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Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager investing in private equity, credit, and real assets across industries worldwide.
Carlyle took about 25% of Prime Capital in August, replacing Abry Partners as minority owner of the $52 billion RIA. CEO Glenn Spencer says owners can still cash out without a controlled sale.
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Goldman's board has discussed naming John Waldron, holder of an $80 million retention bonus, CEO as soon as next year, the Wall Street Journal reported. The cost still open is keeping four senior executives who would be passed over.
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The hypersonic missile maker raised $1bn to build a high-rate production line in New Mexico. The disclosed contract book is 26 times smaller than the valuation.
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The Dutch startup derives keys from each chip's manufacturing variation, and its $50 million Series A brings in Prodrive Technologies, TNO Ventures and TEL Venture Capital as investors who also supply the production path.
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A $13B valuation on $500M of booked military contracts, co-led by a bank, a buyout firm and a venture fund, is what defense industrial capital looks like when it stops being venture capital.
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Kim Sung-hwan told Korean reporters in Manhattan that data centres were the question overseas investors raised most often, and he came back from London and New York with agreements from Fidelity International, PIMCO and Carlyle.
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Two closes three days apart put $2.85bn of fresh commitments behind the AI stack. The question for anyone raising is which of a16z's two vehicles turns up, because their mandates now overlap at the growth stage.
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A closed-end fund distributed $1.74bn over eight fiscal years while earning about a third of it, covering the gap by issuing shares above NAV. The premium is now a discount.
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Reuters says Goldman is advising a process that would value the alternative-data firm at roughly nine to 11 times a reported $280 million 2026 recurring-revenue target.
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