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ONCAP, Peak Rock link on $111M deal

August 8, 2018

ONCAP, the middle-market platform of Canadian investor Onex, has purchased Precision Global (fka Precision Valve) from Peak Rock Capital, which first backed the business in 2015. Precision is a...

PE piles into the US middle market

July 26, 2018

No matter how you slice it, PE activity in the US middle market is increasing. What sets the latest metrics apart is that the new growth comes on top of the remarkably robust sums notched by...

Norwest vet to lead new firm

May 4, 2018

Carlson Private Capital Partners has launched its first middle-market investment platform, seeking investments of up to $100 million in companies across a range of industries. The platform plans to...

The mixed middle-market dealmaking scene

April 20, 2018

The year got off to a varied start, as middle-market PE deal value slumped in 1Q and volume surged, signaling a shift toward smaller transactions. In the 1Q 2018 US PE Middle Market Report, our...

US PE middle-market deal value surges 14% YoY

March 5, 2018

The US middle market was highly alluring to PE firms last year, powering a 14% YoY increase in deal value. Upper-middle-market companies, in particular, attracted rich bids—annual deal value jumped...

Upper reaches of US middle market see YoY volume jump 62%

February 1, 2018

In 2017, the US middle market attracted more than 2,300 PE transactions totaling over $324 billion in deal value, significantly boosted by growth in transactional volume in the upper middle market....

GI Partners racks up $2.7B for latest fund

November 15, 2017

Middle-market investor GI Partners has closed its fifth namesake buyout fund on a $2.7 billion hard cap, topping a $2.3 billion target. The vehicle will primarily focus on North American companies...

Surging PE deal value in US middle market

August 4, 2017

With total deal value in 1H 2017 already exceeding that of 2016 by near 23%, the US middle market remains as popular as ever among private equity firms. But where are buyers finding value, given...

Middle-market PE sees unprecedented surge in median deal size

April 18, 2017

Private equity dealmakers are still grappling with how to deploy capital in a competitive, costly environment. Even as buyout flow in the US middle market slackened in 1Q 2017, the median...

PE activity in the US middle market thwarted by competition

February 2, 2017

The heart of the US private equity scene is investment in the middle market. And though the first half of 2016 saw steady deal flow, the back half reflected increasing competition from corporate...

Middle-market PE drops 9.7% in deal value YoY in US

November 3, 2016

The middle market is where the action is nowadays for most PE firms, as they hunt for value in a persistently costly landscape. But even in its lower environs, prices have been inching upward and...

U.S. PE middle market: By the numbers

May 9, 2016

While most global PE trends these days are pointing downward, which we've argued is a natural part of the up-and-down investment cycle, there were some 1Q numbers...

Lower middle market deal value up 81% QoQ

May 3, 2016

Click here for free access The U.S. PE middle market slowed down in line with an overall PE slump carrying over from the back half of 2015. However, in a stormy environment, the lower segment of...

PE activity in U.S. MM still at record high as value falls 12%

February 2, 2016

Private equity dealmakers kept up a torrid pace of investment in U.S. middle-market companies last year, closing over 2,000 deals for the second year in a row. Yet, in another instance of the...

Cybersecurity for middle-market PE firms

December 10, 2015

PitchBook Dealmakers Column: Cyber attacks on businesses have grown exponentially in scale and complexity over a relatively short span of time. When it comes to preventing cyber threats, private...