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SoftBank Group has agreed a deal to take Berkshire Grey private by acquiring all of the company’s outstanding stock it doesn’t already own for $1.40 per share, giving the deal a value of around £375 million, according to a report by MarketWatch.
News of the acquisition saw the company’s shares trading 16.72% higher at $1.33 in after hours trading on Friday having finished the day’s regular session down 4.2% at $1.14.
According to its website, Berkshire Grey offers solutions that combine AI and robotics to automate fulfilment, supply chain and logistics operations for retail, eCommerce, package handling, and logistics companies.
AnaCap Financial Partners has sold a minority stake in portfolio company MRH Trowe, one of the largest owner-managed commercial lines insurance brokers in Germany, to TA Associates. The company’s founders will remain the largest shareholder group post transaction and will be backed by both AnaCap and TA Associates moving forward.
Lower mid-market private equity firm, NorthEdge, has backed a primary MBO in Cezanne HR, a UK provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software and payroll services.
Kain Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on the technology enablement of healthcare services companies, has moved into new office space at One World Trade Center in New York City. This marks the firm’s return to a physical location after staff worked remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.
To date, Kain has invested in five healthcare subsectors including value-based primary care, hospice & palliative care, occupational medicine & worker’s compensation, specialised behavioural health services, and healthcare technology, and will consider other areas as opportunities arise.
The firm’s investment scope is national, and it currently has investments in 10 states. Its
General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Mark Stevenson as a Senior Advisor. In his new role, Stevenson will provide strategic counsel and support to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies in the life sciences sector.
Stevenson brings more than three decades of experience and significant leadership experience in the sector, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Fortune 100 company providing life science solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics and pharma services with over $40 billion in sales annually. He was responsible for the company’s portfolio of life
Dechert LLP has appointed private equity fund lawyer Sam Kay as a partner in the firm’s financial services and investment management practice in London.
With over 25 years of experience advising on investment funds, Kay specialises in fund formation work for a wide range of private funds and asset management clients in the private equity, private debt/credit, infrastructure, and real estate sectors. He also regularly works on GP-led transactions and secondaries (both buy-side and sell-side), carried interest arrangements and co-investment schemes.
Kay has been recognised as a “Global Leader” for private fund formation by Who’s Who Legal and ranked in
STG, a private equity firm focused on investing in software and software-enabled technology services businesses, has held the final closing of STG VII with total capital commitments of $4.2 billion, including approximately $4.0 billion of limited partner commitments.
Private investment firm Bain Capital has made a non-binding buyout offer to acquire Australian senior care provider Estia Health Ltd for AUD775.1 million ($517.77 million), according to a report by Reuters, sending shares in the Sydney-based business to a three-year high.
Private markets specialist Portfolio Advisors has held the final close of the Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund XI at just over $1 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and surpassed its original target of $750 million.
Oldenburgische Landesbank AG, a German lender backed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, has but the brakes on plans for an IPO that was expected to happen as early as May of this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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