Private equity firm Thoma Bravo on Monday agreed to buy software maker Coupa Software (COUP) in a deal valued at $8bn, including debt. COUP stock soared on the buyout news. Reports surfaced two weeks ago that another private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners, was...
Greenbriar Equity Group has agreed to buy Applied Aerospace Structures, a provider of design, fabrication, and testing solutions for complex composite and metal bonded structural assemblies. The company, which was founded in 1954, provides structures for...
American private equity giant Sun European Partners is in “advanced discussions” over a £258m cash offer to buy professional services group K3 Capital. K3 has revealed it had received expressions of interest from “multiple parties” but only Sun is considering a bid. A...
The private equity secondaries market is primed to boom next year. LP demand for liquidity, driven by the denominator effect and a dry exit market, is expected to push record levels of deal flow in the private equity secondary market, according to secondaries-focused...
CVC Capital Partners is exploring options for Razer Inc., less than a year after taking the gaming peripherals maker private in a $3.2bn deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The buyout firm is conducting a strategic review of Razer and has held initial... 