Carlos Martinez

1 week ago | ionanalytics.com | Kezia Kho |Nicholas Morgan |Carlos Martinez

Blue-chip US LPs look for alpha and diversification in EuropeSector, region and strategy specialist funds in demand90% of buyout funds raised last year had clear specialist mandateAmerican GPs have long dominated global private equity, attracting top-tier LPs from both home and abroad. Now their European peers are poised to capture market share as the USA’s state pension plans and insurance firms show blooming interest in committing to highly specialist funds.

2 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Kezia Kho |Carlos Martinez

Model ML in talks with one target, deals could take place in coming weeks or monthsWeeks away from announcing launch of super-agents, which can handle complex tasksPEs will be able to use documents generated by agentic AI for deal originationModel ML, a US-based start-up developing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven software for the financial services sector, is looking to acquire other AI agent companies, CEO and co-founder Chaz Englander told Mergermarket.

3 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Tom Cane |Carlos Martinez

OEP invests alongside mid-market owners, leverages M&A to transform companiesSponsor sees opportunities across all three core sectorsAchieved six full exits since start of 2024, including first full exit from Fund VIIIOne Equity Partners (OEP) spun out of JPMorgan in 2015. Ten years on, the New York-based firm – initially established as the in-house PE arm of Bank One in 2001 – is broadly following the same tried and tested playbook, focusing on three core sectors on both sides of the Atlantic.

3 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Rupert Cocke |Troy Hooper |Carlos Martinez

Podcast Wiz acquisition Google’s largest-ever deal, comes with impressive reverse break feeScrutiny of deal to be bellwether of US regulatory environmentGoogle’s USD 32bn all-cash offer for multicloud player Wiz is likely to act as the starting pistol on a new wave of tech deals. The proposal to buy Wiz is the tech giant’s largest-ever deal and also comes with one of the tech industry’s most significant reverse termination fees.

1 month ago | ionanalytics.com | Sam Weisberg |Tom Cane |Carlos Martinez

Deal could be announced by end of MarchLanter’s 2024 EBITDA was north of USD 100mAudax Private Equity is closing in on a deal to acquire Lanter Delivery Systems, an Equity Group Investments(EGI)-backed overnight delivery services provider, said three sources familiar with the situation. A deal could be announced by the end of March, one of the sources said. Lanter’s 2024 EBITDA was north of USD 100m, according to the same source. EGI invested in Lanter in 2019.