
Laura Kreutzer
Bureau Chief, WSJ Pro Private Equity at The Wall Street Journal
Editor/reporter at Dow Jones covering all things private equity. Former Sunday Columnist for WSJ. Proud working parent. Satire aficionado. Recovering optimist.
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wsj.com | Laura Kreutzer
The San Diego firm is wrapping up its third flagship fund and a new fund focused on smaller companiesMay 28, 2025 1:00 pm ET|WSJ ProSeaside Equity Partners is wrapping up two new funds that will add more than $720 million in fresh capital to the San Diego-based firm’s investment coffers, according to people familiar with the process.
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wsj.com | Laura Kreutzer
Avalt, Hoffmann Family of Cos. and other firms backed by family money tout patience and flexibility in their investment pitches to business foundersMay 27, 2025 6:00 am ET|WSJ ProWhen Hoffmann Family of Cos. acquired Oberweis Dairy out of bankruptcy in 2024, the investment firm turned to a familiar place to recruit executive talent for the Illinois-based dairy business: leadership consultant DHR Global.
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wsj.com | Laura Kreutzer
The firm wraps up its latest fund as the U.S. economy enters new levels of uncertainty under President TrumpMay 4, 2025 9:00 am ET|WSJ ProAtlas Holdings has raised $6.45 billion to back underperforming or struggling companies, a strategy that the firm’s co-founders say will benefit from growing market uncertainty.
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wsj.com | Rod James |Laura Kreutzer
Tariff actions that hamstring M&A heighten liquidity needs that drive general partner-led secondary private-equity deals but scramble pricingApril 30, 2025 6:30 am ET|WSJ ProThe market disarray caused by President Trump’s tariff moves will likely intensify private-equity investors’ longstanding need for cash, which so-called continuation-fund deals can provide. But buyers and advisers say they don’t expect a flood of such deals just yet.
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1 month ago |
createsend.com | Laura Kreutzer
Good day, Pro Readers! The Covid pandemic and the years since have cast a spotlight on the rising need for mental healthcare across our nation and the difficulties the country faces in providing it. This morning, our own Maria Armental reports on a growth investment in a young company called Two Chairs, which seeks to connect patients with therapists. Meanwhile, Isaac Taylor has details on Evolution Equity Partners' newest and largest fund.
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