Rafael Canton

KKR, Apollo Global Management and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners are some of the firms at the center of the uptick in dealmaking.

Kelvin Baggett will lead Patient Square's EMPIRIC Institute as managing director, head of patient impact and chair.

RedBird invested in luxury car rental service Go Rentals in June; the firm also backs Jet Linx and Blade.

Generative AI will help PE investors 'spend more time on second-level investment thinking and less on the groundwork,' said Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville.

Arbor Investments, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners and Copley Equity Partners are among the firms making deals.

Nuvei took Paya private in a $1.3bn acquisition that closed in February.

'It’s become more and more important that enterprises and service providers have visibility in what's going on in real time,' said Bridge Growth's Tom Manley.

GTCR has teamed up with the execs behind Mindful, acquired by Medallia last year.

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities recently led a $190m growth investment in Blackpoint Cyber.

The firm also plans on acquiring add-ons in partnership with Centricity Research.