Deals
FalconPoint Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North American middle market companies in the business services and industrials sectors, has acquired SMS, a high-growth industrial services business, committing $500m to support the platform’s growth.
Private equity-led take-private transactions in Japan are on track to hit record levels in 2025, with deal volume expected to surpass the $40.3bn recorded in 2023, despite subdued global deal activity, according to a report by Reuters.
Clearlake Capital Group has completed its acquisition of decisioning data and analytics platform Dun & Bradstreet Holding with the company’s stockholders receiving $9.15 in cash for each share of common stock that they own.
Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR is in financing talks with direct lenders, including KKR, to support a potential acquisition of European generics drugmaker Zentiva, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Buderus Edelstahl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mutares, has agreed to sell its two business units, the hot rolling and mechanical processing including heat treatment, to GMH Gruppe.
Bow River Capital, a Denver-based alternative asset manager, has acquired the asset-based financing business of Dallas-based Park Cities Asset Management, an asset manager focused on providing capital solutions to the lower middle market.
An affiliate of HIG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $70bn in capital under management, has completed the sale of EYSA Group to Tikehau Investment Management SAS, a global alternative asset manager.
TPG is reportedly evaluating strategic options for its portfolio company XCL Education, a leading K-12 education platform in Southeast Asia, with a potential sale under consideration, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
Bain Capital is evaluating offers to take luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose private in a deal that could value the Toronto- and New York-listed company at around $1.4bn, according to a CNBC report citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
TPG-backed non-bank lender SK Finance has reportedly withdrawn its planned initial public offering (IPO) in India after failing to generate sufficient investor interest, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the situation.
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