Private Markets

As it moves away from oil and gas, Shell has indicated that it intends to buy the India-based renewable power platform Sprng Energy for $1.55 billion. Shell said it would acquire Solenergi Power Private Limited, Sprng Energy’s parent company, from U.K.-based investor Actis...

Blackstone, the world’s largest real estate investor, intends to buy PS Business Parks for $7.6 billion, including debt, the company announced in late April. Blackstone said its real estate affiliates will pay $187.50 per share to PS Business Parks shareholders as part of the take-private deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this year...

Following a $1.2 billion acquisition deal, Natus Medical will once again be a private company. After about 20 years as a publicly traded entity, the Wisconsin-based medical device and software company has agreed to a deal with ArchiMed, a French healthcare-focused private equity firm...

Fortnite maker Epic Games has raised $2 billion in funding from Sony and Lego, giving the video game and software developer a $31.5 billion valuation. Each company will provide $1 billion, Lego’s share coming from KIRKBI, the family-owned investment company behind the iconic toy company...

A private equity group will acquire the iconic audience measurement company Nielsen Corporation in an all-cash deal worth $28 per share, or $16 billion, including assumption of debt, the company reported in late March...

Stockholm-based EQT is set to acquire one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, Jean Salata’s Baring Private Equity Asia, in a deal worth $7.5 billion. The deal is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter...

U.S. private equity colossus Thoma Bravo has purchased British enterprise software firm Anaplan for $10.7 billion. Thoma Bravo will pay $66 per share for Anaplan in an all-cash transaction...

Private equity firm KKR is looking to invest $17 billion in infrastructure projects worldwide, focusing on broadband, in particular. The U.S. and other wealthy countries are already devoting a substantial amount of money to improving infrastructure, but KKR doesn’t think it’s enough...

In what Axonius says could be its last funding round before a public listing, the cybersecurity startup has raised $200 million from investors at a valuation of $2.6 billion. In an interview with Reuters, Axonius CEO Dean Sysman declined to share an exact time frame but said the company could be ready for an IPO within two years...

Multicultural e-grocer Weee! wants to be “the primary source for food at home,” according to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Larry Liu. Coming off a year in which its monthly active users grew 150%, Weee! has recently secured $425 million in Series E funding that will do a lot to help it reach this goal...