Firms & Funds

Vesey stuck to its playbook when it acquired healthcare data services firm Quality Metric

Kaiser deftly closed its portfolio sale last year despite market turbulence, price fluctuations and the banking crisis

Ares made it rain during an IPO drought when it brought Savers Value Village to market.

Warburg leads the charge for best deals in our annual awards.

Warburg Pincus’ massive expansion of Summit Health and subsequent exit earns it our overall deal of the year award as well as being the large-market winner.

Deal activity in professional sports “presents unique risks and challenges that differ from traditional investments,” a Deloitte report issued this week said.

Emerging manager fundraising is down, with first-time funds globally raising around $25bn last year, compared with $47.6bn in 2022, according to Buyouts data.

Continuation fund will hold Wellspring portfolio companies SupplyOne, Cadence and Pentec Health, and includes $125m of unfunded capital for growth.

During fundraising, exits involving GroundWorks and Chauvet generated a 4.9x gross multiple and a 6.5x gross multiple, respectively, Cortec co-president Dave Schnadig told Buyouts.

Quality managers earn a 'complexity premium' by building better companies.