Deals
New York-based private equity firm RF Investment Partners has acquired Rent-A-John, a US provider of portable sanitation facilities, representing the firm’s first acquisition under its newly formed portable sanitation platform.
Apax Partners LLP is to acquire a controlling stake in Veriforce, a global provider of supply chain risk management solutions, from the software-focused private investment firm Thoma Bravo. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
UK mid-market private equity firm Palatine, via its Impact Fund, has acquired a majority shareholding in The MOLE Clinic, a healthcare provider aiming to lower skin cancer mortality rates in the UK through early-stage patient screenings.
Privately-owned specialist retail investment boutique Modella Capital has acquired Hobbycraft, the largest arts and crafts retailer in the UK, from British private equity firm Bridgepoint, which has fully exited its investment. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
TA Associates and Montagu Private Equity have agreed to become co-controlling shareholders of Harvest, a French fintech owned by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co.
North Carolina-based private equity firm Falfurrias Management Partners has made a growth investment in cybersecurity company MOXFIVE.
Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has written off over AUD1.1bn in equity and loans linked to US-based online education start-up Pluralsight, marking the fund’s largest single loss in its venture capital investments to date, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.
Vista Equity Partners is in discussions with both banks and private credit lenders as it explores the options for securing approximately $1bn in debt financing to fund its acquisition of software company Jaggaer, according to a report by Bloomberg.
An affiliated European fund of The Riverside Company, a lower middle market-focused global private investor, has agreed to invest in GFOS Group, a German software provider for workforce management, access control and manufacturing execution systems.
Private equity firms Summit Partners and Vista Equity Partners are considering the sale of Trintech, a financial software provider, in a deal that could value the company at approximately $2bn including debt, according to a report by Reuters.
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