https://pitchbook.com/tag/growth-deals growth-deals en-US Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:49:58 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/new-mountain-rakes-in-1-2b-for-minority-stakes The private equity manager closed its latest fund that will make non-control investments in founder-led and sponsor-backed companies, via structured equity, preferred equity and common equity po Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:49:58 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/new-mountain-rakes-in-1-2b-for-minority-stakes https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/american-securities-and-cd-r-exit-foundation-building-materials-in-8-8b-deal The private equity firms achieve strong returns after a 2021 LBO and 2024 growth equity investment as corporates look to strengthen their building products supply Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:48:12 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/american-securities-and-cd-r-exit-foundation-building-materials-in-8-8b-deal https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/marketing-software-startup-insider-to-hunt-for-m-a-targets-after-500m-raise General Atlantic led the $500M Series E round for Istanbul-based Insider. Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:11:45 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/marketing-software-startup-insider-to-hunt-for-m-a-targets-after-500m-raise https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/headline-xiao-growth-investing-resurgence Several significant growth fund closes in recent months has pushed growth investing in Europe into the spotlight. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:21:49 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/headline-xiao-growth-investing-resurgence https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/athena-capitals-debut-growth-equity-fund-targets-late-stage-startups Women-led Athena Capital is in the market for its inaugural growth equity fund. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:52:39 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/athena-capitals-debut-growth-equity-fund-targets-late-stage-startups https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/healthcare-clinical-staffing-pe-deals-travel-nursing Some PE investors are losing billions on bankrupt physician staffing companies. Meanwhile, other firms are making new bets in the sector. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/healthcare-clinical-staffing-pe-deals-travel-nursing https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/thoma-bravo-healthcare-acquisition-bluesight-medacist Thoma Bravo's investment in healthcare analytics company Bluesight is another example of PE firms forgoing LBOs in favor of add-on and growth transactions in 2023. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/thoma-bravo-healthcare-acquisition-bluesight-medacist https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/5-charts-a-picture-of-european-vc-valuations-in-q1 Europe saw a mixed bag of venture capital valuations in Q1 2023 as the market downturn continues to put pressure on median deal sizes. Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/5-charts-a-picture-of-european-vc-valuations-in-q1 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/2017-year-in-review-the-top-pe-investors-of-the-year-in Who was the most active PE investor in the world last year? How about in Europe? To find those answers and more, we sliced and diced PitchBook Platform data in more than a dozen different ways. Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/2017-year-in-review-the-top-pe-investors-of-the-year-in https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/kkr-joins-buyout-crowd-with-tech-fund KKR has raised about $688 million for its first Next Generation Technology Growth Fund, including parallel vehicles and contributions from the firm's affiliates, according to an SEC filing. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/kkr-joins-buyout-crowd-with-tech-fund https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-current-state-of-venture-capital-in-18-charts We recently released our inaugural PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor as a comprehensive resource on all matters venture capital. Here are the highlights from the 20-page report. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-current-state-of-venture-capital-in-18-charts https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/are-pe-growth-rounds-on-the-decline-in-the-us-yes-and-no Is there any growth in the pace of US growth investments? No. But compared to private equity investments of all types, minority investments are proving resilient. Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/are-pe-growth-rounds-on-the-decline-in-the-us-yes-and-no https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/why-minority-deals-arent-as-popular-in-europe Minority PE deals are on the rise in North America, particularly the U.S.; in Europe, however, minority deals aren’t as popular due to a different environment. Wed, 28 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/why-minority-deals-arent-as-popular-in-europe https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/characteristics-of-growth-deals As part of the PitchBook Knowledge Center, we have defined and explained some of the characteristics of growth deals in private equity. Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/characteristics-of-growth-deals https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-rise-of-growth-deals-another-pe-model-for-a-post-crisis-world In the larger scheme of private equity investing, growth equity tends to take a back seat to buyouts, particularly larger ones, which receive the most coverage. Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-rise-of-growth-deals-another-pe-model-for-a-post-crisis-world