Roark Group, the private equity firm that has agreed a $9.6bn deal to acquire sandwich chain Subway, is planning to borrow nearly $5bn to fund its investment in what would be the largest whole-business securitisation deal ever, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private credit lenders including HPS Investment Partners, Neuberger Berman, and Stone Point Capital, are providing a $574m debt package to help finance Thomas H Lee Partners’ deal to acquire a majority stake in Standish Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
German Equity Partners V (GEP V), a fund managed by independent German investment company ECM Equity Capital Management (ECM), has sold its majority stake in Berlin software developer PikeTec to Synopsys, a US-based specialist in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP.
Growth-focused private equity firm Phoenix Equity Partners has made an investment in Nostra Technologies, a managed IT services provider in Ireland, alongside founders Kevin O’Loughlin and Barry O’Loughlin.
Arrow Global Group, a European vertically integrated asset manager specialising in credit and real estate, has acquired Maslow Capital, a provider of real estate finance, having first acquired a minority stake in the business in December 2021.
Financial software business Ramp, which is looking to build a comprehensive platform for finance teams including software to monitor expenses and manage vendors, has raised $300m from investors at a $5.8bn valuation.
Funds managed by private investment firm Apollo have acquired a majority interest in Composite Advanced Technologies (CATEC), a provider of compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen transportation and storage solutions in the United States.Â
Technology-focused private investment firm Francisco Partners is to acquire IBM weather business, which includes consumer-facing weather services such as The Weather Company’s Weather.com as well as business-oriented offerings.
A decision by the US Justice Department not to challenge software-focused private investment firm Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of identity management specialist ForgeRock, has cleared the way for the $2.3bn deal to close this week, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Publicly-traded cybersecurity specialist SentinelOne is considering a sale to a private equity investor and has hired investment bank Catalyst Partners to assist in finding a suitable purchaser, according to a report by Reuters.
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