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What Wall Street analysts are saying about Berkshire's mixed earnings and rare Kraft Heinz write-down

CNBC: Investing

In 2013, Buffett teamed up with Brazilian private equity company 3G Capital to acquire Heinz. billion in equities in the first six months of 2025. "I was wrong in a couple of ways about Kraft Heinz," Buffett tells CNBC. "We overpaid for Kraft." " Buffett said he did not overpay for Heinz, however.

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Poppy Gustafsson to leave Darktrace after sale to US private equity firm

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

Co-founder of British cybersecurity company says ‘now is the right time to hand over the reins’, to Jill Popelka Poppy Gustafsson, the co-founder and chief executive of the British cybersecurity firm Darktrace, is to leave the company after its $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to the US private equity business Thoma Bravo. Continue reading.

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ThoughtSpot acquires Mode Analytics, a BI platform, for $200M in cash and stock

TechCrunch: M&A

It’s ThoughtSpot’s fourth acquisition following (most recently) the company’s purchases of SQL-based analytics firm SeekWell in March 2021 and data integration company Diyotta in May of that same year. Growth Partners, Valor Equity Partners and Rev. What Mode brings to the table is a complementary product set, then.

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Novacap capitalizes on shifting ad trends with Cadent acquisition

PE Hub

The deal also marked the exit of Lee Equity Partners, which acquired Cadent in 2013. The post Novacap capitalizes on shifting ad trends with Cadent acquisition appeared first on PE Hub.

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Should You Jump on the Private Equity Bandwagon?

Sica Fletcher

In recent posts, we outlined the background of and reasons for the dramatic upsurge of private equity investment in the insurance brokerage industry , how the combination of private equity and low interest rates have dramatically raised valuations , and how private equity sponsored agencies increasingly dominate the insurance agency business.

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Servexo Open to Grow With Ideal Capital Partner

The Deal

has been bootstrapped since it was founded in 2012 and incorporated in 2013. What we’re looking for in a private equity firm is to bring their management, executive team and board to help support and run the day-to-day operations. After being in business for more than a decade, security solutions provider Servexo Inc.,

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The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Raising private equity funds is seen as the holy grail for businesses who want to grow quickly, simply because the strength of capital opens the door for rapid growth.