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PlayAGS will be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners, with the deal valued at $1.10bn. The company’s board has approved the acquisition and recommended shareholders also vote in favour of the proposed deal.
Oak Hill Advisors is leading a group of private credit lenders in discussions to provide about $1bn of debt to support Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of revenue management solutions business Model N, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Wiz, a US-Israeli startup and cloud cybersecurity solutions provider, has raised $1bn in a private funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, valuing the four-year old company at $12bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Lower mid-market private investment firm Ethos Partners will sell UK compliance consultancy Cosegic to international mid-market private equity firm MML Capital.
Sikich, a global professional services company, has secured a minority growth investment of $250m from Bain Capital, with the funding set to be deployed to finance the firm’s expansion plans, the companies said on Thursday.
Independent infrastructure manager Ancala will sell its 50% interest in Dragon LNG Group, the owner and operator of a liquefied natural gas regasification terminal to VTTI, a global specialist in energy storage and developer of energy infrastructure.
Private equity majors Blackstone and KKR as well as Sony Group are among a number of parties interested in acquiring Japan-based online comic store company Infocom in a deal that could be worth up to $1.28bn (JPY200bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Olympus Cosmetic Group, a platform providing cosmetic surgery, dermatological treatments and non-surgical cosmetic procedures backed by VSS Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of Artisan Plastic Surgery and Artisan Beauté (Artisan).
Private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have completed their previously announced acquisition of Energy Exemplar, a global provider of energy market simulation software solutions.
An affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners will acquire the nutraceuticals business of Ashland Nutraceuticals, a provider of proprietary nutrition ingredients and custom formulation services to nutritional product companies.

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