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HIG Growth Partners, the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has sold its portfolio company ProsperOps, Inc, a provider of autonomous cloud cost optimisation software, to Flexera, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo.
Keensight Capital (Keensight), a private equity firm focusing on pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has appointed Stephane Prats as a partner and head of Keensight Performance.
Private equity firms are expected to step up middle-market M&A activity in 2026 as confidence among dealmakers improves, according to a report by Reuters citing Citizens Financial. The bank’s survey of around 400 middle-market company executives and private equity professionals found that 58% expect M&A volumes to increase this year, following a 2025 dominated by large-cap transactions.
Monroe Capital LLC (Monroe), has made the final close of its 2025 Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund V (Fund V), bringing total investable capital to $6.1bn across the fund, targeted fund-level leverage, and separately managed accounts pursuing the same investment strategy. Fund V will continue Monroe’s focus on providing senior secured financing solutions to private equity sponsored and non-sponsored, lower middle-market US companies with approximately $35m or less in EBITDA.
KKR has agreed to acquire Arctos Partners, valuing the sports-focused private markets firm at approximately $1bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the transaction.
Buyout firm Hg Capital has agreed to acquire US financial software provider OneStream in an all-cash take-private transaction valuing the company at $6.4bn, less than two years after the company completed its listing on Nasdaq.
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has appointed Anne-Laurence Roucher as group head of private markets. Roucher will oversee the investment strategy and operations of private equity, infrastructure private debt, and real estate investments, aligning with the firm’s commitment to impact investing and sustainable finance.
An affiliate of HIG Capital, an alternative investment firm with $72bn of capital under management, has signed an agreement for the proposed sale of its portfolio company Interpath to funds managed by mid-market private equity firm Bridgepoint Group.
BlueFive Capital has been appointed as the first general partner for a fund of funds established by CICC Capital, the private equity arm of China International Capital Corporation, and Chinese steelmaker HBIS Group. The fund targets raising CNY32bn ($4.58bn) with a 15-year term and will pursue investments aligned with HBIS Group’s industrial priorities, including cross-border investments.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container operations from a consortium of institutional investors led and advised by Apollo Global Management in a deal valued at approximately $3bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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