Blackstone files for an IPO of a new data center acquisition vehicle to buy already-built and leased properties, and, sources say, plans to raise ~$2B
Blackstone files for an IPO of a new data center acquisition vehicle to buy already-built and leased properties, and, sources say, plans to raise ~$2B
Sources: KKR, Blackstone, and other investors have turned down some data center debt because of insufficient insurance against risks like natural disasters
Lack of sufficient cover means some investors are walking away from deals — Lenders looking to fund the build-out of data centres …
Source: Anthropic is in talks with Blackstone and other PE firms to form a JV selling consulting services for integrating Claude into portfolio companies
India-based AI cloud startup Neysa plans to raise up to $600M in equity led by Blackstone, plus $600M in debt, to deploy 20K+ GPUs in India for AI training
A group of investors led by Blackstone Inc. plans to make an equity investment of up to $600 million in India's artificial intelligence cloud startup Neysa.
Blackstone and Coatue loan $10B to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, in one of the country's largest private credit deals
Australian AI startup Firmus Technologies Pty. secured a $10 billion loan from a group including Blackstone Inc.-led funds …
Marketing tech startup Applecart raised $100M in a minority funding round led by Blackstone's growth equity business, a source says at a ~$700M valuation
Applecart, a marketing technology startup, raised $100 million in a minority funding round led by Blackstone Inc.'s growth equity business.
Paris-based accounting software startup Pennylane raised €175M led by TCV, a source says at a ~$4.25B valuation; Blackstone, Sequoia, and others also invested
Pennylane, a French startup that sells accounting software, has raised €175 million ($204 million) in a funding round led by growth equity investor TCV.
Sources: NYC-based data security startup Cyera is raising $400M led by Blackstone at a $9B valuation, up from its $6B valuation in its $540M round in June
> AI cybersecurity startup Cyera valued at $9 billion: https://lnkd.in/...