Commentary

AI a catalyst for UK take-private flurry; Ridgeview signs latest deal with car dealership software biz Pinewood

Ridgeview’s offer values Pinewood’s total equity at £545 million, which gave a premium of 43 percent to the company’s share price on July 23.

Francisco Partners to acquire Weave for $650m; Bain, River Associates and Kainos lead PE’s return to household products

Oakley plays in AI accuracy drive with Graphwise acquisition; CataCap backs data protection company

CataCap has acquired a majority stake in B4Restore, a Danish provider of data protection services.

Court Square, Five Point bet on oil and gas; Exponent to invest in energy generation services biz; Salt Creek Capital acquires Craig Wire Products

Exponent has agreed to invest in OFS, an Ireland-based provider of specialist technical services for the global power generation industry.

THL to buy website traffic management business from GRO; Columna in strategic exit from Swiss dental group

Columna Capital has sold its majority stake in Ardentis Cliniques Dentaires.

The sports private equity playbook: critical communications considerations

Firms that treat sports like any other investment discover, at considerable cost, that scrutiny from media, fans and regulators demands a fundamentally different approach, write partner Taylor Ingraham and managing director Max Rayden of ASC Advisors.

Francisco Partners’ DJ Deb outlines ‘complexity arbitrage’ strategy; Goldman Sachs, Sixth Street and FTV Capital make bets on fintech

Catching up with Dipanjan ‘DJ’ Deb, CEO of Francisco Partners, to learn more about tech investing during this period of AI-led disruption and what Francisco was hearing from its LPs; a look at recent deals in the fintech sector from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Sixth Street and FTV Capital.