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Carlyle leads $55m Series B round in cybersecurity platform

Global investment firm Carlyle has led a $55m Series B investment round in Hack The Box, a cybersecurity upskilling and talent assessment platform, with a global community of more than 1.7 million members and a portfolio of more than 1,500 enterprise, government and university customers.  The new investment will aim

Vista Equity Partners

Vista to acquire insurtech Duck Creek

Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has agreed a $2.6 billion deal to acquire Duck Creek Technologies, a solutions provider in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector. 

Horizon’s agtech exit delivers 3x return

Horizon Capital has exited its investment portfolio company AgriBriefing with a sale of the business to Five Arrow-backed Mintec, delivering 3x return on invested capital in the process.

Lone Star Funds

Lone Star eyes defence firm deal

Lone Star Funds has held talks about acquiring Titan Acquisition Holdings from owners Carlyle Group Inc and Stellex Capital Management in a deal that could value the military contractor at about $2 billion, according to a report by Private Equity Insights.

Lovell Minnick sells National Auto Care

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, financial technology, and related business services, has sold National Auto Care to APCO Holdings. 

ACP makes first IT services move

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has recapitalised Cleartelligence, a data engineering and analytics consulting firm which partners with technology platforms including Snowflake, Tableau, Alteryx, Fivetran, Dbt, Databricks, to serve clients across several end markets including life sciences, pharma, healthcare and manufacturing.

BC Partners appoints advisors for £3bn VetPartners sale

BC Partners has appointed JP Morgan and Jefferies to prepare a £3 billion auction of portfolio company VetPartners, having first acquired the business in 2018 for around £720 million, according to a report by Sky News.

Deal agreed

Denham Capital sells $1bn Nexif Energy portfolio

Denham Capital has completed a share sale agreement with Thailand’s RATCH Group PCL for Nexif Energy’s portfolio of Australian and Southeast Asian energy assets with an enterprise value in excess of $1 billion. 

Arlington Capital acquires avian vaccine firm

Washington DC-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has acquired Charles River Laboratories’ Avian Vaccine Services business to form a new company, AVS Bio. 

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