Continental's €4 Billion ContiTech Sale to Lone Star Funds: The Corporate Carve-Out Playbook
Continental AG confirmed on July 3, 2026 that its Executive and Supervisory Boards approved a deal to sell the ContiTech industrial-rubber division to Lone Star Funds at a €4 billion ($4.6 billion)...
KKR's $4.2 Billion EDF Power Solutions Deal Signals Infrastructure's New Core Status
KKR agreed on June 30, 2026 to pay approximately $4.2 billion in equity value, plus up to $390 million in earnouts, for EDF Power Solutions' entire U.S. and Canadian renewable energy business, a...
Why Crypto VCs, Not AI Funds, Bet $65M on Venice AI's Uncensored Platform
Venice AI, a privacy-focused AI platform co-founded by ShapeShift's Erik Voorhees, raised $65 million at a $1 billion valuation in a Series A that closed the first week of July 2026. The lead...
Scaled Cognition's $100M Series A: Reliability Over Hype
Scaled Cognition, a Mountain View AI model lab, closed a $100 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures at a reported $750 million valuation, betting that regulated industries will pay a premium for AI...
Martin Marietta's $13.5B Lhoist Deal: What It Signals for Industrial PE
5 billion acquisition of Lhoist North America on June 29, 2026. The deal values Lhoist at 15x Adjusted EBITDA including synergies, with $85 million in annual cost savings targeted. The Berghmans famil
CVC Capital Partners Buys Into Chess.com: Why PE Is Betting on Digital Community Platforms
CVC Invests in Chess.com: PE Digital Platform Bet CVC Capital Partners Buys Into Chess.com: Why PE Is Betting on Digital Community Platforms By Jeff Barnes, MBA | June 28, 2026 | Private Equity TL;DR:
IRA Capital and Artemis Close $235M Senior Housing Bridge Loan: The Demographic Bet Accredited Investors Should Study
$235M Senior Housing Bridge Loan: What LPs Should Know IRA Capital and Artemis Real Estate Partners closed a $235 million bridge loan on June 25, 2026, secured by two Class-A senior housing campuses —
General Intuition Raises $320M at $2.3B: What Agentic AI Infrastructure Means for Accredited Investors
General Intuition $320M: Agentic AI Investing Decoded General Intuition closed a $320M Series B at a $2.3B valuation on June 25, 2026, led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Jeff Bezos and Eri
Dream Raises $260M at $3B for Sovereign AI: What Bain Capital Sees in the Government AI Race
On June 18, 2026, Dream announced a $260 million funding round at a $3 billion post-money valuation , led by Bicycle Capital and Group 11, with Bain Capital Ventures participating alongside Antler,
LongRange Capital Buys Pizza Hut for $1.5B: What This Franchise PE Deal Reveals
The short version: On June 16, 2026, Yum! Brands announced a $2.7B two-part sale of Pizza Hut. LongRange Capital, a CalPERS-backed private equity firm founded by Bob Berlin, agreed to buy Pizza Hut ou
Odyssey Raises $310M at $1.45B: Amazon Is Betting on World Models, Not Just LLMs
On June 17, 2026, world model startup Odyssey closed a $310M Series B at a $1.45B post-money valuation, led by Natural Capital with participation from Amazon Web Services, AMD Ventures, GV, EQT, and I
Altaris Takes Simulations Plus Private for $375M: What Healthcare PE Is Betting On
TL;DR: On June 16, 2026, Altaris Capital Partners announced a $375 million all-cash deal to take Simulations Plus (Nasdaq: SLP) private at $18.50 per share, a 26% premium to the 60-day volume-weighted
Montagu Carves BMC Helix Out of KKR's Empire: The PE Playbook Behind the Deal
On June 17, 2026, Montagu Private Equity announced it will acquire a majority stake in BMC Helix, carving the agentic AI ServiceOps platform out of KKR-owned BMC Software. KKR retains a minority stake
Flutterwave Raises $250M Series E at $3.2B Valuation: Ripple Bets on Africa's Payment Rails
Flutterwave Raises $250M Series E at $3.2B Valuation: Ripple Bets on Africa's Payment Rails Lagos-based payments company Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series E round at a $3.2 billion po...
Chronograph Raises $140M From Sixth Street Growth: What Private Markets Data Infrastructure Means for LPs
Chronograph Raises $140M From Sixth Street Growth: What Private Markets Data Infrastructure Means for LPs TL;DR: On June 16, 2026, Chronograph announced a $140M+ minority growth equity investment f...
AI Ate 81% of Venture Capital in Q1 2026. Here's What That Means for Your Portfolio
TL;DR Global venture capital hit a record $297 billion in Q1 2026, per the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor . AI companies captured $240 billion of that, or 81% of all capital deployed in a single qu...
Prometheus Raises $12B at $41B Valuation: Bezos's Industrial AI Bet — Investor Analysis
Per TechCrunch's June 11, 2026 report , Prometheus — Jeff Bezos's industrial AI startup — raised $12 billion in a Series B at a $41 billion valuation, bringing total funding to over $18 billion before
Clearwater Analytics $8.4B Take-Private: What the Goldman Private Credit Deal Tells LP Investors
Per the December 2025 acquisition announcement , Permira and Warburg Pincus are taking Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) private at $24.55 per share — a 47 percent premium to the stock's pre-announcem
TensorWave's $350M Series B: AMD Bets Big on Breaking NVIDIA's AI Compute Stranglehold
TL;DR: TensorWave just closed a $350M Series B at a $1.55B post-money valuation, making it one of the largest AI infrastructure raises of 2026 and a direct challenge to NVIDIA's near-monopoly grip on
Eurazeo Closes at 3.9 Billion Euros for Direct Lending Fund VII: What European Private Credit Means for US Accredited Investors
TL;DR: Eurazeo Private Debt VII closed at 3.9 billion euros in June 2026, exceeding its 3 billion euro target by 30%. The total programme including private wealth mandates reaches 5.5 billion euros.