Private Equity news and trends

Private Equity Groups Begin Placing AI Experts in Portfolio Companies
Artificial Intelligence // August 23, 2026

Private equity firms have reportedly begun placing artificial intelligence experts within their portfolio companies to grow those businesses. That’s according to a report Friday (Aug. 21) from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which cites the example of Wall Street firms like Blackstone and Hellman &...

Capsa AI Secures $18 Million to Expand Private Capital Intelligence Platform
Investments // June 11, 2026

Technology startup Capsa AI announced Tuesday (June 9) it has closed an $18 million Series A funding round aimed at scaling its specialized artificial intelligence (AI) operating system for the global private equity sector. The latest investment round was co-led by TX Ventures and Pivot...

Software Deals Hit COVID-Era Lows Amid AI Disruption
Artificial Intelligence // June 08, 2026

Software buyouts, once prized within the private equity world, are reportedly at a six-year low. The reason, according to a Monday (June 8) Financial Times (FT) report, is that the specter of artificial intelligence (AI) disruption has brought dealmaking in the software sector to a...

Anthropic Launches Enterprise AI Firm With Wall Street Giants
Artificial Intelligence // May 04, 2026

Anthropic is launching a new venture focused on selling AI tools to enterprise companies. This effort is being launched in partnership with Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street bank said Monday (May 4), in conjunction with investment firm Blackstone, and private equity group Hellman & Friedman,...

Interviews & Exclusives
PE Firm BayPine Says New Factory Floor Is Digital, and Everyone’s an Engineer

October 30, 2025
When the assembly line reshaped 20th-century manufacturing, it did more than improve productivity. It redefined what productivity meant. Tasks once limited by human dexterity became scalable through process engineering. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is triggering a parallel revolution, not in the world of physical goods, but in the vast expanse of services that power the […]

3 Things to Know as Private Credit Heads Toward a $2 Trillion Industry

October 02, 2024
The private credit market is booming — and has the potential to reshape lending, and risk, too, in financial services. Generally and conceptually speaking, the private lending market, estimated by...

Private Credit Booms as Main Street Firms Seek Capital Access 

January 15, 2024
For corporates, especially smaller Main Street businesses, private credit (aka private debt) appears as an avenue through which they can get the capital they need. And for the lenders, the...

Take-Private, Bolt-On Deals Provide Shelter From Underperforming European Markets

January 17, 2023
European private equity (PE) dealmaking defied economic headwinds in 2022. In general, dealmaking was characterized by smaller but more numerous deals, as checks and valuations got smaller and the cost...

Quick Reads
UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade

August 24, 2026
U.K. FinTech investments have reached a 10-year low amid an overall jump in funding. British financial technology firms took in around $2.5 billion during the first six months of 2026, a two-thirds decline from the previous year, according to the latest edition of KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech report, published Monday (Aug. 24). “It has been […]

Private Equity Groups Begin Placing AI Experts in Portfolio Companies

August 23, 2026
Private equity firms have reportedly begun placing artificial intelligence experts within their portfolio companies to grow those businesses. That’s according to a report Friday (Aug. 21) from The Wall Street...

Capsa AI Secures $18 Million to Expand Private Capital Intelligence Platform

June 11, 2026
Technology startup Capsa AI announced Tuesday (June 9) it has closed an $18 million Series A funding round aimed at scaling its specialized artificial intelligence (AI) operating system for the...

Software Deals Hit COVID-Era Lows Amid AI Disruption

June 08, 2026
Software buyouts, once prized within the private equity world, are reportedly at a six-year low. The reason, according to a Monday (June 8) Financial Times (FT) report, is that the...