Buyout firm Permira is hoping to agree a £1.3 billion deal to acquire Reorg Research Inc, a financial data vendor specialising in debt restructuring, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites unnamed sources as revealing that the deal would see private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which valued Reorg at around $400 million when it acquired a controlling stake in 2018, make a lucrative exit from the business following an auction process, with Permira hoping to sign a deal in the coming days. Should deal be reached, Reorg Chief Executive Kent Collier, who founded the New York-based firm in

BuiltAI, an AI platform for the commercial real estate market, has closed a £2 million seed round led by former Apple/DataTiger executives Philipp Mohr and Puli Liyanagama and supported by MMC Ventures, Plug and Play and an InnovateUK Smart Grant. The new funds will fuel BuiltAI’s R&D and product growth – including furthering its AI geospatial analytics platform and extending its customer acquisition in the UK and Europe.  The deeptech company is developing AI inference technology that delivers radical transparency to the commercial real estate market in order to inform better, quicker investment decisions by players in the market.  Built

US private equity firms Carlye Group and Advent International are to acquire a 10% stake in India’s Yes Bank, according to a report by Reuters.

Ironwood Capital has invested in Pro Disposal USA (Pro Disposal), a vertically integrated waste management service provider permitted to handle waste from initial collection, through its managed transfer station, to final disposal. The investment will support Pro Disposal’s acquisition of Carolina Containers of Beaufort and Barnwell Resources (“CCB”), a collection and hauling, transfer station and landfill business specialising in C&D waste. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Ridgeland, South Carolina, Pro Disposal serves the Lowcountry region of South Carolina from Charleston to Hilton Head to Savannah, an area experiencing significant population growth contributing to high levels of demand for solid

BBC Maestro, an online education platform providing access to expert masterclasses with the likes of David Walliams, Marco Pierre White and Mark Ronson, has completed a multi-million-pound funding round to facilitate market growth.

Amazon.com has agreed to acquire One Medical, a primary care provider owned by Caryle Group for for $18 a share, in an all-cash deal that values the company at $3.49 billion, according to a report by Private Equity Insights.

Quasar Finance has raised $6 million from a range of leading investment firms, including Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Figment Capital, Lightshift Capital and Galileo.

European Camping Group (ECG), a European outdoor accommodation provider backed by PAI Partners, is to acquire Vacanceselect, a campsite and mobile-home operator, from funds advised by Permira and minority shareholders including The Ganivenq Family and Batipart. Headquartered in Montpellier, France, Vacanceselect is present in over 270 campsites, located across attractive holiday-making European destinations such as France, Italy, Spain and Croatia. The Company operates 22,000 mobile-homes under the Tohapi and Vacanceselect brands. Vacanceselect has a strong presence throughout the camping and outdoor accommodation value chain, including rental activities, mobile home sales and online digital distribution.   Since acquiring ECG (which is

Forward Solutions, a portfolio company of Osceola Capital, has acquired Utility Sales Associates, a provider of outsourced sales services for utilities and telecommunications equipment manufacturers. Utility Sales Associates, headquartered in Chicago, IL, further expands Forward Solutions’ existing coverage areas into the highly strategic utilities and telecommunications sectors, while strengthening the company’s geographic footprint in the Central United States. Utility Sales Associates’ product offering includes network testing equipment, cables, transformers, grips, switches, personal tools, safety products, and cable installation, repair, identification and locating equipment, among others. Utility Sales Associates will represent a new, standalone go-to-market brand within Forward Solutions’ portfolio focused