5/8/2026 10:09:45 AM Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2025 Report highlights strong fundraising and investment performance By Samantha Wulfson Total European private capital investment rose to €135b in 2025, marking the second-strongest year after 2021. Buyout investment drove...
3/12/2026 10:52:31 PM DiligenceSquared raises $5m in Seed funding By Louden Richason New York based commercial due diligence platform for private equity firms raised $5m in Seed funding led by Relentless.
11/11/2025 9:48:33 AM The European private equity market is undergoing a profound transformation By Samantha Wulfson While overall fundraising has declined fueled by geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, the small and mid-market segments are...
10/17/2025 8:36:24 AM Trove AI raises $7.1m in Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson San Francisco based developer of an AI teammate for private equity raised $7.1m in Seed funding led by Menlo Ventures.
7/31/2025 1:23:02 PM Keye raises $5m in Seed funding By Louden Richason New York based AI platform for private equity due diligence raised $5m in seed funding led by Sorenson Capital.
3/21/2025 2:32:22 PM Manifest raises $2.5m in pre-Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson New York based company bringing US private equity real estate on-chain raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding led by VanEck Ventures.
2/20/2025 7:11:56 AM DiligentIQ raises $12m in Series A funding By Kate Wang New York based AI-powered private equity due diligence platform raised $12m in Series A funding led by Fintop Capital.
11/21/2023 2:51:22 PM Private equity resorts to buying back companies after IPO flops By Kate Wang The tactic underscores the difficulties that buyout groups have had exiting their portfolio companies via the public markets,...
1/13/2022 2:10:58 PM TPG prices IPO at $29.50 a share By Sarah Wolter Publicly traded private-equity firms have posted strong performance since the U.S. economy emerged from the coronavirus-driven downturn....
7/29/2021 2:26:41 PM iCapital gets $4b valuation in new funding round By FinTech Collective New York based alternative asset distribution platform raised $440m in late stage funding led by Owl Rock, MSD Partners, Golub Capital...
5/6/2021 2:38:19 PM Yale endowment’s David Swensen dies By Sarah Wolter After stints at Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers, Swensen returned to his alma mater in 1985 to lead its investment office. At the...
3/15/2021 2:13:38 PM Fidelity takes minority stake in alternatives platform Moonfare By Sarah Wolter Moonfare offers access to a range of private equity funds with a minimum investment of €100,000, and collaborates with some of the...
1/21/2021 4:54:24 PM iStox raises $50m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter Singapore based digital securities platform raised $50m in Series A funding from Development Bank of Japan, JIC Venture Growth...
11/17/2020 12:52:43 AM Nexi/payments sector: the principality of whales By Sarah Wolter Growth in online transactions has triggered a scramble for scale in a previously sleepy sector. There are plenty of smaller payment...
11/11/2020 8:22:56 PM Maestro raises $7.2m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter New York based private equity tech platform raised $7.2m in Series A funding led by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
9/29/2017 3:01:57 AM SoftBank Founder Builds an Empire on Debt and Charm By Gareth Jones One entrepreneur recently described Masayoshi Son as " kind of like an oracle". With his checkbook, charm and a cutthroat willingness to...