PE Hub Wire

Defense asset demand complicates M&A processes, says DC Advisory; Cinven invests in financial services software biz Objectway

Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company AVS Bio has acquired a Dutch antibody discovery, engineering and characterization services provider.

Peak Rock doubled Shipley Do-Nuts revenue before exit to LLCP; Apollo, Carlyle and TPG report strong Q2 

Catching up with Robert Strauss and Michael Graham, senior managing director and managing director, respectively, at Peak Rock Capital, to learn more about their sale of Shipley Do-Nuts to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners; key points from second quarter results of The Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management and TPG; a look at managed service providers.

Take-privates in fashion as Advent, Nextalia plan Tinexta takeover; Blackstone announces biggest Japan deal with TechnoPro delisting

Rome-based Tinexta operates across three divisions: digital trust, cybersecurity and business innovation.

Crestview Partners to sell Elo Touch for $1.3bn; Amberjack details opportunities in infrastructure

We catch up with Jason Turowsky, a managing partner at Amberjack, about the generational opportunity offered by the supporting infrastructure to the oil and gas industry; Crestview Partners agrees to sell its Silicon Valley-based touch screen systems and components provider for $1.3 billion; Francisco Partners agrees to acquire a software provider for the legal industry; Poalim Equity makes a minority investment in Glassbox.

Carlyle makes HR tech play with Ingentis investment; KKR tops Advent’s Spectris bid once again; Maven exits door and window hardware supplier

Maven Capital Partners has sold UAP, a designer and supplier of door and window hardware, to global security and access company Allegion.

Sun European parts ways with Wescom; Oakley, General Atlantic to buy Brevo from Bridgepoint

Brevo is a global customer engagement software platform.

Peak Rock, Sycamore tee up dairy and wine portfolio companies for sale; Five Point-backed midstream system sells to MPLX

A double whammy of companies-for-sale action to highlight: the first is the latest On-the-block series update about food and beverage companies testing the market for buyers, the second is a weekly companies-for-sale update; Five Points is selling a midstream energy provider based in the Permian Basin to a strategic buyer.