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Thoma Bravo completes strategic investment in BlueMatrix

Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm with $134bn in assets under management, has completed its strategic growth investment in BlueMatrix, an end-to-end content creation and distribution platform for investment research providers.

Liberty Hall merges Comply365 with Vistair

Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defence industries, has merged existing portfolio company Comply365, with Vistair.

VC Thrive Capital to raise $3bn in tech funding

Venture investment firm Thrive Capital, a major investor in OpenAI, is gearing up to raise at least $3bn in additional funding for tech investments amid a general downturn in investment in the sector, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Brookfield to acquire ATC India for $2.5bn

Brookfield Asset Management is to acquire American Tower Corp’s (ATC) loss-making Indian operations for $2.5bn, becoming one of the country’s largest operator of telecom towers in the process, according to a report by Reuters.

Blackstone to acquire Sony Payment Services

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone are to acquire a majority stake in Sony Payment Services Inc, one of Japan’s leading payment service providers, from Sony Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group.

Renovus acquires ASD therapy specialist Behavioral Framework

Renovus Capital Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm focussed on the knowledge and talent industries has acquired Behavioral Framework, a provider of applied behaviour analysis therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Blackstone completes $2.16bn NIPSCO investment

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, the infrastructure unit of New York-based private equity major Blackstone, has completed the acquisition of a 19.9% stake in the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for $2.16bn.

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