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Private EquityBain Capital, Warner Music form $1.2B joint venture for music catalog investments
July 1, 2025Bain Capital partner shares details about the joint venture, which aims to help artists reach fans in new ways.Article
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Mega-FundsBain Capital Ventures closes $1.9B, defying VC fundraising slump
February 27, 2023Bain Capital Ventures has secured $1.9 billion in commitments for two vehicles, which marks the first major volley for mega-funds in 2023.Article
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RetailToys R Us creditors sue former Bain Capital, KKR execs
March 12, 2020A trust representing the creditors who lost hundreds of millions in the Toys R Us liquidation filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York, alleging former CEO Dave Brandon and several company executives tied to Bain Capital, KKR and Vornado Realty Trust inappropriately took out millions before the company filed for Chapter 11 protection in September 2017.Article
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PoliticsBain Capital alum Deval Patrick shuts down presidential campaign
February 11, 2020Deval Patrick, a former two-term governor of Massachusetts and Bain Capital managing director, announced his decision Wednesday after an underwhelming showing in the New Hampshire primary.Article
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Impact InvestingBain Capital’s social impact arm eyes nontraditional tech hubs
March 26, 2019Bain Capital’s latest social impact investment arm is targeting a company that wants to employ US tech workers far away from San Francisco, New York and the rest of the industry’s usual hubs.Article
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RetailBain Capital, KKR pledge $20M to former Toys R Us employees
November 19, 2018After months of negotiations with workplace advocacy groups, KKR and Bain Capital have established a financial assistance fund for laid-off Toys R Us workers.Article
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PoliticsBain Capital’s new White House hopeful is leading its impact investing charge
October 16, 2018When Mitt Romney ran for president in 2012, opponents criticized his career at Bain Capital. Now, another exec is gaining momentum to possibly run in 2020. Here’s why it’s different this time.Article
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BankruptcyBain Capital, KKR to back hardship fund for Toys R Us workers
September 27, 2018Bain Capital and KKR are reportedly contributing $20 million to a fund that will help pay severance owed to former Toys R Us workers—and more cash could be on the way.Article
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Private EquityBain Capital raises $5.1B for European mega-fund
July 10, 2018Bain Capital has brought in about $5.1 billion for its fifth European buyout fund, surpassing both its initial target and the size of the firm’s previous Europe fund by nearly 25% each.Article
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Private EquityCongress confronts Bain Capital, KKR over Toys R Us liquidation
July 5, 2018Bain Capital and KKR loaded Toys R us up with debt. It eventually went bankrupt. Now, Congress wants answers.Article
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Private EquityOpinion: Bain Capital, KKR should pay up for Toys R Us letdown
June 28, 2018Toys R Us closed the last of its remaining US locations on Friday. Bain Capital and KKR should respond by paying off the roughly $70 million in severance owed to the 33,000 employees that lost jobs.Article
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Private EquityBain Capital’s $18B Toshiba deal stalls over antitrust concerns
May 7, 2018Bain Capital’s deal to buy the memory chip business of Toshiba for some $18 billion doesn’t look like it will close, after all.Article
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Private EquityBain Capital back under microscope with iHeartMedia, Toys R Us exits
March 14, 2018Two high-profile Bain-backed companies have had a rough start to 2018, both struggling to deal with a rough business environment and a mountain of debt.Article
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Private EquityQ&A: Bain Capital’s Steven Barnes on his firm’s busy 2017
January 3, 2018We picked the brain of Steven Barnes, a managing director at Bain Capital and the head of the firm’s North American PE business, to get the scoop on a hectic year.Article
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This Day in Buyout HistoryThis day in buyout history: Advent, Bain Capital strike a payments gold mine
November 30, 2017Worldpay’s future is as part of an emerging financial conglomerate. For private equity firms, though, the company’s profit-filled past was no doubt much more interesting.Article
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This Day in Buyout HistoryThis day in buyout history: KKR, Bain Capital complete the biggest LBO ever
November 16, 2017In the 11 years since, more substantial deals have taken place. But at the time, the take-private buyout of HCA was one for the record books.Article
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Private EquityThis day in buyout history: PE giants take The Weather Channel under their umbrella
September 14, 2017Nine years ago today, a stark change occurred in the forecast for The Weather Channel when Bain Capital, Blackstone and NBC Universal bought the company for $3.5 billion.Article
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Private EquityBain Capital approaches $10B for latest fund
September 12, 2017Bain Capital has raised $9.4 billion for its 12th flagship buyout vehicle, in the latest example of the red-hot fundraising environment in PE.Article
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