Private Equity’s Growing Obsession With Wellness Brands The wellness industry has become one of private equity’s most coveted investment sectors, with firms aggressively acquiring everything from boutique fitness chains to cutting-edge longevity startups. In 2024 alone, private equity deals in wellness surpassed $25 billion—a staggering figure that underscores just how bullish investors have become on […]
Meet Lauren Leichtman: The Billionaire You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of Lauren Leichtman is not a household name, but she absolutely should be. A trailblazer in the world of finance, Leichtman is the first woman in the world to earn a billion-dollar fortune from private equity—and she’s now making waves, quite literally, in professional sports. As […]
Kodak Sells Pension Assets to Mastercard Foundation, Eyes $1 Billion Surplus Eastman Kodak, a storied name in photography and imaging, is taking significant steps to restructure its financial landscape. The company has announced the sale of private equity and other illiquid assets from its pension fund to the Mastercard Foundation. At the same time, Kodak […]
Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital is a superior performer. The London-based venture capital firm’s $85 million first fund is ranked in the top 5% of funds raised in the US and Europe in the past year, according to Cambridge Associates and Prequin. A second $185 million fund took just three months to raise.
Omiros, please introduce us to Brookstreet. Brookstreet is a unique, commercially motivated and flexible Private Equity/Venture Capital (PEVC) investment group supporting companies which experience transformational growth. Our mission is to be the leading investor and partner for innovative, profitable, high-growth and extrovert small-cap (SME) out-performers. Based out of London (the bridge of the world), we […]
eFront’s latest quarterly data show LBO funds globally had an exceptional year in 2018, with strong returns, a low level of risk and short time-to-liquidity.
Equipped with varied experience across diverse sectors, Kavitha Vijay, the Senior Partner of IC Universal Legal, was instrumental in the establishment of the Chennai office in 2006 and has been leading it since 2010. The firm has built a reputation as having a highly-regarded global presence through its affiliation with Chugh LLP, a full-service law […]
Emerging market private equity funds offer institutional investors diversification, differentiated return drivers and an exposure to sector and geographical areas not accessible through stock exchanges. However, their performance is still unclear. Data from eFront shows that the pooled average performance of emerging market funds is lower than in developed markets, with returns of 1.46x and […]
Damon Walford, Chief Development Officer at alternative lending industry pioneers, ThinCats, shares his thoughts with CEO Today on how SMEs can get the right mix when it comes to funding. Alternative funding offers access to finance that ticks many boxes; from faster turnaround times, to flexible rates and a more in depth probing of the […]
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