Private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are in competition over a deal to acquire DocuSign, a provider of online signature services valued at around $12.5 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on private equity and credit investing in the middle market, is to sell Sportech, a designer, manufacturer and assembler of cab components and assemblies for a wide range of OEM customers, to Patrick Industries, in a deal valued at $315m.
DecisionRx, a value-based healthcare company focused on reducing the cost of care by helping physicians optimise prescribing decisions for their patients, has agreed a a $100m credit facility with global investment firm Carlyle.
Blackstone has promoted Kenneth Caplan, the company’s current Global Co-Head of real estate, and Lionel Assant, European Head of private equity, to the newly created roles of Global Co-Chief Investment Officers.
Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners have sold their shareholding in KeTech Defence, part of KeTech Group, to safety and security company Wescom Group, generating a 2.8x return for YFM’s investors in the process.
IK Partners, a European PE firm focused on investments in the Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics and the UK has promoted Carl Jakobsson and Frederik Jacobs to partner in the firm’s mid-cap investment teams in the Nordics and the Benelux respectively.
Arcano Partners has launched its fifth private equity secondary fund, ASF V, with a fundraising target of €500m, to provide liquidity and capital solutions to both LPs and GPs through transactions in the secondary market.
Senior executives from some of the world’s largest private equity firms have joined the speaker line-up for Private Equity Wire’s third annual European Leadership Summit.
Charterhouse Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in mid-market European companies in the services and healthcare sectors with an enterprise value of between €150m and €1bn, has invested in sports marketing company Two Circles.
Aquiline Capital Partners, a $10bn private investment firm focused on financial services and related technologies, has made a “significant” investment in LeaseCrunch, a provider of accounting and lease management software.
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