Dealmaking

Alpine backs ‘large and growing’ UK hard facilities management market with Eight Group launch; Take-private deals in focus

Ardian, Sagemount, Eir, Thoma Bravo back life sciences software; 1315 Capital eyes value creation potential in Argonaut’s diagnostics division

AI and regulatory complexity are driving demand for life sciences software, which in turn has attracted private equity; 1315 Capital closes a carve-out deal with a portfolio company of Telegraph Hill Partners and New Vale Capital.

Regulatory pressures, AI opportunities draw PE to life sciences software: 8 deals

Ardian, Bregal Sagemount, Riverside and Thoma Bravo are among the PE dealmakers targeting investments in the life sciences software market.

HOF Capital, Main Capital bet on automotive; Hudson Hill’s Eric Rosen featured in They Said It

Main Capital Partners announced this week that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in VWE Automotive, a provider of software, data and transaction services for the automotive sector.

Managers struggle with AI diligence due to pace of development

GPs including Bain and Apollo said at the UK Private Capital Summit that it is difficult to quantify claims around AI's contribution to value creation and cost reduction.

Blackstone targets liquid cooling with FCH; FFL scoops up office of the CFO biz Waylin Partners

Blackstone agrees to acquire a provider of data center cooling services and components; FFL Partners completes investment in a provider of services focused on the office of the chief financial officer of private equity-backed companies; a companies-for-sale update.

Exclusive: Blackstone to buy FCH from Audax, as demand grows for liquid cooling of data centers

Audax Private Equity will retain a minority equity stake in the company.

Exclusive: FFL bets on the office of the CFO with Waylin Partners investment

FFL previously invested in Accordion, which was sold to Charlesbank and Motive in 2022.

Novo in first Chinese medtech deal with ForYou Medical Devices; Accel-KKR to take construction software biz Eleco private; Ambienta's NDA makes fourth add-on

Ambienta announced that its portco No Dig Alliance has acquired Horisonterra, a Swedish specialist in trenchless underground pipe installation, marking the platform’s fourth add-on since Ambienta took ownership in 2025.

Mid-market CEOs demand more from GPs

Capital alone is no longer the deciding factor for management teams evaluating potential GP partners, argued CEOs from Eurazeo, Astorg and Ridgepost at an industry event on Wednesday.