PE Hub Wire

Cybersecurity sees uptick in quality deals, says Houlihan’s Keith Skirbe; HarbourView leads way in music royalty and copyright deals

Speaking with Keith Skirbe, a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Technology Group, to learn the latest in the cybersecurity segment; a look at some recent deals in the music royalties and copyrights sector, and how HarbourView Equity Partners has fared in the current fundraising environment; One Equity Partners, Warburg Pincus and Green Cement Investments agree to sell Eco Material Technologies to CRH for $2.1 billion.

EQT makes another move in Japan with Fujitec take-private; Add-ons for Astorg and Aquiline portcos

AI opens patent value creation plays; Bridgepoint to buy German insurance company from PCP; T2Y invests in battery storage business

T2Y Capital will invest in Prime Batteries Energy, making the firm the company’s second-largest shareholder after founder Adrian Polec.

TPG says artificial intelligence is transforming business services companies; agents are what’s next for private equity and AI

Featuring an important theme on the mind of dealmakers: Artificial Intelligence; insights from TPG on how AI is transforming business services companies; interviews PE Hub reporter Rafael Canton has conducted about AI adoption at private equity firms.

Foresight eyes German battery storage; Cinven to acquire AI consulting biz from Ardian

Montagu has agreed to acquire IAI Group, a Polish digital retail services provider, from MCI Capital and IAI founders.