Private Equity

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Latest News in Private Equity

  • June 09, 2026

    Latham, V&E Lead WhiteHawk Minerals' Upsized $200M IPO

    Natural gas mineral and royalty interests company WhiteHawk Income Corp. began trading publicly Tuesday after raising $200 million in its upsized initial public offering.

  • June 09, 2026

    Wash. Man Gets 5 Years For $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con

    A Washington man was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge on Tuesday stemming from a scheme where he conned unwitting victims out of nearly $100 million after falsely promising them their funds would go toward oil and gas investments, and routing them to cryptocurrency wallets instead. 

  • June 09, 2026

    Columbia Bank Must Face Suit Over $230M Ponzi Scheme

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday preserved a bankruptcy trust's lawsuit against Columbia Bank, finding that the trust adequately alleged the bank helped a real estate business' former operators run a $230 million Ponzi scheme.

  • June 09, 2026

    5 Firms Advise On Apollo-Led $35B Broadcom AI Financing

    Apollo Global Management said Tuesday it is leading a $35 billion capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to build artificial intelligence infrastructure for companies including Anthropic and OpenAI, with Blackstone also participating.

  • June 09, 2026

    Software Biz Beacon Wraps $225M Funding Round

    Software firm Beacon on Tuesday announced that it closed its latest funding round with $225 million in tow, which will be used to fuel its acquisition of essential businesses.

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