Category Archives: Private Equity
AI Agent Start-Up Hone Raised a $60 Million Seed Round Led by Benchmark and Index Ventures at a $285 Million Valuation:
HedgeCo.Net — Hone, a San Francisco start-up building autonomous AI systems for businesses, has raised a $60 million seed round led by Benchmark and co-led by Index Ventures, valui… Continue reading
Lone Star Agreed to Sell German Mittelstand Lender IKB Deutsche Industriebank to Crédit Agricole:
HedgeCo.Net — An affiliate of Lone Star Fund XI has signed an agreement to sell IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, a Düsseldorf-based lender to Germany’s small and medium-sized compani… Continue reading
Bumble Was Reported to Be in Advanced Talks to Go Private With Ithaca Holdings at About a $1 Billion Valuation:
HedgeCo.Net — Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a deal that would value the dating app operator at roughly $1 billion, according to a source fam… Continue reading
Oxide Computer Raised a $445 Million Series D Led by Eclipse After Reaching Profitability:
HedgeCo.Net — Oxide Computer Company, the Emeryville, California-based maker of rack-scale on-premises cloud systems, has raised a $445 million Series D led by Eclipse. Existing in… Continue reading
Consonance Capital Partners Closed Its Third Healthcare Private Equity Fund at Its $1.35 Billion Hard Cap:
HedgeCo.Net — Consonance Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused on U.S. healthcare, has closed Consonance Private Equity III with $1.35 billion of commitmen… Continue reading
GTCR and Elliott Were Reported to Be in Advanced Talks to Acquire CCC Intelligent Solutions:
HedgeCo.Net — Private equity firm GTCR and Elliott Investment Management are in advanced talks to acquire CCC Intelligent Solutions, the Chicago-based provider of software used by … Continue reading
CVC Agreed to Take a Minority Stake in Camouflage Maker Fibrotex Through Its Catalyst III Fund:
HedgeCo.Net — CVC has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Fibrotex, a maker of advanced multispectral camouflage designed to reduce the detectability of personnel, vehicles and c… Continue reading
Robot Training Data Startup Mecka AI Raised a $60 Million Series B Led by Sequoia:
HedgeCo.Net — Mecka AI, a Toronto- and New York-based startup that collects human motion data to train robots, has raised a $60 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital. NVIDIA, Qua… Continue reading
AI Evaluation Platform Arena Raised a $200 Million Series B at a $3.1 Billion Valuation:
HedgeCo.Net — Arena, the AI model evaluation platform that began as a UC Berkeley research project in 2023, has raised a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation. The roun… Continue reading
AEA Investors and BCI Acquired Air Filtration Platform Rensa Filtration From Audax Private Equity:
HedgeCo.Net — AEA Investors’ Middle Market Private Equity team and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) have acquired Rensa Filtration, a vertically integrated … Continue reading
Aphias Capital Closed Its Inaugural Private Equity Fund Above Its Hard Cap at Just Over $1.05 Billion:
HedgeCo.Net — Aphias Capital, a sector-focused lower-middle-market private equity firm, has held the final close of Aphias Capital Fund I with just over $1.05 billion in total capi… Continue reading
Spectrum Equity Closed Its Oversubscribed Fund XI at $2.5 Billion, the Largest in Its History:
HedgeCo.Net — Growth equity firm Spectrum Equity has closed Fund XI with $2.5 billion of commitments, raised in an oversubscribed, single close. The fund is the largest Spectrum ha… Continue reading