Craig McGlashan

Thoma Bravo ‘fired up about Europe,’ says founder Orlando Bravo; Ardian agrees majority stake in MasterGrid; CVC’s Genetic sale enterprise value

MasterGrid is a provider of maintenance services and manufacturer of equipment for critical electrical infrastructure.

Orlando Bravo: Europe to be Thoma Bravo’s fastest growing region

Under-digitization and fragmented software markets are all attractions, said Bravo and colleague Irina Hemmers.

Inflexion’s Axiom GRC looks to build in North America; Cinven in for Sagard’s clinical nutrition biz Nutrisens; Exits for CVC and HIG Capital

Nutrisens develops, manufactures and distributes a portfolio of clinical nutrition products.

Inflexion scouts ‘under-penetrated’ North America for Axiom GRC add-ons

There are no ‘one-stop-shop’ providers of business risk and compliance software and tech-enabled services in North America, says Axiom GRC CEO Alex Dacre.

European PE buyers lean into earnouts amid tariff impact uncertainty

Sellers are promoting other growth avenues rather than relying on US expansion, says Raymond James’ Allan Bertie.

Hg plots further growth in HR tech; Triton signs full exit from ventilation biz; Eurazeo completes insurance company sale; Add-on for Cap10’s Sureserve

Triton has agreed to sell all its shares in FläktGroup, a provider of ventilation, air-condition and fire-safety products, to Samsung Electronics.

Goldman rolls out AI education for portco CEOs; GTCR backs UK insurance broker; Partners Group in for Singapore data center biz

GTCR has agreed to acquire JMG Group, a UK-based insurance broker, in partnership with existing investor Synova.

Astorg to take majority stake in biotech ingredients biz from TA; Palatine buys experience intelligence provider

Palatine has acquired a majority stake in Atombit Group, an experience intelligence and AI services provider.

Private equity firms taking ‘pencils-down approach’ on tech, says Houlihan Lokey’s Sascha Pfeiffer; Verdane agrees to exit maritime data business Danelec

Danelec is a provider of advanced digital products for maritime data collection and analysis.

Software bids fall amid tariff uncertainty, says Houlihan Lokey’s Sascha Pfeiffer

While valuations have been steady, ‘when you were expecting 10 bids, that might be now six or seven,’ says Pfeiffer.