Website-building platform Squarespace will be taken private by private equity firm Permira in a $6.9bn all-cash transaction, with Ares Capital, Blackstone and Blue Owl providing a $2.65bn private credit package to help finance the acquisition.
Apollo Global Management is in advanced discussions with Intel over a deal to provide more than $11bn in capital to finance the chip manufacturer’s construction of a new plant in Ireland, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
PlayAGS will be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners, with the deal valued at $1.10bn. The company’s board has approved the acquisition and recommended shareholders also vote in favour of the proposed deal.
Oak Hill Advisors is leading a group of private credit lenders in discussions to provide about $1bn of debt to support Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of revenue management solutions business Model N, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Wiz, a US-Israeli startup and cloud cybersecurity solutions provider, has raised $1bn in a private funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, valuing the four-year old company at $12bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Lower mid-market private investment firm Ethos Partners will sell UK compliance consultancy Cosegic to international mid-market private equity firm MML Capital.
Sikich, a global professional services company, has secured a minority growth investment of $250m from Bain Capital, with the funding set to be deployed to finance the firm’s expansion plans, the companies said on Thursday.
Independent infrastructure manager Ancala will sell its 50% interest in Dragon LNG Group, the owner and operator of a liquefied natural gas regasification terminal to VTTI, a global specialist in energy storage and developer of energy infrastructure.
Private equity majors Blackstone and KKR as well as Sony Group are among a number of parties interested in acquiring Japan-based online comic store company Infocom in a deal that could be worth up to $1.28bn (JPY200bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Olympus Cosmetic Group, a platform providing cosmetic surgery, dermatological treatments and non-surgical cosmetic procedures backed by VSS Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of Artisan Plastic Surgery and Artisan Beauté (Artisan).
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