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Matt Holt is set to leave New Mountain Capital and is in talks to acquire five of the firm’s portfolio companies in a transaction valued at more than $30bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. Holt is expected to launch a new healthcare technology platform, Thoreau, backed by ICG Strategic Equity.
Netwatch, a global provider of AI-powered security services, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by GI Partners. The company serves a range of verticals, including organisations in the automotive, retail, banking, manufacturing, construction, and infrastructure sectors.
Cinven Co-Managing Partner Supraj Rajagopalan and CFO and COO Alex Leslie will step down from their roles and leave the firm, according to a report by Reuters. The private equity firm said former CFO Mike Colato, who currently serves as a senior adviser, will assume the role of interim CFO and COO.
Italian payments group Nexi has decided not to proceed with a proposed sale of its digital banking assets to US private equity firm TPG following a review by its board, according to a report by Reuters.
Francisco Partners is considering a potential sale of genealogy and DNA testing platform MyHeritage in a transaction that could value the business at around $1bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Perwyn, a European private equity investor, has entered an agreement to exit its holding in WGNSTAR to ABM in a cash transaction valued at approximately $275m. With locations in Ireland and six cities in the United States, WGNSTAR is a provider of managed workforce solutions and equipment support services for the semiconductor and high-technology industries.
One Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Montanhydraulik GmbH. The company is a global industrial engineering and manufacturing specialist of high-quality ultra-large-scale hydraulic cylinders, aggregates and entire hydraulic systems, and a provider of related worldwide maintenance and repair services.
Main Capital Partners has appointed Jorn de Ruijter and Daan Visscher as partners. These appointments strengthen the firm’s leadership team and support Main’s continued international growth and ongoing professionalisation.
Colesco Capital, a sustainability-led private credit specialist, has taken over the management of an Article 9 impact credit fund that finances the scaling of circular businesses supporting the climate transition. Colesco has agreed with Polestar Capital and its investors to take over management of the Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund which focuses on financing the transition towards a more circular economy.
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has appointed Andrew Howson as its new UK Head of Private Equity. Howson joined BDO as a transaction services partner in 2017, prior to which he held senior roles at EY and Deloitte.
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