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Thoma Bravo to make a significant growth investment in SMA Technologies

Software-focused buyout house Thoma Bravo has agreed to make a significant growth investment in financial services automation solutions provider SMA Technologies. SMA Technologies’ current majority investor, ParkerGale Capital, will retain a minority position in the business. The firm said the investment will enable SMA to significantly expand its offering of

HIG portfolio company Aspire Pharm to buy Morningside Healthcare and Morningside Pharmaceuticals

HIG Capital’s portfolio company Aspire Pharma has acquired UK generic and branded specialty pharmaceuticals Morningside Healthcare and Morningside Pharmaceuticals. Established in 1991, Morningside focuses on developing and licensing niche generic pharmaceutical products. It has over 160 SKUs across more than 80 product families including g Endocrine, Psychiatry, CNS, Infectious and

Clearwater Analytics to acquire JUMP Technology

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, a provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, is to acquires Paris, France-based JUMP Technology, vastly expanding its capabilities in investment management and operations with a complete front-to-back solution.  Clearwater expects the acquisition to close within the next two months.   JUMP Technology, whose clients

AXA IM Alts leads €32m Series A round in CXL Opthalmics

CXL Ophthalmics, a clinical-stage company developing a minimally-invasive treatment for keratoconus, has raised a $32 million Series A funding round led by AXA IM Alts through its Global Health Private Equity strategy plus a syndicate of individual investors, including leading cornea specialists. The new investments will support the advancement of

Apex Group launches new DEI solution for private markets

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has expanded its ESG Ratings & Advisory Services offering with the launch of a new diversity, equity, equality and inclusion (DEI) solution for private markets investors. Global movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter have highlighted inequity in society, putting pressure on

Trilantic’s Quickparts acquires Xcentric Mold & Engineering

Quickparts, a specialist in on-demand manufacturing services offering custom 3D printing and traditional manufacturing capabilities, and a portfolio company of Trilantic North America formed in partnership with George Votis, Avi Reichental and Ziad Abou, has acquired Xcentric Mold & Engineering (Xcentric), an innovator of on-demand digital manufacturing.  Terms of the

ECP buys into Biffa for £1.3bn

Energy Capital Partners has acquired UK waste management company Biffa in a £1.3 billion deal. The Biffa Group operates across the waste management process, including surplus redistribution, recycling, treatment, energy generation, collection and disposal.

Thoma Bravo and TPG circling Workvia

Software investment giant Thoma Bravo and rival private equity investor TPG have their sights set on acquiring Workvia, a provider of software for regulatory, financial and ESG reporting, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites unnamed sources as confirming that the two companies are on a list of

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