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Bain Capital circles software platform ConnectWise

Bain Capital is one of several private equity firms set to bid for software and IT managed services platform provider ConnectWise, according to a report by CRN. ConnectWise, which has more than 3,000 employees globally, was bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo is 2019 in a deal estimated at

Thoma Bravo’s Qualtrics bid scuppered by antitrust concerns

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo’s plan to buy software company Qualtrics and merge it with rival company Medallia was thwarted by antitrust concerns, according to a report by the Financial Times. Qualtrics was ultimately sold to private equity firm Silver Lake and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a

Lee Equity Partners and Twin Point Capital merge wireless distributors

Private equity firm Lee Equity Partners and investment firm Twin Point Capital have partnered with GetWireless to acquire TESSCO Technologies, a wireless infrastructure technology distributor, manufacturer, and solutions provider serving commercial companies, in a cash merger deal valued at around $161.4 million. Under the terms of the merger agreement between

Metric Capital invests in premium Danish toymaker Maileg

Pan-European private capital manager Metric Capital Partners has partnered with growth investor Scope to invest in high-end Danish toy brand Maileg. The deal – whose value is undisclosed – is Metric Capital’s third investment in the Nordics since 2013. The most recently published financials for Maileg last year were €35

Blackstone closes latest real estate fund

Blackstone has closed its latest global real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, with $30.4 billion of capital commitments — the largest real estate or private equity drawdown fund ever raised.  The private equity giant’s three opportunistic real estate strategies – Global, Asia, Europe – now have $50 billion

Carlyle Group

Carlyle Group abandons healthcare analytics investment

The Carlyle Group has dropped its long-planned investment in healthcare analytics company Cotiviti, despite having lined up $5.5 billion in debt and a $1 billion preferred stock investment for the deal, according to a report by the Financial Times. Carlyle had reportedly sought to lower its purchase price late in

KKR

CVC commits support for KKR’s acquisition of April Group

CVC Credit is supporting KKR’s acquisition of French insurance broker-distributor April Group with the commitment of senior credit facilities. CVC’s Private Equity business, through CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, acquired April – which is France’s second largest insurance broker-distributor with €1.5bn premiums in 2022 – in June 2019 from its

General Atlantic formally launches credit operation

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has completed its acquisition of Iron Park Capital Partners, a global investment manager focused on public and private credit markets, to form General Atlantic Credit. 

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.

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,

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