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Audax buys Dynisco from MadisonThe Boston firm has acquired the test and measurement equipment manufacturer from Madison Capital Partners.
- Hermes in third £50m+ MBO in six months
Bridgepoint, the mid-market pan-European private equity firm, has sold its majority stake in office services supplier OyezStraker in a transaction valued at £80m.
- German spigot maker sold for €1.5bn
Texas Pacific is joining CSFB Private Equity on the acquisition of German bathroom-fixture maker Friedrich Grohe AG from UK-based BC Partners.
- Silver Lake strikes again with $3.6bn fund
The new vehicle is the largest private equity fund ever raised for investment in the technology sector.
- US trio backs $2.05bn software buyout
Bain Capital, Warburg Pincus and Silver Lake Partners will buy a production software division of EDS in what is described as the largest-ever technology private equity deal.
- Videogame guru to co-launch fund
John Riccitiello is stepping down as president of Electronic Arts to set up a media-and- entertainment fund with Silver Lake veteran Roger McNamee.
- Warburg Pincus buys ScanSoft for $80m
The buyout firm is to take the speech and imaging company private, buying all 15.9m shares from current owner Xerox.
- Utah buyout fund draws $250m
Sorenson Capital, based in Salt Lake City, will invest in small- to mid-sized companies in the Western US with the help of a former American football star.
- Hemmings in charge of PE at PwC
PwC Corporate Finance has appointed Chris Hemmings to succeed Peter Jacobs as head of its European private equity team.
- Warburg Pincus makes Broers senior advisor
The US private equity firm has appointed Sir Alec Broers to advise on the firm’s investment activities in the information and communication technology sector.