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Month: August 2020

Blackstone Inks First Fund VIII Control Buy

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Ancestry from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum, and Permira at an enterprise value of $4.7 billion. The buy of Ancestry is the first control acquisition for Blackstone Capital Partners VIII LP

River Associates Closes 99th Transaction

River Associates Investments has acquired Yale Cordage in partnership with the company’s management team. Yale Cordage is a designer and manufacturer of synthetic rope and rope systems used in critical, high cost-of-failure applications. Specific uses

Jim O’Neill: Markets are not pricing in disaster — maybe that is wise

A disaster scenario in which Covid-19 vaccine trials fail and the pandemic spins out of control would expose the ongoing equity rally — but the worst-case scenario isn't necessarily the most likely

As the pandemic struck, a PE firm went on a nursing home buying spree

Portopiccolo Group now own or operate roughly 100 facilities under dozens of different names in the US

TA Associates buys Astorg portfolio business Surfaces Group after three-year hold

Astorg has agreed to sell manufacturing tools and consumables business Surfaces Group to fellow buyout house TA Associates.

Vitruvian Partners follows €4bn fund close with Unifaun sale to Marlin Equity

Vitruvian Partners has agreed to sell cloud logistics business Unifaun to fellow buyout house Marlin Equity Partners.

ICG launches second recovery fund

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has launched a second recovery fund, ICG Recovery Fund II, to invest in companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.

DvH Ventures launches Digital Health Fund

Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures) has announced the launch of its first Digital Health fund, which has held a first close on €60m.

Pacific Equity Partners hits A$2.5bn hard cap close for smallest flagship fund since 2006

Australian buyout major Pacific Equity Partners has hit an A$2.5bn hard cap final close for its sixth flagship fundraise.

Astorg sells Surfaces Group to TA Associates

Astorg has sold Italian abrasive tools specialist Surfaces Group to TA Associates.

Rigeto Unternehmerkapital acquires Oehm & Rehbein

Rigeto Unternehmerkapital has acquired a majority stake in Germany-based digital x-ray business Oehm & Rehbeim.

ICE swoops on Thoma Bravo’s Ellie May in $11bn buyout to score powerful return for PE firm

US private equity house Thoma Bravo has scored a powerful return through the quick sale of mortgage finance platform Ellie May to ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange.

Marlin invests in Pentalog

Marlin Equity Partners has backed software development and digital services firm Pentalog.

Triton’s All4Labels buys GPS Label, Rotomet

All4Labels, a portfolio company of Triton, has acquired Italy-based GPS Label and its subsidiary Rotomet.

EMZ Partners invests in Ankerkraut

Mezzanine capital provider EMZ Partners has invested in Germany-based spice retailer Ankerkraut, acquiring a minority stake.

White Park, Navigator Capital carve out Gateway from Gunnebo

Turnaround-focused private equity firms White Park Capital and Navigator Capital have carved out anti-theft systems manufacturer Gateway from listed security firm Gunnebo via Aralia Holding.

Partners Group-backed Civica acquires InfoFlex

Partners Group portfolio company Civica has acquired healthcare software developer InfoFlex.

Astorg sells Italian finishing products supplier Surfaces Group to TA Associates

The transaction is expected to close in the last quarter of this year

Private equity trio close in on €2.96n MasMovil takeover as rival bids fail to emerge

A trio of private equity majors look set to complete their agreed €2.96bn buyout of listed Spanish telecoms operator MasMovil after no rival offers for the company emerged.

Synova-backed Fairstone acquires Chiltern House

Synova Capital portfolio company Fairstone has acquired financial advisory firm Chiltern House.

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