Jonn Elledge
The appointment of Rajeev Gupta to head up Carlyle’s newly formed Mumbai office highlights the growing private equity interest in the world’s second most populous country. By Jonn Elledge.
The US lower midmarket buyout firm has paid $44 million to acquire heating-system additives business Sentinel Performance Solutions from General Electric.
UK carpet and laminate underlay manufacturer Interfloor has been sold by Rutland Partners through an £84m secondary buyout.
The UK mid-market firm has paid £85m to acquire nine hospitals as the basis of a new private hospital chain, Classic Hospitals, which will be the fifth largest in the UK.
The Munich-based VC firm’s latest fund has received €150 million of commitments from investors in Europe, the US and central Asia.
Carlyle’s European technology fund has made 3x money on media infrastructure company Inmedia 15 months after acquisition.
The latest LP survey conducted by secondary player Coller Capital has found that private equity is attracting more, and more demanding, capital.
The UK-listed financial services company has held a €60m first close of its third private equity fund, which will focus on the renewable energy sector.
The UK-based mid-market firm has sold its investment in Marlow Foods, the maker of fungi-based meat substitute Quorn, to a trade buyer.