PE Hub Wire

Silver Lake to take Rocket’s stake in Software AG; Earth Capital on AI in aquaculture

Earth Capital invested in Ace in early June, joining existing investors Aqua Spark and Chroma Ventures.

Carlyle used local financing for Meopta deal; TowerBrook and Infopro Digital details revealed

Meopta supplies optical components to companies that build wafer fabrication equipment – mainly inspection equipment – for semiconductors.

Beauty and personal care deal galore; plus Blackstone’s Desotec acquires Evoqua Water Technologies unit

Private equity bets on cosmetic surgery.

Main Capital parts with Inergy in a busy exit week; Fintech sector picks up speed

Inergy is a provider of governmental software, complex data and analytics platforms.

TA Associates to 'build lasting value in exceptional businesses' with TA XV; Clearview Capital adds on

TA Associates closes fifteenth fund at $16.5 billion.

Bain Capital makes offer for listed tech biz; Silver Lake comfortable with Software AG minority position

SoftwareOne, a Switzerland-based software and cloud tech provider, said that Bain Capital had made an indicative, unsolicited and non-binding offer for all its outstanding shares.

Dividend recaps may help reignite exit markets; Arcline expands engineered systems and components portfolio

Arcline acquires International Water-Guard.

Silver Lake drops threshold for Software AG takeover; PAI takes majority stake in ECF Group from Naxicap

ECF Group is a business-to-business distributor of equipment and consumables for hospitality and care professionals.

Brookfield scoops up Duke Energy; Goldman acquires TV ad software platform; Signet Health exits RK Pharma

Goldman Sachs invests in TV software platform Madhive.

EQT opts for trade sale with BBS Automation amid private equity exit flurry; Apollo invests in Yondr

BBS Automation is a Munich-based developer of automation products for manufacturing and testing processes.