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Main Capital Partners said Feb. 11 that it sold its majority stake in Roxit Groep to Visma. Financial terms weren’t announced. Roxit is a Dutch governmental software company active in front-, mid- and back office applications.
4 min read · 11 February 2019
KKR said Feb. 11 that it closed its buy of 60 percent of Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd for about $510 million. Ramky Enviro, of Mumbai, provides environmental services and solutions in India and overseas.
2 min read · 11 February 2019
Ara Partners Group said Feb. 11 that it invested in Priority Power Management LLC. Financial terms weren’t announced. Priority Power, of Midland, Texas, is an energy management services and consulting firm.
3 min read · 11 February 2019
2 min read · 08 February 2019
KKR invests in OneStream; Accel-KKR considers liquidity options for 2008 fund; Great Hill makes 6x on ZoomInfo sale
2 min read · 07 February 2019
Cisco said Feb. 6 that it completed its $660 million buy of Luxtera Inc, an optical chip company. The deal was announced in December. Luxtera had raised about $170 million in VC funding, according to PitchBook.
2 min read · 07 February 2019
Yelp has hired Evercore to help defend the company against an activist investor, CNBC is reporting. SQN, which owns 4 percent of Yelp shares, recently called for a board shakeup and potential sale, the story said.
1 min read · 07 February 2019
Hull Street Energy LLC said Feb. 6 that it agreed to buy ownership interests in the Bayswater and Jamaica Bay natural gas-fired electric generating stations from NextEra Energy Resources LLC. Financial terms weren’t announced. The two facilities are located in Far Rockaway, New York and provide approximately 110 megawatts of start power generation capacity to the region.
2 min read · 07 February 2019
Thoma Bravo LLC said Feb. 7 that it agreed to buy Aucerna. Financial terms weren’t announced. Aucerna provides integrated planning, execution and reserves services for the energy industry.
3 min read · 07 February 2019
BackOffice Associates, a portfolio company of Bridge Growth Partners LLC, said Feb. 7 that Kevin Campbell was named CEO. Campbell was previously president of global consulting and services. David Booth is retiring as CEO of BackOffice and will continue to serve as an advisor to the business.
3 min read · 07 February 2019
