Insight Partners, Farview Equity buy into Livingbridge-backed email signature management business Exclaimer

UK private equity house Livingbridge has agreed to sell a majority stake in email signature management business Exclaimer to Insight Partners and Farview Equity Partners.

EQT seals €1.1bn Beijer Ref investment to leave still-raising Fund IX up to 25% invested

European private equity giant EQT has agreed a €1.1bn investment in 150-year-old air conditioning and cooler technology business Beijer Ref.

American Industrial Partners agrees $1bn buyout of transport, logistics business Seacor

American Industrial Partners has agreed a $1bn buyout of transport and logistics business Seacor Holdings.

Booming curated online marketplace Catawiki gets €150m Permira-led investment

European curated online marketplace business Catawiki has picked up a €150m investment led by Permira.

Guardian Capital Partners backs vehicle touchscreen, mount, armour maker Havis

Philadelphia-based private equity firm Guardian Capital Partners has picked up a stake in vehicle touchscreen display and rugged mount supplier Havis.

TPG, Northstar set for Jafpa’s Indonesia dairy business buy at implied $334m valuation

Private equity firms TPG and Northstar are set to buy 80% of the Indonesian dairy business of Asian agri-food business Japfa in a $334m deal.

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe promotes healthcare expert O’Leary to general partner

Tech-focused private equity house Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has promoted healthcare specialist Nick O’Leary to general partner.

SK Capital continues veteran chemicals industry exec hiring spree with Randy Dearth appointment

SK Capital Partners has hired its third chemicals industry veteran in two months through the appointment of Randy Dearth as senior director.

LPs eye secondary market as prep for post-Covid world – Coller Private Equity Barometer

More than half of private equity LPs are looking to make secondary deals over the next two years as investors prep for a post-Covid world, Coller Capital's latest annual Global Private Equity Barometer shows.

Employee, child monitoring software specialist Awareness Technologies gets TZP Group investment

Private equity house TZP Group has bought business security, monitoring, productivity and analytics software maker Awareness Technologies (ATI).

Highland Europe races to €700m fund close, says continent’s tech companies ‘remain starved’ of growth capital

Highland Europe has raced to a €700m final close for its fourth flagship fundraise targeting software and internet businesses on the continent.

Nexus Capital buys up Natural Balance pet food business from JM Smucker

Nexus Capital Management has agreed to acquire the Natural Balance premium pet food business from The JM Smucker Co.

Israel’s Entrée Capital seals $125m for debut later-stage fundraise

Israel-based early-stage investor Entrée Capital has hauled in $125m for the final close of its first Opportunity Fund targeting later-stage investments.

EQT seals €1.6bn Apleona sale to PAI Partners after four years of streamlining business

Private equity major EQT has agreed the €1.6bn sale of technical facility management services company Apleona to fellow buyout house PAI Partners.

Thoma Bravo buys back into Flexera at reported $2.85bn valuation, 12 years after $200m buyout

Thoma Bravo has bought back into TA Associates and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan-backed IT management business Flexera at a reported $2.85bn valuation.

Carlyle, Hellman & Friedman launch reinsurance company Vantage Group with $1bn of equity

Private equity majors Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman have taken part in a $1bn investment to launch reinsurance business Vantage Group.

Scale Venture Partners closes $600m Fund VII, 50% bigger than predecessor vehicle

Scale Venture Partners has scored a hefty fund size increase through the $600m final close of its seventh flagship investment vehicle.

GED Capital buys, merges four clinical research, medical education businesses to create new platform

Iberian private equity investor GED Capital has bought four businesses through its GED VI España fund to create a new platform company of integrated services providers covering the needs of the whole drug life cycle.

Ex-GV partner Lo Toney already back with second Plexo Capital fundraise, eyes more than double Fund I total

Plexo Capital, the venture capital house launched by former GV partner Lo Toney, is back with its sophomore fundraise just a year after closing its debut vehicle.

Petco, with $3.3bn of debt, plans an IPO

The listing comes four years after private equity firms CVC Capital Partners and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board acquired the company for $4.6bn

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