Craig McGlashan

Carlyle makes HR tech play with Ingentis investment; KKR tops Advent’s Spectris bid once again; Maven exits door and window hardware supplier

Maven Capital Partners has sold UAP, a designer and supplier of door and window hardware, to global security and access company Allegion.

EQT makes another move in Japan with Fujitec take-private; Add-ons for Astorg and Aquiline portcos

AI opens patent value creation plays; Bridgepoint to buy German insurance company from PCP; T2Y invests in battery storage business

T2Y Capital will invest in Prime Batteries Energy, making the firm the company’s second-largest shareholder after founder Adrian Polec.

AI opens ‘really easy win’ on portco intellectual property

Hilco Global is scouring the portfolio of a large, software-focused private equity firm for patentable assets that can benefit from a UK tax incentive.

Bain, PSG see EU regulatory tailwinds for Namirial-Signaturit tie-up; Less than half of UK accountants open to outside investment, survey finds

Bain and PSG entered exclusive negotiations to merge the companies in early July.

Burst of deals with Bridgepoint, Partners Group, Carlyle, EQT and Perwyn in action; AXA IM Prime and Mubadala in GP stakes deal

EQT has agreed to buy Adevinta’s Spanish operations from the Blackstone- and Permira-owned company.

Exits in focus: EQT’s new approach; Carlyle signs strategic sale of Calastone; CVC brings KKR into Etraveli, returns to secondaries for Nordic asset

Calastone is a global funds network and a tech provider to the wealth and asset management industry.

Large-cap firms set for ‘significant’ interest in EMEA mid-cap deals; Global IPOs rise but Europe drops; Inflexion and Keensight sign deals

Inflexion portfolio company DSS has acquired Proaction International.

Baird’s Gordon Pan sees ‘ample capital’ for exits; Apheon acquires Spanish in-vitro equipment provider; GenNx360 aviation MRO portco buys Scottish business

Specialized software valuations outpace broader tech market amid AI push, says Partech; Aurelius agrees carve-out of DCC info tech business

Partech is a Paris-based global investment firm.