| MidOcean generates handsome return on The Planet Group, Riverside exits Greenphire for ~$1.1b as Thoma bets on future of clinical research Happy Friday!
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Gains: MidOcean Partners’ deep roots investing behind human capital businesses is proving to be a winning strategy. MidOcean produced an 8.5x return on investment for The Planet Group, exiting its majority stake through a sale to Odyssey Investment Partners’ ProPharma Group, according to an investor familiar with the transaction. Read PE Hub's full report.
Tech transforms pharma services: Elsewhere, Riverside Co just witnessed its biggest exit ever in terms of price. (That's a good way to go into the long weekend!) Reflecting private equity’s eagerness to participate in the technology-driven transformation of the clinical research industry, Thoma Bravo is buying Riverside’s Greenphire in a deal valued at approximately $1.1 billion, sources familiar with the deal terms told PE Hub. Much white space lies ahead for Greenphire, which can continue to capture share in a market still largely dominated by manual, paper-based workflows. Greenphire also has its hands on a treasure trove of site performance data that can ultimately...
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Also of note (may require subscriptions) Healthcare spree: Frazier Healthcare Partners wrapped up a 10th flagship buyout fund at its $1.4 billion hard-cap, as limited partners pour ever-larger sums into healthcare offerings. Frazier completed marketing at a fairly rapid clip, managing partner Ben Magnano told Buyouts. Read more here.
'Buyout annex': Insight Partners is raising a buyout fund to invest alongside its twelfth growth equity flagship fund, according to pension documents, with both eyeing a first close by the end of the month. Read it on Buyouts.
Back for more: Further Global Capital Management, founded by Olivier Sarkozy, Carlyle Group’s former financial services chief, returned to the market with a second buyout offering. Further Global Capital Partners II and a parallel pool are seeking $1.25 billion, according to Form D fundraising documents published this week. Read it here.
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They said it “This was a story about heavy innovation and product development." Joe Manning, senior partner at Riverside, speaks to PE Hub on its Greenphire exit
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