Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed the acquisition of Deltek, a provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors, for USD13 per share or USD1.1bn. With the transaction completed, Deltek’s stock ceased trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol PROJ at market

IO, a provider of next-generation modular data centre technology and services, has raised USD90m in equity from a group led by New World Ventures, a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on technology innovations. Existing IO investors also participated in the funding. "From the moment we saw this product, we knew

Private equity funds in the US raised nearly as much capital in the first three quarters of 2012 as during the entire 2011 calendar year, according to Dow Jones LP Source. In addition, 2012 commitments from limited partners in Europe are on track to surpass 2011 fundraising.   During the

JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), the London listed private equity fund which invests in US, European and Latin America micro cap companies, deployed a total of USD130.8m across 17 new investments during the six months to the end of August 2012. JZCP made USD85.7m of new investments across all industry verticals

An affiliate of private equity investment firm Paine & Partners has entered into a definitive agreement with Aquanova International, a company controlled by Global Capital Investors II, a private equity fund advised exclusively by Global Finance, as well as with Bellaria Holding, for the sale and purchase of majority ownership

3i-backed SLR Management, the international environmental consultancy, has acquired GSS Environmental, an Australian provider of environmental consulting and project management services to clients in the mining, minerals, land development and natural resource sectors. GSS Environmental is a top three environmental consultant to the coal extraction industry in Australia, having advised

Palatine Private Equity portfolio company Air Energi Group has completed a management buyout led by LGV Capital. The deal sees LGV acquire a majority interest in the business. HSBC provided a senior debt package and various increased working capital facilities globally. Palatine Private Equity, Air Energi Group’s previous investor, has

Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has sold NES Global Talent, the international technical recruitment group, to funds advised by AEA Investors for GBP234m. NES places highly skilled contract engineers and project managers with blue chip, multi-national clients, principally in the oil and gas industries, and also in