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PSG Equity has made an investment in Plentysystems AG, a Germany-based provider of e-commerce ERP software platform PlentyOne. Founded in 2006, PlentyONE offers a cloud-based e-commerce ERP platform that connects brands and retailers with over 150 marketplaces worldwide. #CrossBorder #ERP #SoftwareServices

Fortress Investment Group has acquired Gyptech, a global leader in the design, construction and commissioning of gypsum wallboard and asphalt-shingle manufacturing equipment and services. Gyptech designs, engineers and fabricates new and replacement production lines for gypsum wallboard and asphalt-shingle facilities. #Shingles #Wallboard

Clairvest Group Inc., though Clairvest Equity Partners VII, has made a minority equity investment in Redstone Food Group. Redstone is a commercial bakery of bread and bakery products, focused on the in-store bakery segment. The company currently operates across numerous facilities in the Greater Toronto Area. #Bakery #BreadProducts #CrossBorder

Private equity-backed initial public offerings on U.S. exchanges are poised for a comeback. Last year, companies backed by buyout firms saw just $8.7 billion in U.S. IPO exits, significantly below the pre-pandemic average of $45.1 billion, according to a new analysis by data provider PitchBook. #IPOs #lowinterestrates

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. walked away from a plan to acquire Grifols SA, ending months of negotiations to take over the Spanish blood-plasma company.  The New York-based money manager said it decided to not pursue the deal, confirming a Bloomberg report, after the Grifols board rejected its indicative offer that valued the company at €6.45 billion (about $6.8 billion). #Blood #Drugmaker #medicine #Plasma

Capital Square, a national investment sponsor focused on real estate investments, has hired Thomas Belcher as senior regional vice president, Northwest sales. #People #Privateequity #Realestate

Argosy Private Equity, a lower middle market private equity firm, has exited its investment in Rita's Franchise Co. LLC. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Trevose, Pa., Rita's is a frozen treat purveyors in the U.S. #FrozenFoods #FrozenTreats

The two most common ways to structure the purchase of a business are for buyers to purchase the equity from the target company’s owner or the assets from the target company. In an asset purchase, the target company transfers substantially all assets related to the business and some of the business’s liabilities to the buyer at closing (e.g., trade payables). #AssetPurchase #Indemnityclauses #liabilities

Jones Fish Hatcheries & Distributors LLC, backed by Fort Point Capital, has partnered with Aquatic Management. Aquatic Management provides pond and lake management services in the Northeast Indiana market based out of Bluffton, Ind. The partnership with Aquatic Management further expands Jones Lake Management's reach in the state. #LakeManagement #Nature