GI Partners and TA Associates, the private equity owners of MRI Software are weighing strategic options for the real estate software provider, including a potential sale or IPO that could value the business at up to $10bn including debt, according to sources.
KKR & Co has invested in Infobric, a Sweden-based software company serving the construction industry, alongside majority owner Stirling Square and Infobric’s management team, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the deal.
DSM-Firmenich AG has reopened its auction for the animal nutrition and health unit to Apollo Global Management, reviving a two-horse private equity contest with CVC Capital Partners, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the process.
Advent International has paid around $10m in termination fees after its planned $1.1bn acquisition of the China operations of contact lens maker Ginko International from EQT fell apart in the final stages, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Blackstone, Warburg Pincus and Nordic Capital are among the private equity firms competing to acquire a stake in French diagnostics company Sebia, in a deal that could value the business at around €5bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Tiptree has agreed to sell its specialty insurance platform, The Fortegra Group, to South Korea’s DB Insurance for $1.65 billion in cash — a deal that also delivers a full exit for Warburg Pincus, according to a report by Reuters.
Global private investment giant Blackstone is considering strategic options for genealogy platform Ancestry.com, including a potential initial public offering or sale, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Electronic Arts, the videogame publisher behind global franchises FC and Battlefield, is to be acquired by a consortium including PE firm Silver Lake for $55bn, marking one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.
Private equity firm Sixth Street and billionaire Dean Metropoulos have agreed to buy an 8% stake in NFL franchise the New England Patriots that values the team at more than $9bn, according to a report by Sports Business Journal.
A JPMorgan-led banking group is working on $1.35bn in debt financing to support the merger of Advent International-backed Xplor Technologies with Clubessential Holdings, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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