Chris Witkowsky
The firm closed its debut fund on $850m earlier this year and is set to explore a market ripe with opportunity as sellers, for various reasons, seek liquidity in 2025.
GP-led deals represented about 46% of the $40bn-$45bn of secondaries volume in the third quarter, according to research from PJT Park Hill.
The firm was best positioned to know the asset well, which helped inform its ability to set an appropriate price, Kian managing partner Kevin McCarthy said in an interview.
Diversis, formed in 2013, acquired a majority stake in Tempo in 2018, and bought the rest of the company in 2022.
Huron’s specialized strategy will make use of its ExecFactor process, in which the firm partners with an industry executive to invest in certain industries and businesses.
The single-asset continuation fund process is part of a wave of such deals GPs are attempting as a way to deliver proceeds to limited partners in older funds at a time of slow exit activity.
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The transaction is in the early stages and could reach $2bn in size, sources said.
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PE-backed Iris Software acquires Swipeclock.