Deals
Thoma Bravo is reaching out to private credit lenders as it looks to secure approximately $3.5bn in new financing for its automated professional services provider, ConnectWise, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private multi-asset alternative investment firm Bain Capital is to acquire PowerSchool Holdings, a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, in a transaction valuing the business at $5.6bn.
Yellow Wood Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on consumer brands and companies, has completed the acquisition of Elida Beauty, which includes Q-Tips, Timotei, Alberto Balsam and Impulse, from Unilever.
A company backed by global private investment firm Permira has made a significant investment in PharmaCord, a provider of patient services for the pharmaceutical industry, which will continue to be led by founder and CEO Nitin Sahney.
US private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has made an investment in Quorum Cyber, which is intended to help the global cybersecurity firm accelerate its growth strategy through talent recruitment and expansion of its services.
Private equity firms YFM Equity Partners and Par Equity, alongside an angel syndicate, have made an £8.7m growth capital investment into Fuuse, a UK provider of electric vehicle charging software.
Funds managed by private investment firm Apollo Global Management are to lead an investment of $11bn to acquire a 49% equity interest in a joint venture entity related to Intel’s Fab 34 chip manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Ireland.
JC Flowers & Co, the New York-based private equity firm founded by former Goldman Sachs partner James Christopher Flowers and focusing on the financial services industry, has sold First Bank (Romania) to Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo.
Middle-market private equity firm Freshstream will acquire a controlling stake in Dutch IT infrastructure-as-a-service provider Worldstream.
New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented private investment firm with approximately $50bn in assets under management, has closed a ‘significant’ growth investment in Grant Thornton, a US provider of audit, assurance, tax and advisory services.
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
