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Deals (w/e 4/3/26)
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Deals (w/e 3/27/26)
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Deals (w/e 3/13/26)
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BlackRock GIP and EQT Target Clean Energy Assets from AES BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT are circling clean energy assets tied to AES at a moment when renewable valuations have reset hard. After the 2025 drop off, private equity is not retreating. It is re underwriting. The math
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Deals (w/e 2/19/26)
Ariel Alternatives Acquires Front Line Power Construction Ariel Alternatives has acquired Front Line Power Construction, with Cherokee Nation Businesses joining as a minority co-investor. Power grid infrastructure is no longer theoretical. It’s cables, substations, and hard backlog tied to AI data centers and electrification mandates. This isn’t energy-transition
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Deals (w/e 2/13/26)
Mubadala and TWG Take Clear Channel Outdoor Private in $6.2 Billion Deal Clear Channel Outdoor is being taken private in a $6.2 billion all-cash deal led by Mubadala Capital in partnership with TWG Global. Announced February 9, this is one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the year
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Deals (w/e 2/6/26)
None of the following are announced deals. These are themes repeatedly showing up in recent reporting, earnings commentary, banker conversations, and capital-markets behavior. PE Circling Honeywell’s Carve-Out Pipeline There’s increasing chatter around Honeywell as it continues to rationalize its portfolio, with large-cap sponsors like Advent International and Bain
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Deals (w/e 01/30/26)
Highlander Partners Acquires Tapatio Hot Sauce Highlander Partners acquired the Tapatio hot sauce brand from the founding family in a deal announced this past week. Price wasn’t disclosed, but the logic is pure consumer PE: a cult brand with absurd household penetration, decades of unspent brand equity, and zero
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Deals (w/e 01/23/26
Dallas-based private equity firm Highlander Partners acquired the Tapatio hot sauce brand a top-5 U.S. condiment with a cult following, from its founding family. The purchase price wasn’t publicly disclosed, but the strategic logic is clear: consumer food brands with deep loyalty and retail shelf presence can be
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Deals (w/e 1/16/26)
GI Partners Agrees to Acquire Netwatch GI Partners announced this week that it has agreed to acquire Netwatch, the AI-enabled security monitoring business. Netwatch sells into retail, logistics, and commercial real estate—places where theft, liability, and insurance premiums make “doing nothing” the expensive option. This is private equity doing