Middle market private equity firm HGGC is to sell Serena Software to UK-based Micro Focus International plc (Micro Focus) an international software product group, at an enterprise value of USD540 million in cash. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Serena is the world’s largest independent provider of IT application development and
Frazier Healthcare Partners has held the closing of Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund VIII at its hard cap of USD525 million. This oversubscribed fund, which is run out of the firm’s Seattle office, represents Frazier Healthcare Partners’ first dedicated growth buyout vehicle focused exclusively on profitable healthcare companies in the
Thoma Bravo is in exclusive negotiations to sell InfoVista, a market leader in service performance assurance solutions for IP-based network and application services, to Apax Partners. Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Thoma Bravo acquired Paris-based InfoVista in April 2012 through a complex take-private acquisition on the
SK Capital Partners (SK Capita), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, has completed the previously announced sale of IBA Molecular (IBAM) to funds advised by private equity firm CapVest Partners. IBA Molecular was jointly owned by SK Capital and Ion Beam Applications S.A. prior to the sale.
The Riverside Company has signed an agreement to sell Diatron Group (Diatron) to STRATEC Biomedical AG of Germany. Budapest-based Diatron develops, manufactures, and markets compact hematology analyzers for the human medical and veterinary markets. The transaction is expected to close near the end of this month. Riverside invested in Diatron
Raet, a leading HR solutions provider, specialised in HR cloud software and services, has secured a majority investment from HgCapital. HgCapital will back existing management and its growth strategy and assume majority ownership from the management shareholders and CVC Capital Partners. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Raet
Trivergance, in partnership with Falcon Investment Advisors and Landon Capital Partners, has acquired Clarus Commerce from global venture capital and growth equity investment firm, Norwest Venture Partners. The management team at Clarus has built a dynamic company that capitalises on the rapidly growing market opportunity at the intersection of eCommerce
LakePharma has acquired Blue Sky BioServices, a CRO specialising in protein and antibody production and assay services. The combined company will be known as LakePharma, and is now the largest dedicated biologics CRO in the United States, providing a broad range of protein and antibody-related development services to the pharmaceutical
Envestnet | Tamarac has teamed up with CAIS to provide independent advisors with access to third-party hedge funds and private equity funds, as well as research on the alternative investment space, through its portfolio and client management platform, Advisor Xi. More than 800 independent RIA firms rely on Advisor Xi,
Entrepreneur and private equity specialist Luke Johnson will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Guernsey Funds Forum. The Chairman of private equity house Risk Capital Partners will top the bill for the annual event, which this year is titled ‘The new scope – investor perspectives, innovation and success’, and
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