Apax Partners LLP is to acquire a controlling stake in Veriforce, a global provider of supply chain risk management solutions, from the software-focused private investment firm Thoma Bravo. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
CCS Partners, a newly established credit management firm specialising in structured and private asset-based transactions, has raised $4bn in commitments since its launch earlier this month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
UK mid-market private equity firm Palatine, via its Impact Fund, has acquired a majority shareholding in The MOLE Clinic, a healthcare provider aiming to lower skin cancer mortality rates in the UK through early-stage patient screenings.
OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI tool ChatGPT, is in advanced talks to secure several billion dollars in a new funding round led by Thrive Capital with an investment of around $1bn, that could value the startup at over $100bn, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Privately-owned specialist retail investment boutique Modella Capital has acquired Hobbycraft, the largest arts and crafts retailer in the UK, from British private equity firm Bridgepoint, which has fully exited its investment. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
International law firm Weil has appointed private equity dealmaker Alice Yuan as a partner in the firm’s private equity group in its Los Angeles office, which opened earlier this summer along with a new San Francisco office.
TA Associates and Montagu Private Equity have agreed to become co-controlling shareholders of Harvest, a French fintech owned by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co.
Kenya-based impact investment fund DOB Equity has appointed Karen Serem Waithaka as Chief Executive Officer.
North Carolina-based private equity firm Falfurrias Management Partners has made a growth investment in cybersecurity company MOXFIVE.
Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has written off over AUD1.1bn in equity and loans linked to US-based online education start-up Pluralsight, marking the fund’s largest single loss in its venture capital investments to date, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.
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