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World Cup shines light on PE soccer deals; Blue Owl has high hopes for Cleveland Cavaliers; Bruin fetches $530m for Full Swing

Apollo, KKR and Avenue Sports are a few of the firms that have made deals in the soccer sector over the past year.

Shore Capital acquires HR tech firm ThrivePass

ThrivePass was founded by Wade Rosen, Andreas Deptolla, and Charles Shen.

Recognize makes majority investment in digital infrastructure services firm Smartlink

The company serves customers across all 50 states, executing programs across the digital infrastructure lifecycle, from real estate and engineering through deployment, integration, and long-term maintenance.

Wynnchurch-backed Principal Industries acquires GENLED Brands

Headquartered in San Angelo, Texas, Principal Industries is a provider of LED components and engineered assemblies.

Agellus Capital-backed CompassMSP acquires managed IT and cybersecurity firm The Logic Group

Headquartered in West Hartford, Connecticut, CompassMSP provides IT and cybersecurity services.

Lightyear invests in HR tech firm Corestream

The capital infusion will be used to support Corestream's continued growth.

Capitol Meridian snaps up national security infrastructure firm Westway Enterprises

The investment will accelerate Westway’s expansion of accredited capacity and broaden access to classified work for commercial innovators and non-traditional defense contractors.

Blackstone Energy Transition Partners to buy Dresser Utility Solutions; How AI is forcing software players to rethink business models

First to report that Blackstone Energy Transition Partners is buying Dresser Utility Solutions, a provider of natural gas and water measurement, control and infrastructure metering equipment, from First Reserve; an excerpt from Private Equity International’s story about how AI is upending private equity’s software sweethearts, a must-read for software investors.