'A growing set of now 28,000-plus buyout companies with diminished IPO and M&A exit avenues lies in wait,' says Kline Hill Partners' Mike Bego.
Cinven, Manna Tree and Brynwood Partners are among the PE firms seizing opportunities in the food and beverage sector.
Despite some industry turmoil, investing in the entertainment sector became more diversified in 2024.
Dragoneer Investment Group, Serent Capital and Francisco Partners are among the PE firms investing in EHR technology companies.
'You’re dealing with what is invariably the largest cost center for any company, which is its employee base, and making sure that that is productive and retained,' says James Stevens, managing director at Bain Capital.
A robust group of active buyers and sellers eyeing established companies and assets are expected to buoy the industrial deal market.
In November, Inflexion said it is acquiring a majority stake in Finanzen from Axel Springer.
'Whenever there has been a recessionary fear, that’s when I get a call from 30 to 40 private equity firms that have not invested in this space before,' says Jacob Voorhees, managing director of education-focused investment bank Navagant.
Blackstone senior managing director, Juergen Pinker, called power grid supply chain a 'key focus area' for the firm’s PE energy transition strategy.
Cardinal Health agreed to acquire ADSG from Court Square Capital for approximately $1.1bn.