Thoma Bravo Gobbles Up Coupa in $8bn Software Deal

Thoma Bravo Gobbles Up Coupa in $8bn Software Deal

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 picks up Applied Aerospace Structures

Greenbriar Equity picks up Applied Aerospace Structures

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...
PE secondaries market set to boom in 2023

PE secondaries market set to boom in 2023

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...