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Global alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation is to acquire 100% of Crescent Point Capital, an Asia-focused private equity firm with approximately $3.8 billion of assets under management, as of 31 March 2023.
Software-focused private investment major Thoma Bravo has closed a strategic growth investment in Bluesight, a provider of pharmacy software solutions, to support the company’s acquisition of Medacist, a specialist in drug diversion monitoring.
Financial terms of the transaction, which will see current Bluesight investor New Leaf Ventures remain invested in the business, have not been disclosed.
Bluesight’s vision is to transform the hospital pharmacy supply chain through software. The company’s acquisition of Medacist combines two specialists in drug diversion analytics and medication management solutions that together will serve more than 2,000 hospitals across North America.
Bluesight says its auditing
European PE firms pivoted away from large buyout deals in the first six months of the year, amid a slowdown in debt markets and uncertainty over valuations, to focus on their buy-and-build strategies, according to a report by Private Equity News.
The report cites data from CMBOR, the Centre for Private Equity and MBO Research based at Nottingham University Business School, as revealing that bolt-on activity in terms of number of deals hit its third-highest H1 figure on record in the first sixth months of 2023, with 369 acquisitions made by PE-owned portfolio companies.
The cumulative value of these deals
Rede Partners, a private market fundraising adviser, has promoted Head of Americas Advisory, Ian Flavell to Partner. Since joining in 2014, Flavell has led fundraising projects on both sides of the Atlantic, including the $5.6bn Thomas H Lee Equity Fund IX.
Flavell has been instrumental in the expansion of Rede Partners’ business base outside of Europe, having left London to found the firm’s New York office. Today he is responsible for Rede’s Americas Advisory team overseeing all North American engagements.
Rede has a North America team of over twenty across its fundraising, advisory and transactions offerings, where the firm has
Akin has appointed Patrick Dundas as a partner in the firm’s investment management practice in New York. Joining from Schulte Roth & Zabel with more than 15 years experience in the private funds industry, he will lead the market intelligence and legal practice infrastructure initiative.
US private equity investment firm Searchlight Capital has agreed to buy UK specialist asset manager Gresham House in an all-cash deal with an enterprise value of £440.6m, sending shares in the London-listed group up more than 50% on Monday.
LGT Capital Partners has held the final close of Crown Growth Opportunities IV (CGR IV), the firm’s fourth global venture capital fund, with more than $930m in capital commitments – in excess of its original $750m target.
Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has teamed up with Polish private equity investor Cornerstone Investment Management, to acquire Ecowipes Group, a producer of biodegradable wet wipes and other personal hygiene products.
Samos Energy, a newly formed upstream energy investment platform, has made its first acquisition with a deal to acquire 100% of the shares of the PetroFirst Infrastructure companies from Petrofac and funds managed by BlackRock Infrastructure.
Vertex Ventures HC, a women-led global healthcare investment firm, has launched its third and largest fund, the $200 million Fund III, which will focus on backing life sciences and medical technology companies aiming to drive innovation and improve patient outcomes.
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