Dealmaking

PAI makes move for The Looping Group; Silver Lake ups bid for Software AG

Providence and Searchlight inch closer to takeover of Hyve Group.

PAI Partners makes offer to buy The Looping Group

The Looping Group is a pan-European leisure park operator.

A&M Capital Europe adds IBG to its basket

IBG is an owner and tech-enabled distributor of confectionery, baked goods and savoury snacks.

Aurelius-backed Unilux snaps up HBI Holz-Bau-Industrie

HBI is headquartered in Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany

Aurelius Growth-backed connexta bags esko-systems

Esko provides IT security support to medium-sized and large companies.

Innova Capital elevates Andrzej Pietrzak to partner level

Pietrzak, prior to becoming a partner, served as managing director at the firm.

Kartesia exits stake in ADL Biopharma

ADL Biopharma is a Spanish bioingredients company.

OEP-backed DWK acquires life sciences manufacturer Assem-Pak

DWK is a provider of laboratory glassware, plasticware, and primary packaging solutions.

Vista backs Resilinc; Charlesbank-backed Accordion buys Merilytics

Vista invests in supply chain software firm Resilinc.

Accordion to buy Merilytics, as PE firms turn to value creation

'Much of the work in private equity has shifted to portfolio company improvement,' says Michael Choe, CEO of Charlesbank, which invested in Accordion in September.