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GI Partners to Acquire Netwatch (AI-powered Security Services) Netwatch, the global AI-powered security services provider that’s already watching hundreds of thousands of sites worldwide, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by GI Partners. The deal was announced Dec. 17, 2025, and while price isn’t
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Heightened State Oversight Signals Investors to Refresh Health-Care Investment Playbooks Starting January 1, 2026, California is rolling out new laws (AB 1415 and SB 351) that significantly tighten regulation of private-equity and hedge-fund involvement in health-care transactions. The rules restrict non-clinical entities from influencing medical
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Blackstone Takes Alexander & Baldwin Private in $2.3 Billion Deal Blackstone is taking Alexander & Baldwin private for $2.3 billion, giving public shareholders a fat premium and relieving a small-cap Hawaiian REIT from the existential boredom of quarterly reporting. A&B owns grocery-anchored retail and
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Shore Capital Merges Reliant Healthcare & Care Fusion Rx to Launch a National Infusion-Therapy Platform Shore Capital has merged Reliant Healthcare, a home-infusion and ambulatory-infusion-center provider operating 14 centers (in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma) plus specialty pharmacies, with Care Fusion Rx, a West-Coast specialty infusion
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Patient Square Takes Premier Private in a $2.6B Healthcare Carve-Up Patient Square Capital has officially taken Premier, Inc. private in a $2.6 billion all-cash deal, pulling a major healthcare-services operator off the public markets. Since its IPO days, Premier has struggled under the weight of
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Leonard Green Buys the Golf Circus Back Topgolf Callaway is carving off the fun part: it’s selling a 60% stake in its Topgolf venues and Toptracer business to Leonard Green & Partners at a $1.1 billion valuation, generating about $770 million in cash to de-lever and buy
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Arcline Investment Management Acquires Novaria Group in ~$2.2 Billion Deal Arcline is buying Novaria Group from KKR in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly $2.2 billion. Novaria, the Texas-based aerospace and defense components supplier, has been one of KKR’s industrial roll-up winners—13 acquisitions,
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Denny’s Corporation Goes Private in $620 Million Buyout A consortium led by TriArtisan Capital Advisors, Treville Capital, and franchisee Yadav Enterprises is taking Denny’s Corporation private in an all-cash transaction valued at $620 million, including debt. Shareholders will receive $6.25 per share, representing a 52% premium
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Francisco Partners Takes Jamf Private in $2.2 Billion Deal Francisco Partners is taking Jamf private in a $2.2 billion all-cash deal at $13.05 per share, marking an exit for Vista Equity, which held a 34% stake. Jamf manages and secures Apple devices for enterprises, posting ~$176.