Hacker News with Generative AI: Private Equity

Yale sells up to $6B of its PE portfolio amid federal funding challenge (secondariesinvestor.com)
The US university that pioneered the 'endowment model' is selling its PE investments in the secondaries market for the first time.

Finance, Investments, Education, Private Equity

42 points by themgt 7 days ago | 17 comments

Intel sells 51% stake in Altera to private equity firm on a $8.75B valuation (intel.com)
Intel Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell 51% of its Altera business to Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing.

Business, Semiconductors, Private Equity

314 points by voxadam 11 days ago | 231 comments

Private Equity Is Coming for America's $12T in Retirement Savings (bloomberg.com)
Less than a week before President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, more than 30 money managers gathered on Zoom to strategize about how to pull America’s retirement savers into investments far beyond stocks and bonds.

Private Equity, Retirement Savings, Finance, Economics, Investment

87 points by mooreds 27 days ago | 103 comments

Yahoo is selling TechCrunch to private equity firm Regent (techcrunch.com)
If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home.

Tech, Acquisitions, Private Equity, Media

89 points by Garbage 35 days ago | 28 comments

Yahoo Is Selling TechCrunch (theverge.com)
TechCrunch has a new owner, again. Yahoo has sold the tech news site to the private equity firm Regent for an undisclosed sum, according to an announcement on Friday.

Tech News, Acquisitions, Private Equity

8 points by spatten 36 days ago | 1 comments

Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10B (suntimes.com)
The Sun-Times is free but the journalism is not. Reader support powers the news. Here's how you can help.

Private Equity, Retail, Finance

7 points by healsdata 50 days ago | 0 comments

As private equity invests in child care, Colorado lawmakers seek guardrails (denverpost.com)
As private equity invests in child care, Colorado lawmakers seek guardrails

Private Equity, Child Care, Colorado Politics, Legislation

28 points by ctoth 63 days ago | 3 comments

Silver Lake Nears Deal for Stake in Intel's Altera Unit (bloomberg.com)
Silver Lake Management is in exclusive talks to acquire a majority stake in Intel Corp.’s programmable chips unit, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Technology, Acquisitions, Semiconductors, Intel, Private Equity

16 points by synthos 66 days ago | 2 comments

Warn of 'catastrophic consequences' if US gives free hand to private equity (ft.com)

Private Equity, Finance, United States, Economics

55 points by belter 90 days ago | 9 comments

Everstone acquires bootstrapped Indian startup Wingify for $200M (techcrunch.com)
Private equity firm Everstone is acquiring a majority stake in Wingify, one of India’s first bootstrapped SaaS success stories, for about $200 million, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.

Acquisitions, Startups, India, SaaS, Private Equity

3 points by anshulbhide 92 days ago | 1 comments

A growing sense among investors that China may not be systematically investable (ft.com)
Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals

China, Investing, Private Equity, Markets

16 points by cwwc 121 days ago | 3 comments

Nordstrom family to take company private (bloomberg.com)
The Nordstrom family is joining forces with a Mexican retailer to take its namesake department store private in an all-cash transaction valued at about $6.25 billion, including debt.

Business, Retail, Private Equity

116 points by ivewonyoung 124 days ago | 99 comments

SpaceX Share Sale Values Company at About $350B (bloomberg.com)
SpaceX and its investors have agreed to purchase as much as $1.25 billion of insider shares in a transaction valuing Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker at about $350 billion, according to an internal email seen by Bloomberg.

SpaceX, Private Equity, Valuation, Investment, Elon Musk

10 points by mfiguiere 136 days ago | 0 comments

Pisces: UK regulated market for private shares [pdf] (service.gov.uk)

Finance, Regulations, United Kingdom, Private Equity

24 points by thom 143 days ago | 14 comments

Defending Open Source: Protecting the Future of WordPress (automattic.com)
In 2018, $100 billion private equity firm Silver Lake entered the WordPress ecosystem. It made a $250m investment in WP Engine, and placed three officers on a four-person Board. Over the next few years, WP Engine acquired hosts, plugins, and themes, and consolidated power. As is typical for private equity owned companies, their goal was profit and ROI, extracting maximum value from the open source community while giving back minimally—a damaging ethos counter to the spirit of open source.

Open Source, WordPress, Private Equity, Business

11 points by program 172 days ago | 0 comments

Permira completes Squarespace acquisition after upping bid to $7.2B (techcrunch.com)
Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm.

Private Equity, Acquisitions, Companies, Technology, Business

43 points by Brajeshwar 190 days ago | 24 comments

Private Equity Firm Permira Acquires Squarespace for $7.2B (petapixel.com)
Private equity company Permira has purchased all available common stock for the website builder Squarespace, ending Squarespace’s publicly traded era.

Private Equity, Acquisitions, Business, Technology, Web Development

5 points by mikece 190 days ago | 1 comments

How Does the Private Equity Market Work? (ycombinator.com)
I’m trying to better understand the private equity market. How do private equity firms operate, source deals, and structure investments? What are the key mechanisms that drive value creation, and how do they differ from public markets or venture capital? Would love to hear experiences and insights from professionals in the field or those who’ve been part of private equity transactions!

Private Equity, Finance, Investing

7 points by TravisL 198 days ago | 6 comments

Private equity ruins tech companies (zmh.org)
The Wordpress and open source communities have lots of thoughts on Matt Mullenweg’s actions after his talk at WordCamp. Much of this commentary has overlooked what I think is a core concern at the heart of Matt’s argument: the growing role and influence of private equity in tech, particularly in open source.

Private Equity, Open Source, Technology, WordPress

60 points by achariam 201 days ago | 47 comments

The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms (vox.com)
Private equity decimated emergency care in the United States — without you even noticing.

Healthcare, Private Equity, Business, Economics

168 points by rntn 203 days ago | 160 comments

Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happiest resort (2023) (netincome.co)

Private Equity, UK, Real Estate, Economics

93 points by jjar 235 days ago | 120 comments

Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports (bloomberg.com)

Private Equity, Sports, Business, Finance

7 points by petethomas 240 days ago | 0 comments

After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less adept of providing care (nbcnews.com)

Healthcare, Private Equity, Business, Economics

100 points by speckx 261 days ago | 82 comments

Lessons from a Private Equity Earn Out: How I Lost £550K Due to a Lowercase 'C' (entrepreneur.com)