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Apax Digital to buy MetaMetrics

Apax Digital Fund, the technology-focused growth equity arm of Apax Partners, agreed to buy MetaMetrics. Financial terms weren’t announced. MetaMetrics, based in the Research Triangle in North Carolina, uses predictive analytics and data science to improve educational outcomes.

EQT and CPPIB to take majority stake in Waystar

EQT and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in Waystar, a provider of revenue cycle technology. The seller is Bain Capital Private Equity, which will retain a minority stake in Waystar when the deal closes. The deal will put Waystar at a valuation of US$2.7 billion. The transaction is expected to close later this year. Barclays and Triple Tree provided financial advice to EQT while J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank did likewise for Bain Capital.

Zayo Group shareholders approve $8.2 bln sale to Digital Colony, EQT

Zayo Group Holdings Inc said July 26 that its shareholders have approved the sale to Digital Colony Partners and EQT Partners. The deal, announced in May, is valued at $8.2 billion. Zayo is a communications infrastructure provider.

Thoma Bravo receives bids for Elemica

HGGC’s sale of AutoAlert in second round

Charlesbank buys half of GTCR’s Park Place Technologies

Warburg Pincus taps Goldman to sell Liaison International

Sponsors seek to close deals early as competition remains intense

Q2 Deal-making: Sponsors seek to close deals early as competition remains intense

Brightstar Capital set to raise second fund