Deals
Global private equity firm Permira’s Growth Opportunities II, fund has acquired a majority stake in BioCatch, a specialist in digital fraud detection and financial crime prevention powered by behavioural biometric intelligence.
Swedish private investment firm EQT has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in GeBBS, a global provider of healthcare outsourcing solutions, from ChrysCapital. While financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, reports suggest a purchase price of over $850m.
Investment firm MNC Capital has raised its all-cash buyout offer for Vista Outdoor – a provider of shooting and outdoor sports products, to $43 per share, up from its previous offer of $42 per share, valuing the business at $2.51bn, according to a report by Reuters.
The Aston Martin Formula One team is on the verge of a stake sale to two US-based private investment funds – venture capital firm Accel Partners and private credit manager HPS Investments Partners – in a deal that could value the team at between £1.5bn and £2bn, according to a report from Sky News.
Luxembourg-based private investment firm CVC Capital Partners is in discussions to acquire one of the eight franchises in The Hundred, marking what would be the first private equity investment in English cricket, according to a report by the Guardian.
Copilot Capital, a new $200m pan-European private equity fund backed by global investment firm The Friedkin Group, has made a majority investment in SecureFlag, an software company focussed on cybersecurity training.
Rexall Pharmacy Group and online health retailer Well.ca are set to return to Canadian ownership after Toronto-based private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners announced a deal to acquire both brands from healthcare services company McKesson Corp, according to a report by The Canadian Press.
Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specialising in consumer, distribution and retail-related investments, has acquired Playa Bowls, a rapidly expanding franchise restaurant concept, from Tamarix Equity Partners and other investors.
One Rock Capital Partners, a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, is to sell electric and building systems specialist ArchKey Solutions to an affiliate of 26North Partners.
Baird Capital has sold its investment in end-of-life aircraft services provider, ecube Solutions Limited, to Unical Aviation Inc, an aftermarket parts supplier to the global aerospace industry backed by Platinum Equity.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
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