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CVC and Elliott bid for parts of Cineworld

Buyout firm CVC Capital Partners and activist hedge fund Elliott Management are among the suitors to have tabled bids to acquire parts of struggling cinema chain Cineworld, according to a report by Sky News.

SoftBank to acquire logistics tech specialist

SoftBank Group has agreed a deal to take Berkshire Grey private by acquiring all of the company’s outstanding stock it doesn’t already own for $1.40 per share, giving the deal a value of around £375 million, according to a report by MarketWatch. News of the acquisition saw the company’s shares

AnaCap sells insurance co stake to TA Associates

AnaCap Financial Partners has sold a minority stake in portfolio company MRH Trowe, one of the largest owner-managed commercial lines insurance brokers in Germany, to TA Associates. The company’s founders will remain the largest shareholder group post transaction and will be backed by both AnaCap and TA Associates moving forward. 

NorthEdge invests in HR software specialist

Lower mid-market private equity firm, NorthEdge, has backed a primary MBO in Cezanne HR, a UK provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software and payroll services.

Kain Capital opens new Manhattan office

Kain Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on the technology enablement of healthcare services companies, has moved into new office space at One World Trade Center in New York City. This marks the firm’s return to a physical location after staff worked remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. To date,

General Atlantic appoints senior life sciences advisor

General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Mark Stevenson as a Senior Advisor. In his new role, Stevenson will provide strategic counsel and support to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies in the life sciences sector. Stevenson brings more than three decades of experience and significant leadership

Dechert adds PE partner to funds formation practice

Dechert LLP has appointed private equity fund lawyer Sam Kay as a partner in the firm’s financial services and investment management practice in London. With over 25 years of experience advising on investment funds, Kay specialises in fund formation work for a wide range of private funds and asset management

Fundraising technology

STG closes oversubscribed Fund VII at $4.2bn

STG, a private equity firm focused on investing in software and software-enabled technology services businesses, has held the final closing of STG VII with total capital commitments of $4.2 billion, including approximately $4.0 billion of limited partner commitments. 

Bain Capital bids $517m for senior care provider

Private investment firm Bain Capital has made a non-binding buyout offer to acquire Australian senior care provider Estia Health Ltd for AUD775.1 million ($517.77 million), according to a report by Reuters, sending shares in the Sydney-based business to a three-year high.

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