Dealmaking

PE-backed Butternut Box bags PsiBufet

PsiBufet is a fresh dog food company based in Warsaw, Poland.

North American M&A picks up after weak opening; US funds line up UK take-privates

After a dip, North American M&A activity gets a bump.

Rethinking venture debt in leaner times

With venture lending capacity down by as much as two-thirds since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, revenue scale and company quality will be top of mind for both venture debt and equity capital providers.

Apollo makes another take-private play with THG offer; PE-backed Italian Design Brands looks to IPO

THG said it was 'in receipt of a highly preliminary and non-binding indicative proposal from Apollo Global Management'.

Abris-backed Alsendo picks up Ecolet

Ecolet is a B2X focused parcel services platform in Romania and Bulgaria.

Oakley Capital to invest in Thomas’s London Day Schools

Thomas’s London Day Schools is a family run group of co-educational independent schools.

Polaris completes MBO of Nordic consulting business

Cepheo is a provider of microsoft dynamics in Scandinavia.

Blackstone, Thoma Bravo and Vista led flurry of enterprise software deals in Q1; Merck to buy Prometheus

Apollo opens new London office.

Core Equity-backed Portman Dental Care merges with Dentex Health

Dentex Health is a dental care platform based in London.

Why private equity firms still love enterprise software

Q1 saw significant enterprise software deal announcements from Blackstone, Silver Lake, Thoma Bravo and Vista.