'There’s an opportunity to continue to take advantage of that increasing spending in the vet space, while also adding additional customers, services and capabilities,' said RF Investment Partners' Collin Abert.
Thoma Bravo, Great Hill Partners, Inflexion and Brookfield have signed deals where they recently opened offices.
Frazier Healthcare Partners, Waud Capital Partners and RiverGlade Capital are among the PE firms backing home-based care.
Private equity interest in the skincare industry has rocketed in 2024, with Instagram and the industry's fast-moving nature both playing a part.
Blackstone is 'positioning itself to be the largest financial investor in AI infrastructure in the world,' said Stephen Schwarzman.
M&A was the largest driver of growth for AssuredPartners, which acquired 500 businesses over the past 13 years, before the $13.45bn sale to Gallagher.
Major deals in 2024 includes EQT’s €2.9bn sale of Idealista, a real estate platform, to Cinven.
The industrial equipment supplier is expected to be marketed based on EBITDA of more than $20m over the past year.
'I don't expect macro or top-down topics to be tailwinds, I see them more as headwinds. Let’s see what the magnitude will be.'
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.