Deals
Vista Equity Partners, the software and technology-focused private equity firm with over $100bn in assets under management, is considering the sale of Finastra’s Capital Markets division at a valuation of at least $2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Family and founder-focused private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Golden State Foods, a US supplier to the foodservice and retail industries, doing so alongside the Wetterau family, who will maintain a significant ownership interest.
Florida-based private equity firm New Water Capital has sold Trillium Health Care Products, a contract development and manufacturing organisation of branded over-the-counter products in North America, to New York-based private equity firm Avista Healthcare Partners.
Adenia, a private equity firm focused on growth opportunities in Africa, has sold its stake in payments service provider OMOA Group to SPE Capital, a private equity firm focused on the Middle East and Africa.
A consortium of private equity firms comprising CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital and Platinum Ivy, are to acquire Hargreaves Lansdown in a deal that values the UK’s largest savings and investment platform at £5.4bn ($6.9bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Anduril Industries, a defence technology start-up, has raised $1.5bn in a fundraising round led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, and Sands Capital, which values the California-based start-up at $14bn.
LA-based private equity firm Meaningful Partners has acquired Fitness Ventures, a US health and wellness platform and the second largest franchisee of Crunch Fitness.
Mid-market private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has closed the merger of its portfolio company TranSystems with Gannett Fleming, another transportation infrastructure service firm and a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners.
Private equity buyout activity made a resurgence in the first half of the year, with direct lending emerging as a crucial component in the current market topography, according to the latest data from Mergermarket and Debtwire.
Earnings data compiled by Bloomberg has revealed that listed PE firms are amassing significant capital ahead of a resurgence in dealmaking, with seven major firms reporting a combined $722bn in dry powder as of 30 June, a 9% increase from the previous year.
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