CutisPharma has closed an equity financing with Ampersand Capital Partners. As a part of the transaction, Silicon Valley Bank has provided a senior credit facility to further support the Company's growth requirements.  In conjunction with the financing, two Ampersand partners, Eric Lev and David Parker, have joined the CutisPharma Board

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed the sale of Tripwire, a specialist in advanced threat, security and compliance solutions, to Belden Inc for USD710 million in cash. Since being acquired by Thoma Bravo in May 2011, Tripwire has grown revenues 70%, improved profitability by 400%, increased market share, and

IK Investment Partners’ IK 2007 Fund is to sell part of the Agros Nova Group, a manufacturer of branded fruit and vegetable food products, to Maspex-GMW.  The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction. Headquartered in Warsaw, Agros Nova is a leader in all three

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed the sale of its stake in water cooler service provider Angel Springs, in a multi-million pound deal with Germany-based private equity provider Castik Capital. The transaction provides an excellent return for LDC, delivering a money multiple of 3x its original investment in just

Energy-focused private equity firm Tailwater Capital has closed its third fund, Tailwater Energy Fund II LP at USD650 million.  Since launching in 2013, Tailwater has raised more than USD1.4 billion across three funds, Tailwater Energy Fund I, Tailwater E&P Opportunity Fund and the recently closed Fund II. The team will

Private investment firm Inverness Graham has sold RacoWireless to strategic acquirer KORE Wireless Group, Inc, in an all-cash transaction.  Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, RacoWireless is a leading enabler of the Internet-of-Things and machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless data connectivity solutions offering end-to-end connectivity and location aware solutions to more than 500 reselling