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The official Twitter account for WSJ Pro's global team of editors and reporters covering all things private equity.

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Private-markets giant KKR & Co. has agreed to sell railcar-leasing company Infinity Transportation to peer Ares Management for $2.9 billion, after owning the business for five years wsj.com/pro/private-equity/k…
Exclusive | KKR to Sell Railcar-Leasing Company Infinity to Ares for $2.9 Billion

Exclusive | KKR to Sell Railcar-Leasing Company Infinity to Ares for $2.9 Billion

The private-markets firm has owned the business for about five years.

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Ara Partners has amassed about $2.5 billion for its debut energy fund and co-investment vehicles to buy assets such as natural gas-power generators, biofuels plants and fuel stations wsj.com/pro/private-equity/a…
Exclusive | Ara Partners Banks $2.5 Billion for Debut Energy Pool

Exclusive | Ara Partners Banks $2.5 Billion for Debut Energy Pool

The total included $1.8 billion for the firm’s first energy fund and more than $700 million in co-investment capital.

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Private-equity firm FFL Partners raised $1.35 billion for its sixth buyout fund, above a $1 billion target for the vehicle wsj.com/pro/private-equity/f…
Exclusive | FFL Partners Banks $1.35 Billion for Sixth Buyout Fund

Exclusive | FFL Partners Banks $1.35 Billion for Sixth Buyout Fund

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More than half of 176 private-equity executives surveyed by Summit Leadership cited the evolving role of portfolio company CEOs as one of the big challenges tied to longer holds wsj.com/pro/private-equity/b…
Buyout Firms Look to Swap Out Portfolio Company CEOs as Holds Lengthen

Buyout Firms Look to Swap Out Portfolio Company CEOs as Holds Lengthen

Sponsors increasingly weigh replacing portfolio company leaders as extended investment hold periods test their talents.

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A recent interest rate hike and the prospect for more presents a fresh hurdle for a once-popular method of sending cash back to limited partners in private-equity funds wsj.com/pro/private-equity/r…
Rate Hike Poses Fresh Challenge for Languishing Dividend Recaps

Rate Hike Poses Fresh Challenge for Languishing Dividend Recaps

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Some Democrats in Congress are seeking to take an Oregon law that bans private-equity firm control over healthcare practices and apply it nationwide wsj.com/pro/private-equity/c…
Exclusive | Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Private Equity’s Role in Medicine

Exclusive | Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Private Equity’s Role in Medicine

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Crosspoint Capital Partners is leading $72 million growth investment in cybersecurity startup Mind, valuing the three-year-old company at some $400 million wsj.com/pro/private-equity/c…
Exclusive | Crosspoint Capital Leads $72 Million Deal Backing Cyber Startup Mind

Exclusive | Crosspoint Capital Leads $72 Million Deal Backing Cyber Startup Mind

The growth investment in the data-loss prevention company comes amid rising threats from AI-enabled hackers.

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European private-equity firm Vitruvian Partners is leading a $600 million investment in Angle Health that values the AI-driven healthcare benefits startup at $2.7 billion wsj.com/pro/private-equity/a…
Exclusive | AI Startup Angle Health Lands $600 Million for $2.7 Billion Valuation

Exclusive | AI Startup Angle Health Lands $600 Million for $2.7 Billion Valuation

Founded by two ex-Palantir engineers, the startup aims to bring AI-platform power to small-business healthcare benefits.

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Monument Group partners say exit slowdown drives private equity changes such as tougher fundraising, a hotter secondary market and more junior dealmakers striking out on their own wsj.com/pro/private-equity/k…
Knock-on Effects of Exit Drought Reshape Private Equity

Knock-on Effects of Exit Drought Reshape Private Equity

Curbed dealmaking prompts more junior partners to quit larger firms and set up their own shops, according to Monument Group executives.

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KKR is committing $350 million to form Akrapoint Commercial Capital, which will offer asset-based loans to finance equipment for small and midsize businesses wsj.com/pro/private-equity/k…
Exclusive | KKR Builds $350 Million Equipment-Finance Firm Akrapoint Commercial Capital

Exclusive | KKR Builds $350 Million Equipment-Finance Firm Akrapoint Commercial Capital

The newly formed finance company offers loans averaging about $500,000 to $600,000 to finance industrial equipment.

