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KKR, Bain among bidders for Tyco's $1.6 bln S. Korea unitKKR & Co LP and Bain Capital are among suitors which have placed initial bids for Tyco International Inc’s South Korean security systems unit, a business valued at about $1.6 billion, people familiar with the matter told sister news service Reuters.
- ObserveIT nabs $20 mln from Bain Capital Ventures
ObserveIT said Monday that it has closed $20 million from Bain Capital Ventures. The capital will be used for expansion, product development, sales and marketing. Based in New York City, ObserveIT is a provider of user activity recording and auditing software.
- KKR, Bain among bidders for Tyco's S.Korea unit - Reuters
KKR and Bain Capital are among suitors which have placed initial bids for Tyco International Inc's South Korean security systems unit, a business valued at about $1.6 billion, writes Reuters. A sale of ADT Caps, would follow Bain's $3.4 billion purchase of European security firm Securitas Direct in 2011 and Blackstone Group's acquisition of U.S. firm Vivint Inc for more than $2 billion last year.
- A tale of two funds at Bain Capital
Bain Capital may well have had its finest moment in turning around the performance of its ninth fund, an $8 billion pool invested speedily during the pre-crisis days of late 2006 and 2007. The successor pool, whose investment period straddled the financial crisis, has been a more complex story to tell. But the buyout shop believes that investors will still end up multiplying their money two and a half times.
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- JMI Equity promotes Hersman to partner
Former principal Brian Hersman joined the firm in 2008.
- Bain seals $1.8bn exit to Hellman, JMI Equity
The firm will sell insurance software company Applied Systems, which it acquired in 2006 for about $675m.
- RBS sells remaining WorldPay stake to Advent, Bain Capital -- Reuters
Royal Bank of Scotland said it sold its remaining stake of about 20 percent in WorldPay to the payment processing firm's majority shareholders, private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital, Reuters reported.
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- Bain could earn 4x on Applied Systems: Source
Bain Capital LLC stands to make more than 4x its invested capital when it completes the sale of insurance software maker Applied Systems Inc in a secondary sale to Hellman & Friedman LLC, a person with knowledge of the transaction told Buyouts.