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2 min read · 01 February 2019
2 min read · 31 January 2019
2 min read · 31 January 2019
Vance Street Capital LLC said Jan. 31 that it acquired Applied Plastics. Financial terms weren’t announced. Applied, of Norwood, Massachusetts, provides specialty PTFE coatings on wires and other metal-based components for the medical device industry, with a primary emphasis on the advanced catheter market.
3 min read · 31 January 2019
Carlyle Group needed only three months to raise 1.35 billion euros ($1.55 billion) for its fourth global technology fund, according to the Financial Times. The pool, which hit its hard cap, will focus on U.S. and European companies, the story said.
1 min read · 31 January 2019
Silver Oak Services Partners LLC said Jan. 31 that it has recapitalized Keystone Partners. Management also invested. Financial terms weren’t announced. Keystone, of Boston, provides outplacement, career management, executive coaching, and leadership development services.
3 min read · 31 January 2019
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners agreed Jan. 31 to buy a controlling stake of Tallgrass Energy in a deal valued at $3.3 billion. Kelso & Co, The Energy & Minerals Group, and Tallgrass KC LLC, an entity owned by certain members of TGE’s management, are selling. GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will be a minority investor in the transaction. The deal includes 100 percent of the membership interests in TGE’s general partner, as well as about 44 percent economic interest in Tallgrass. The transaction is expected to close in first quarter. Tallgrass, of Leawood, Kansas, is a midstream energy infrastructure company operating across 11 states.
4 min read · 31 January 2019
Shikha Sharma is joining KKR as an adviser on Feb. 1, moneycontrol.com is reporting. Sharma is a former managing director and CEO of Axis Bank of Mumbai, the story said.
1 min read · 31 January 2019
Emds Inc, a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, has acquired Aprima Medical Software Inc. Financial terms weren’t announced. Aprima provides electronic health record, practice management software and revenue cycle management solutions to ambulatory care organizations.
2 min read · 31 January 2019
2 min read · 30 January 2019
