Dealmaking

Astorg’s Oxoid Remel to carve out microbiology diagnostic division of fellow portco Solabia; Platinum to buy lighting tower company Trime

Oxid Remel provides diagnostic consumables and equipment used in microbiological testing.

KKR to sell Infinity to Ares for $2.9bn; Thoma Bravo, GTCR and Francisco among PE firms making SaaS take-privates in 2026

KKR agrees to sell Infinity Transportation to Ares Management at an enterprise value of approximately $2.9 billion; a look through some recent take-privates in the software-as-a-service sector over the past six months; announcing the launch of PEI Private Equity.

Carlyle’s Schwartz: The greatest risk today is cyber

Cyber risk, the need for proprietary data and the rush to finance AI are top of mind for Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz.

Main Capital bets on governed content demand with Omnidocs, WoodWing combination; EQT agrees to take Australia’s Cleanway private

Cleanaway runs a national network of waste management and resource recovery infrastructure in Australia.

Metal on how PE managers can lay the data foundations

Firms have plenty to weigh before they buy or build AI infrastructure, say Metal’s Taylor Lowe and Court Square’s Jessica Pizzo.

Vista to carve out identity security biz amid digital machine identity boom; General Catalyst, ArchiMed, THL bet on cardiometabolic care

Vista Equity Partners agrees to carve out a business in the identity and access management sector; looking at what's been driving deals in cardiometabolic disease care; exploring the senior primary care sector and Blackrock's deal for an equity stake from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

PE eyes cardiometabolic care amid GLP-1 boom, outpatient shifts: 6 deals

ArchiMed, General Catalyst and THL Partners are among the PE dealmakers transacting in cardiometabolic care.

Exclusive: Vista agrees to acquire HID's PKI business unit

The assets 'comprise technologies that are critical for identity security and span humans, machines and AI agents,' says Vista's Stephen Foster.

Apax agrees to take Warburg’s stake in telco biz Odido; Codex bets on growing gift card market with Norell

Apax and Warburg Pincus have been shareholders in Odido since 2022

O2 Investment Partners’ Vertical Aerospace adds repair capabilities with First Class Air; Ara Partners eyes growth in fragmented crop residue supply chain

O2 Investment Partners invests in Vertical Aerospace through portfolio company First Class Air; talking with Allen Rickard, principal on Ara Partners’s infrastructure team, to learn about the firm’s value creation plans for Pacific Ag; a look at how private equity managers can best utilize AI tools to gain an edge.