CORE Industrial Partners Acquires CGI Automated Manufacturing

CORE Industrial Partners Acquires CGI Automated Manufacturing

CORE Industrial Partners LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced the acquisition of CGI Automated Manufacturing, a custom precision sheet metal fabrication solutions provider. CGI is CORE’s second investment from CORE Industrial Partners Fund II, a $465m...
EQT Sells Cybersecurity Firm Utimaco to SGT in $500m Deal

EQT Sells Cybersecurity Firm Utimaco to SGT in $500m Deal

EQT has agreed to sell a majority stake in cybersecurity company Utimaco to private equity firm SGT Capital. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approvals, SGT Capital said in a statement. It didn’t disclose financial...
Hellman & Friedman takes $3.5bn bet on pets with Zooplus deal

Hellman & Friedman takes $3.5bn bet on pets with Zooplus deal

Zooplus, one of Europe’s largest online pet supplies to retailers, said it had received and accepted a $3.5bn takeover offer from U.S. PE firm Hellman & Friedman. The offer represented a premium of 40% to the German company’s closing price on Thursday...
ACP invests €264m in Inplus/Cenatorium

ACP invests €264m in Inplus/Cenatorium

Accession Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in proptech business Inplus/Cenatorium Group, a Polish provider of property and geospatial analytics. The investment was made by AMC Capital IV, a €264m vehicle managed by ACP (formerly Mezzanine Management). The...
Summit Partners Targets $7bn for Latest Growth Strategy

Summit Partners Targets $7bn for Latest Growth Strategy

Summit Partners has hit the fundraising circuit with its 11th flagship growth strategy barely a year after it collected more than $2.2bn across vehicles focused on European growth equity investments and venture capital deals. The veteran growth-equity investor is...