On Earth Day, I wanted to share images of the incredible resilience of nature: the many ways that plants, animals, and natural processes reclaim abandoned human places and find ways to thrive....
Launched in 2021, the growth equity business targeted minority investments in public and private software companies, including HubSync and Alation. However, Thoma Bravo determined that minority positions limited its ability to apply its operational expertise, a key driver of value creation in its buyout model. The decision also comes amid increasing pressure on software investors, as advances in artificial intelligence raise questions about the long-term resilience of certain business models across sectors such as legal services, data analytics, and financial research. Consequently, Thoma Bravo's shift underscores a renewed focus on ownership and operational control. Private equity firms are increasingly looking to prioritise strategies where they can directly influence performance and mitigate emerging technological risks. Subscribe to our Newsletter to increase your edge. Don't worry about the news anymore, through our newsletter you'll receive weekly access to what is happening. Join 120,000 other PE professionals today....
Professor Sara Prescott embodies the kind of mentorship every graduate student hopes to find: grounded in scientific rigor, guided by kindness, and defined by a deep commitment to well-being. Her approach reflects a simple but powerful belief that transformative mentorship is not only about advancing research, but about cultivating confidence, belonging, and resilience in the next generation of scholars. A member of the 2025'27 Committed to Caring cohort, Prescott exemplifies the program's spirit, which honors faculty who go above and beyond in nurturing both the intellectual and personal development of MIT's graduate students. Prescott is the Pfizer Inc. - Gerald D. Laubach Career Development Professor in the MIT departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and an investigator at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Her research addresses fundamental questions in body-brain communication, with a focus on lung biology, early-life adversity, women's health, and the impacts of climate change on respiratory health....
The fund exceeded its '3.75bn target and reached its hard cap within six months, reflecting robust demand from a globally diversified investor base, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. 'Closing the fund so swiftly in the current fundraising environment is a testament to the strength and resilience of our strategy, our team and the outperformance we have delivered for investors over more than 25 years,' Simon Turner, Managing Partner at Inflexion said in a statement. The strategy spans key sectors including business services, technology, financial services, healthcare, industrials, and consumer, where Inflexion has established deep sector expertise and value creation capabilities. Subscribe to our Newsletter to increase your edge. Don't worry about the news anymore, through our newsletter you'll receive weekly access to what is happening. Join 120,000 other PE professionals today....
