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28.01.26 - 19:51
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Decagon′s Valuation Triples to $4.5 Billion as it Ushers in the Age of AI Concierge (Business Wire)
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New investors Coatue Management and Index Ventures lead $250 million Series D roundSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Decagon, the leader in conversational AI agents for concierge customer experiences, today announced $250 million in Series D funding, led by new investors Coatue Management and Index Ventures, with participation from new investors ChemistryVC, Definition Capital, and Starwood Capital, and continued support from existing investors including a16z, A*, Accel, Avra, Bain Capital Ventures, Elad Gil, T.Capital, Forerunner, and Ribbit Capital.
The round triples Decagon's valuation in just six months to $4.5 billion, and comes on the heels of a fast-growing 2025 during which the company signed more than 100 new enterprise customers and rapidly expanded deployment across global consumer-facing industries including travel and hospitality, financial services, health and wellness, and online retail.
“This fast growth and large capital investment are both testaments to why our fundamentally different c...
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27.01.26 - 17:00
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Bain Capital Enters Fixed-Base Operator Sector With Acquisition of APP Jet Center (Business Wire)
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Acquisition of five-location FBO platform from Ridgewood Infrastructure marks entry into aviation services infrastructureBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bain Capital today announced its entry into the fixed-base operator (“FBO”) sector through the acquisition of APP Jet Center, a provider of aviation services at high-quality, supply-constrained airports in the United States. Mark Johnstone, the former CEO of Signature Aviation, will lead the business. Financial terms of the acquisition of APP Jet Center from Ridgewood Infrastructure were not disclosed.
APP Jet Center is a well-established FBO operator with a portfolio of five locations across the U.S., serving business and general aviation customers in markets including South Florida, the Washington, D.C. region, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Denver. The platform provides a full suite of aviation real estate and related services, including aircraft hangar space and fueling. Bain Capital will look to actively expand APP's footprint with additional high-qua...
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26.01.26 - 22:33
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KBRA Assigns Rating to Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.′s $350 Million Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2031 (Business Wire)
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#creditratingagency--KBRA assigns a rating of BBB to Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.'s ("BCSF" or “the company”) $350 million, 5.95% senior unsecured notes due 2031. The rating Outlook is Stable. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes and for repayment of existing secured indebtedness.
Key Credit Considerations
The rating and Stable Outlook is supported by BCSF's ties to the ~$60 billion Bain Capital Credit ("BCC") credit platform, including ~$20 billion dedicated to private credit as of September 30, 2025, along with SEC exemptive relief to co-invest in other funds managed by BCSF's adviser and its affiliates. BCC's solid management team has a long track record working in private credit markets dating back to the mid-1990s, with BCC's platform providing a 28-year history of strong credit performance through economic cycles. Also supporting the rating is BCSF's well-diversified investment portfolio comprised largely of senior ...
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23.01.26 - 15:33
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. Prices Public Offering of $350 Million 5.950% Senior Notes Due 2031 (Business Wire)
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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (NYSE: BCSF or the “Company”) announced that it has priced an offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 5.950% senior notes due 2031 (the “Notes”). The Notes will mature on March 1, 2031 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company's option at any time at par plus a “make-whole” premium, provided that the Notes may be redeemed at par one month prior to their maturity.
The offering is expected to close on or about January 29, 2026, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay outstanding secured indebtedness under its financing arrangements and for general corporate purposes.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Natixis Securities Americas LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Santander US Capital Markets LLC, are acting as joint book-running ...
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21.01.26 - 18:36
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The RMR Group Appoints Peter Welch as Senior Vice President to Lead International Capital Formation (Business Wire)
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Mr. Welch is an Experienced Global Capital Markets Executive with a Mandate to Expand RMR's International Capital RelationshipsNEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) today announced that Peter Welch has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of International. In this newly created role, Mr. Welch will be responsible for expanding RMR's international brand and relationships with global institutional capital partners. He will focus exclusively on RMR and its managed clients, working to support RMR's capital formation initiatives and long-term strategic objectives.
Mr. Welch's role will complement the previously announced hiring of Mary Smendzuik as a Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Formation. Ms. Smendzuik has been focused primarily on RMR's North American institutional capital partners.
Prior to joining RMR, Mr. Welch was most recently a Senior Advisor at Bain Capital Credit covering investment and capital formation. He previously held senior leadership roles at W...
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20.01.26 - 19:06
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Defense Unicorns Raises $136M Led by Bain (Bloomberg)
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Defense Unicorns, the maker of secure military software, has raised a $136 million Series B financing round led by Bain Capital. The startup's co-founder and CEO Rob Slaughter joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)...
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13.01.26 - 17:03
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Bain Capital Real Estate Closes on $5 Billion in New Capital, Expanding Scale Across High-Conviction Strategies (Business Wire)
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Firm completes fundraising for Real Estate Fund III, with $3.4 billion in commitmentsBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bain Capital today announced the close of more than $5 billion in new capital across its real estate strategies, including the completion of fundraising for Bain Capital Real Estate Fund III (“Fund III” or the “Fund”), with approximately $3.4 billion in total commitments. Fund III received significant support from a diverse group of new and existing limited partners globally, and includes $300 million from Bain Capital employees and alumni, underscoring the firm's long-standing commitment to ensuring alignment with its investors.
The final close of Fund III follows Bain Capital Real Estate's recent $1.6 billion capital raise alongside 11North Partners, which will invest through their co-owned, open-air, necessity-based retail operating platform. Together, these raises, along with additional co-investments, represent more than $5 billion of investible capital across Bain Capital Real Esta...
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09.01.26 - 16:36
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Bob’s Discount Furniture Files for IPO (WSJ EN)
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Bob's Discount Furniture has filed for its initial public offering, confirming an earlier report by The Wall Street Journal that said Bain Capital was working toward the chain's public debut....
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