Category Archives: Private Equity

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 →

Weston Family’s Wittington Agreed to Buy Boots From Sycamore Partners for $8.9 Billion:

HedgeCo.Net — Wittington Investments, the private holding company of Canada’s Weston family, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessi… Continue reading →

Type One Energy Raised a $200 Million Series B to Advance Its Tennessee Fusion Power Plant:

HedgeCo.Net — Type One Energy, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based fusion developer, has completed a $200 million Series B financing co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Clutterbuck… Continue reading →

CD&R and McKesson Agreed to Acquire Option Care Health for About $5.8 Billion:

HedgeCo.Net — Clayton Dubilier & Rice and McKesson Corporation have signed a definitive agreement to take Option Care Health private for $32.05 per share in cash, a total enterpris… Continue reading →