Private credit lenders including HPS Investment Partners, Neuberger Berman, and Stone Point Capital, are providing a $574m debt package to help finance Thomas H Lee Partners’ deal to acquire a majority stake in Standish Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Golub Capital has acted as Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a $700m delayed draw term loan for US insurance broker Risk Strategies, a portfolio company of PE firm Kelso & Company, increasing the company’s unitranche facility to $4.45bn.
German Equity Partners V (GEP V), a fund managed by independent German investment company ECM Equity Capital Management (ECM), has sold its majority stake in Berlin software developer PikeTec to Synopsys, a US-based specialist in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP.
Growth-focused private equity firm Phoenix Equity Partners has made an investment in Nostra Technologies, a managed IT services provider in Ireland, alongside founders Kevin O’Loughlin and Barry O’Loughlin.
Capstreet, a Houston-based lower middle market private equity firm, has promoted Chas Richard from Vice President to Principal. Richard, who joined Capstreet in 2018, serves on the boards of Allredi, The Colt Group, and TradePending.
Arrow Global Group, a European vertically integrated asset manager specialising in credit and real estate, has acquired Maslow Capital, a provider of real estate finance, having first acquired a minority stake in the business in December 2021.
Apollo has appointed David Moffatt, who has who has served as a senior advisor to the firm since January 2019 and has more than 30 years of leadership experience, as Chair of its operations in Australia and New Zealand.Â
Financial software business Ramp, which is looking to build a comprehensive platform for finance teams including software to monitor expenses and manage vendors, has raised $300m from investors at a $5.8bn valuation.
Funds managed by private investment firm Apollo have acquired a majority interest in Composite Advanced Technologies (CATEC), a provider of compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen transportation and storage solutions in the United States.Â
Technology-focused private investment firm Francisco Partners is to acquire IBM weather business, which includes consumer-facing weather services such as The Weather Company’s Weather.com as well as business-oriented offerings.
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