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Newly established healthcare-focused firm Agora has signed its first deal, backing data and analytics provider Vheda Health wsj.com/pro/private-equity/n…
Exclusive | New Healthcare Investor Agora Makes First Deal

Exclusive | New Healthcare Investor Agora Makes First Deal

The private-equity firm, founded by former Eir Partners executive Neil Vangala, is backing analytics company Vheda Health.

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Cox Capital plans a new offer to acquire business-development company shares at a discount despite scant interest in a just-ended tender wsj.com/pro/private-equity/c…
Cox Capital Aims to Double Down on Discounted BDC Offers Despite Tepid Response

Cox Capital Aims to Double Down on Discounted BDC Offers Despite Tepid Response

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Blackstone’s early-stage venture-capital arm has led a $27 million investment in cybersecurity startup Huskeys wsj.com/pro/private-equity/b…
Exclusive | Blackstone Backs Cybersecurity Startup Huskeys to Fight Unwanted AI Traffic

Exclusive | Blackstone Backs Cybersecurity Startup Huskeys to Fight Unwanted AI Traffic

The company, valued at more than $100 million, uses agentic AI to block threats.

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A rush to withdraw from business development companies showed signs of abating in July but industry participants say underlying stresses will extend into later this year wsj.com/pro/private-equity/p…
Private Credit’s Chills Draw Bargain Hunters Offering Cash to Trapped Investors

Private Credit’s Chills Draw Bargain Hunters Offering Cash to Trapped Investors

Business-development company investors snubbed earlier discounted cash-out offers, but some could now have a second chance as industry woes mount.

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Private-equity manager NGP Energy Capital Management is among the firms whose portfolio companies recently bought assets shed by energy companies following large deals wsj.com/pro/private-equity/o…
Oil-Patch Consolidation Creates Private-Equity Opportunities

Oil-Patch Consolidation Creates Private-Equity Opportunities

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Midmarket firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has closed its fourth fund at $865 million to invest in AI-driven infrastructure and essential services wsj.com/pro/private-equity/m…
Exclusive | Midmarket Firm GenNx360 Raises $865 Million Fund for AI-Fueled Transformation

Exclusive | Midmarket Firm GenNx360 Raises $865 Million Fund for AI-Fueled Transformation

New York firm will target a mix of AI-driven ‘picks and shovels’ businesses and AI-resistant service providers.

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CEO of KKR target UGI has a history of leading companies involved in takeovers and that could bolster the firm’s chances of buying out the fuel supplier, Jefferies analysts say wsj.com/pro/private-equity/u…
UGI Leader’s M&A Record Could Bolster KKR’s Buyout Effort

UGI Leader’s M&A Record Could Bolster KKR’s Buyout Effort

CEO Robert Flexon has a history of overseeing divestitures and takeovers at companies he led.

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Secondary buyers are offering investors in business development companies an alternative means of cashing out although at a steep cost wsj.com/pro/private-equity/p…
Private Credit’s Chills Draw Bargain Hunters Offering Cash to Trapped Investors

Private Credit’s Chills Draw Bargain Hunters Offering Cash to Trapped Investors

Business-development company investors snubbed earlier discounted cash-out offers, but some could now have a second chance as industry woes mount.

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Ongoing consolidation in the U.S. oil-and-gas sector creates opportunities for private-equity firms to buy the assets that energy companies often sell after mergers wsj.com/pro/private-equity/o…
Oil-Patch Consolidation Creates Private-Equity Opportunities

Oil-Patch Consolidation Creates Private-Equity Opportunities

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Natural-gas producers looking to expand into other segments of the industry are buying private equity-backed businesses through deals that have provided some lucrative exits wsj.com/pro/private-equity/n…
Integration in Natural-Gas Industry Drives Exit Activity

Integration in Natural-Gas Industry Drives Exit Activity

Companies looking to tap new sources of profit are buying businesses from energy-focused fund managers.

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