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Thoma Bravo invests in healthcare data firm

Software-focused private investor Thoma Bravo, has made an investment in LOGEX, a European healthcare analytics provider. LOGEX’s existing shareholders – the company’s founders, and Summa Equity – will remain invested in the business. LOGEX provides data to help healthcare providers and hospitals make better decisions and deliver optimum health outcomes

Northleaf closes PE Fund VIII above target

Northleaf Capital Partners has held the final closing for the latest vintage of its global private equity solutions fund, Northleaf Private Equity Investors VIII with over $675 million of capital commitments, surpassing the fund’s original $600 million target. 

Summa makes cybersecurity investment

Summa Equity has acquired a majority stake in cybersecurity operations specialist Logpoint, investing from its €2.3 billion Summa Equity Fund III, which focuses on thematic investments in resource efficiency, changing demographics, and tech-enabled transformation.  The fund is supported by close to 70 diverse institutional investors.    According to Summa, the

B Capital closes inaugural healthcare fund

B Capital, a global multi-stage investment firm, has closed the inaugural B Capital Healthcare Fund I which, in conjunction with B Capital Growth Fund III, gives the the firm over $500 million to invest in opportunities across the healthcare sector, from digital health to biotech. The B Capital Healthcare team,

Littlejohn names head of capital formation

Private credit investment firm Littlejohn & Co, has appointed Federico Persico, a credit specialist with more than 15 years of investing, business development, and investor relations experience, as Head of Capital Formation. 

Apollo Global Management

Apollo bids for aluminium products maker

Apollo Global Management has entered into negotiations to acquire US-based aluminium products maker Arconic Corp, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, with Arconic’s shares soaring by 19.8% in afternoon trading on Tuesday as news of the potential deal first broke. 

Investcorp closes first North American PE fund

Investcorp has held the final closing of Investcorp North American Private Equity Fund I, which focuses on control buy-out investments in middle market services businesses in North America, with over $1.2 billion in capital commitments. The fund’s blue-chip institutional backers include pension plans, family offices, private wealth funds and an

KKR acquires Japanese logistics co

KKR has completed the JPY7.2 billion ($5.2 billion) acquisition of Hitachi Transport System (HTS), a third-party logistics business based in Japan, from Hitachi, with the company set to be renamed as LOGISTEED Ltd from 1 April 2023.  KKR holds the shares of HTS through HTSK Co, Ltd (HTSK), a special

Inflexion buys financial software firm

Inflexion is to acquire a majority stake in Nomentia, a European treasury and cash management software provider, from current investors PSG Equity and Verdane. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s Buyout Fund VI.  Helsinki-headquartered Nomentia is a modular, cloud first software provider delivering a portfolio of solutions to the

Lyric closes second music royalty fund

Lyric Capital Group, a New York-based private equity firm that specialises in investing in music copyrights, has closed its second fund, with total commitments of approximately $410 million, exceeding its target with support from a diverse group of new and existing institutional investors. 

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