Smaller Deals Power Energy Activity
August 9, 2012
With 56 PE deals completed so far this year, the Energy industry isn't quite as abuzz with activity as it was last year, but plenty of energy deals are still coming through. Since the beginning of 2011, private equity investors have invested in 191 U.S. companies in the Energy industry, according to the PitchBook Platform. The $50 million to $250 million deal size bucket appears to be a sweet spot for investors in the industry. In fact, over a third of the deals in the last roughly year and a half, like the EagleClaw investment, were $50 million to $250 million in size.
