 27, 2025
The strategic move marks a significant milestone in SS8’s growth trajectory and will fuel expansion into new markets, bolster its technology stack, including AI-driven innovations, and enhance its core offerings in mediation, criminal monitoring, and investigative solutions. The partnershi
SS8 Networks Acquired by Private Equity Firm Mill Point Capital
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 27, 2025
The strategic move marks a significant milestone in SS8’s growth trajectory and will fuel expansion into new markets, bolster its technology stack, including AI-driven innovations, and enhance its core offerings in mediation, criminal monitoring, and investigative solutions. The partnershi
Stellex to Acquire Air and Noise Filtration Technology Business from Dürr Group
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 30, 2025
The transaction is subject to standard approvals and expected to close in th
Datavant to Acquire Ontellus to Transform Medical Record Retrieval with Tech-Enabled Health Records Retrieval and Claims Intelligence Solutions
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 12, 2025
With this acquisition, Ontellus will join Datavant to deliver an integrated, digital-first platform that connects those
U.S. Private Equity Firm Advent International and BCI Complete Acquisition of Maxar Technologies
Business Wire M&A
MAY 3, 2023
BOSTON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maxar Technologies (“Maxar” or the “Company”), provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, today announced that U.S. WESTMINSTER, Colo.
iRocket, A Next-Generation Reusable Rocket Developer, To Go Public Via $400 Million Merger With Wilbur Ross-Backed BPGC Acquisition Corp.
Benzinga
JULY 23, 2025
Wilbur Ross is expected to join iRocket's public company board LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, July 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (" iRocket " or the " Company "), a next-generation reusable space rocket developer, and BPGC Acquisition Corp. (" BPGC "), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by The Hon.
Private-Equity Firm Thoma Bravo Reportedly Nearing Deal To Buy Coupa Software, Outbidding Vista
Benzinga
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Late Sunday, a report named private-equity firm Thoma Bravo as the frontrunner in the bidding race for the company. The private-equity firm has apparently outbid an offer from Vista Equity Partners, a technology-focused PE firm, Full story available on Benzinga.com.
Poppy Gustafsson to leave Darktrace after sale to US private equity firm
The Guardian M&A
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Co-founder of British cybersecurity company says ‘now is the right time to hand over the reins’, to Jill Popelka Poppy Gustafsson, the co-founder and chief executive of the British cybersecurity firm Darktrace, is to leave the company after its $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to the US private equity business Thoma Bravo.
Brightstar Capital Partners to Acquire Arden University Stake
Business Wire M&A
JULY 28, 2025
LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brightstar Capital Partners (“Brightstar”), a private equity firm focused on investing in business services, industrials, consumer, and government services and technology companies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Arden University (“Arden” or “the University”) in (..)
The New Role of Private Equity Firms
Erik A. Lopez
OCTOBER 26, 2015
Nate’s practice focuses on software, technology, energy and manufacturing. It wasn’t too long ago when private equity firms had the power – and ability – to do very little heavy lifting in order to enjoy a substantial growth on their return in a short period of time. He works out of the company’s Seattle office.
Private Equity: Why an integrated ecosystem is a must have
Avanade
JANUARY 8, 2023
Remaining ahead of the curve and being flexible isn't always easy for private equity firms but efficient, lean & integrated technology choices can help.
Acquisition Criteria: What Every Private Equity Firm is Looking For
Value Scout
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Private equity firms provide meaningful investment capital to growth-oriented businesses. Unlike venture capital firms, they do not invest primarily in start-ups. Businesses seeking expansion, change of investors, or even exit may benefit from private equity firms.
SPX Technologies Bolsters Electrical Heating Portfolio Via $418M Acquisition Of ASPEQ Heating Group
Benzinga
MAY 1, 2023
SPX Technologies Inc (NYSE: SPXC ) has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase ASPEQ Heating Group from a private equity firm Industrial Growth Partners. ASPEQ will become a part of SPX Technologies' Full story available on Benzinga.com
CloudFirst to Join Performive in Strategic Growth Transaction
Benzinga
JULY 15, 2025
July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Data Storage Corporation (NASDAQ: DTST ) (the "Company") today announced that on July 11, 2025 it entered into a definitive agreement to sell the assets of the business of its wholly owned subsidiary, CloudFirst Technologies Corporation. MELVILLE, N.Y.,
The Complete Guide to Technology Private Equity
Brian DeChesare
MAY 17, 2023
Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been massive hype about both private equity and technology. Over the past few decades, technology private equity has gone from “barely existing” to representing the largest single sector in PE by both deal value and deal count.
Kirkland Guides $2.7B PE Deal For Wealth Management Tech
Law 360 M&A
APRIL 25, 2024
private equity firm GTCR said Thursday it has agreed to buy AssetMark, a prominent wealth management technology platform, for approximately $2.7 private equity firm moves to strengthen its presence in the sector. billion, as the U.S.
Duolingo backer in £802m raid on London-listed training company
The Guardian M&A
DECEMBER 4, 2024
US private equity firm General Atlantic swoops on Learning Technologies Group as exodus from London stock exchange continues An educational training company is joining the exodus from the London stock exchange after agreeing to an £802m takeover by US private equity firm General Atlantic.
Private Equity Value Creation: Equally Viable Alternative to PE Deal Teams?
Brian DeChesare
MAY 15, 2024
Private equity value creation came on my radar a few years ago when I noticed something: Even though traditional PE deal roles were not doing well, “operational” or “value creation” teams still seemed to be recruiting. What Does the Private Equity Value Creation Team Do in Real Life?
Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?
Brian DeChesare
MARCH 13, 2024
Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Others would counter that growth equity’s rapid ascent was mostly due to the easy money that persisted between 2008 and 2021. The Top Growth Equity Firms Why Did Growth Equity Get So Popular?
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