The Americas continued to attract the largest share of global PE funding, attracting $579.1 billion across 4,219 deals in the first six months of 2026h. The US accounted for a large share of this total ($545 billion across 3,926 deals). EMA came in second with $343.2 billion across 4,067 deals, while the ASPAC region drew $67.9 billion across 639 deals. While these results appear a little softer relative to 2025’s full-year PE investment totals, the rolling twelve-month figures show more positivity, with both EMA and ASPAC seeing slight increases to their rolling twelve-month investment totals, from $775.6 billion to $782.4 billion, and from $153.7 billion to $154.1 billion, respectively.
The $10 billion launch of Helix Digital Infrastructure by KKR in the US accounted for the largest PE deal in the Americas, while the acquisition of Australia-based I-Med Radiology Network by Jardines, which was backed by Permira, accounted for the largest deal in the ASPAC region.(although Jardines is an investment conglomerate, the deal was structured as essentially a secondary buyout and was tracked as such by PitchBook).
Large deals in EMA region keep PE investment resilient
The EMA region stood out in Q2’26, attracting three of the four largest PE deals globally of the quarter, including the take private of UK-based Intertek Group by EQT for $14.6 billion, the buyout of Germany-based Everllence by Bain for $12.5 billion,1 and the take private of Italy-based Recordati by CVC Capital Partners and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.
The rolling twelve-month PE investment total remained on a positive trajectory, rising slightly from $775.7 billion in Q1’26 to $782.4 billion in Q2’26, despite a continued decline in deal volume; between Q1’26 and Q2’26, rolling twelve-month deal volume fell from 9,084 deals to 8,732.
Large, high-quality deals across the region helped keep PE investment very resilient despite ongoing geopolitical and economic uncertainties.
