PE Hub Wire

BC Partners eyes 3.1x return on Presidio exit; Capital flows slow to small buyouts as exits stay strong

Small buyout shop deal exits are on the rise.

Sponsors have ‘more willingness’ to look at deals

Beauty a ‘mega sector’; Sun to sell Adler & Allan.

Gamut Capital backs printing services; Comvest, Kain, Windrose make moves in healthcare action; Riverspan in talc play

Riverspan invests in a talc supplier.

TDR, I Squared make winning bid for Applus

French state to buy parts of Atos; Riverside’s Dastex in add-on.

Thoma Bravo takes another cybersecurity firm private; About Healthcare adds on

Thoma Bravo agreed to acquire Darktrace in a take-private deal for $5.3 billion.

Blackstone in fresh Hipgnosis bid

Apollo goes for indoor climate control biz; Bregal on RegTech potential.

Apollo to take U.S. Silica private for $1.85bn; Madison Dearborn and HPS completes NFP sale for $13bn

Apollo taking industrial minerals firm U.S. Silica private for $1.85 billion; sponsor-backed take private transactions decreased in 2023; Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners complete sale of NFP for $13 billion; OpenGate Capital signs on to Ownership Works.

OpenGate parts with waterproofing supplier

Thoma Bravo relights Darktrace interest.

GTCR to take AssetMark private for $2.7bn; Blackstone buys Tropical Smoothie Cafe

LLCP sells Tropical Smoothie Cafe to Blackstone.

Concord ups Hipgnosis bid above Blackstone; UK’s Labour plans rail nationalisation

UK vet review reaction.