Deals
Everbridge, a specialist in critical event management and national public warning solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by software investment firm Thoma Bravo, in an all-cash take private transaction that values the business at approximately $1.5bn.
BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm with over $40bn in AUM, has agreed to sell Forno d’Asolo Group, an Italian manufacturer and distributor of frozen bakery products valued at €1.1bn ($1.2bn), to a Investindustrial, a European mid-market private equity firm, and Sammontana, an ice cream manufacturer.
A $2bn bond sale from UK insurance broker The Ardonagh Group, whose major shareholders include Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, will be managed by a group of Wall Street banks led by Morgan Stanley and The Goldman Sachs Group instead of a potentially record-breaking $5bn private credit loan, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm investing in financial services, healthcare and technology with over $10bn in AUM, has made a majority investment in Health Prime International, a provider of revenue cycle management solutions for physician practices.
Global private equity firm OpenGate Capital has completed its previously announced acquisition of Player One Amusement Group from Cineplex, a leading Canadian entertainment and media company.
Arlington Capital Partners, a private investment firm specialising in government regulated industries, has agreed to sell J&J Worldwide Services, a provider of essential, preventative property maintenance activities to the US Federal Government, to CBRE Group.
Thompson Street Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm investing in the life sciences and healthcare, software and technology, business and consumer services and products sectors, has jointly agreed to a deal with private investment firm Cequel III to take a controlling interest in DDC Cabinet Technology, a designer and manufacturer of cabinet and enclosure technologies for data centres.
Rise Growth Partners, a capital financing platform for registered investment advisors founded by Joe Duran, former CEO of United Capital, has secured a $250m investment commitment from Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm with offices in Boston and New York.
Funds advised by global private equity advisory business Apax Partners have completed the previously announced acquisition of WGSN, Ascential’s subsidiary data business unit focused on consumer trend forecasting.
Littlejohn & Co, a Connecticut-based investment firm specialising in private equity and debt investments in middle market companies with $8bn in AUM, has entered into an agreement to sell Dana Kepner Company, a Colorado-based supplier of water works material and services, to Core & Main, a specialised distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products and services.
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
