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Crosspoint pays $667m to take Absolute Software private

Funds affiliated with Crosspoint Capital Partners have agreed to pay $667 million to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Absolute Software, a provider of “self-healing, intelligent security solutions”. Under the terms of the deal, Absolute shareholders will receive $11.50 per Common Share in cash on completion

US firms top new ranking of PE growth capital performance

A new ranking of the performance of private equity firms in growth capital investments shows a strong dominance of US companies, with Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and India also featuring in the top 20. A total of 12 out of 20 top companies are from the US. Neither European nor

KKR ups majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu

Private investment major KKR is to increase its majority holding in Seiyu, a nationwide supermarket chain in Japan, by acquiring Rakuten’s stake in the business. The deal sees KKR up its stake from from 65% to 85%. KKR and Rakuten, together with Seiyu’s third shareholder, Walmart, have collaborated to support

Mediterrania leads €75m investment Moroccan pharma co in Laprophan

Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, has acquired a stake in Moroccan pharmaceutical company Laprophan through its fund MC IV, alongside Germany’s development finance institution DEG, Proparco and FMO. Founded in 1949 by Abderrahim

HarbourVest appoints MD

HarbourVest Partners has appointed Javier Rodriguez as a managing director and head of client operations to oversee integration of the firm’s client experience, investment accounting, treasury, portfolio analytics, and performance measurement teams. Rodriguez joins HarbourVest from Goldman Sachs & Co, where he spent almost 20 years in various roles throughout

Offshore law firm Collas Crill adds to Cayman corporate team

Collas Crill has appointed Chantelle Day as Counsel in its Corporate, Finance and Funds team in Cayman. Day trained and worked in a large Cayman Islands law firm for the first 12 years of her legal career and has spent four years practicing law in Dublin and London.

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PE consortium acquires Syneos Health in $7.1bn deal

A consortium of private investment firms led by Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital, and Veritas Capital, is to acquire Syneos Health for $43.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $7.1 billion, including outstanding debt.

One Equity closes $1bn continuation fund

AlpInvest Partners and HarbourVest Partners have helped One Equity Partners raise $1 billion for a new continuation fund for two of its portfolio companies – construction parts distributor USCO and laboratory glassware maker DWK Life Sciences – according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites a statement made by

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