Daily Deal Sheet | 6 Aug 2025

Written By Allison Sabaroche

Captured from posts published in the 24-hour window ending 6 Aug 2025 – GMT.

Why it matters

Another single news-cycle, another wall-to-wall run of transactions: €3 bn tender offers and Saudi sovereign joint-ventures, bolt-on SaaS exits, minority telecom-tower stakes, fund-raises from Leipzig to Riyadh – plus a fresh wave of partner hires that reshuffle every advisory league-table before mid-Q3. Below is the complete ledger – deal-by-deal, adviser-by-adviser – followed by the day’s people moves.

📝 Deal & Investment Highlights

  • Tinexta → Advent / Nextalia (38.7 % stake, take-private at €15 per share)
    Buy-side: advisers Rothschild & Co – Irving Bellotti, Stefano Siccità + team │ legal PedersoliGattai & Chiomenti │ tax KPMG & Legance.
    Sell-side: Tecno Holding – FA Lazard (Marco Samaja + team) │ legal Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici.

  • UniCredit unsolicited exchange offer for Banco BPM (€2.2 bn eq. value)
    Target FA: Lazard.

  • CVC DIF → SBA Canada (wireless towers, nationwide)
    Buyer counsel: internal │ FA undisclosed.

  • Alat (PIF) takes 15 % of TK Elevator & forms €160 m Saudi JV
    Counsel Latham & Watkins (Karsten Hoppe team).

  • Zebra Technologies buys Elo Touch Solutions (US $1.3 bn, all-cash)
    Exclusive FA (buy-side): Morgan Stanley – Brett Klein, Markus Fimpel et al.

  • Presidio to list via US $660 m SPAC merger with EQV Ventures
    Company counsel: Sidley Austin – Joshua DuClos, Jeremy Pettit │ FA Cantor Fitzgerald & Citizens.
    SPAC counsel: Baker Botts & Kirkland & Ellis.

  • Ingentis (organizational-design SaaS) exit – Maguar Capital → Carlyle
    Sell-side FA: Baird (Marco Krass + team) │ strategy OC&C, diligence Deloitte │ legal LUPP + Partner.

  • HandsHQ (EHS software) → HSI (Waud Capital)
    Sell-side FA: KPMG CF – Graham Pearce, Ekrem Shahin, Alex Saguez, Elli Bilous │ legal Squire Patton Boggs.
    Buy-side legal: Walker Morris LLP.

  • Green Arrow Capital acquires DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR (100 %)
    Buy-side FA: Intesa Sanpaolo IMI CIB │ legal Legance.
    Sell-side FA: Mediobanca │ legal Giovannelli e Associati.

  • Arjun Infrastructure takes 30 % of Data4 StableCo (hyperscale DCs)
    Commercial DD: PMP Strategy (Antton Achiary team).

  • AMP Clean Energy – £50 m growth capital from UK National Wealth Fund
    (Asterion continues as majority owner.)

  • Trustar-led consortium takes Energy Monster private (US $327 m) – Davis Polk buy-side counsel.

  • Katjes International upsizes 2023/28 bond by €70 m (sole book ABG Sundal Collier).

(25 + further bolt-ons – Rogers Building Solutions, GHW Waste, BOGNER, Baupartner, Mantinga → Netherlands, etc. – recorded in the full database.)

💸 Capital Raises & Structured Finance

  • Verb Technology (TON Strategy Co.) – upsized & oversubscribed PIPE expected to raise $558 m (Kingsway Capital lead; CCM sole placement agent).

  • Presidio ↔ EQV Ventures SPAC – combination values the energy-transition company at $660 m; package includes $85 m PIPE, $125 m pref-equity, $50 m RBL commitment.

  • Katjes International – taps bond market with €70 m add-on (total now €185 m); ABG Sundal Collier sole book-runner.

  • PhnyX Lab – raises $4 m seed led by SK Networks with noted angels (Aidan Gomez, Illia Polosukhin).

  • EverDye – completes €15 m Series A (lead: Crédit Mutuel Innovation & Daphni) to scale biosourced dyeing tech.

  • SIVentures II – Leipzig VC closes new €30 m fund targeting AI, infra & energy start-ups in DACH.

  • Armada Fund VI – Nordic private-debt vehicle reaches €139 m hard-commitments for SME growth financing.

  • Bling Energy – secures initial €15 m investment from BlueCrow Capital to expand Portuguese residential solar subscriptions.

👤 Notable People Moves

  • Investcorp SCG quadruple hire:
    Dr Amir R. – Head of Middle East Coverage │ Jon Hays – Head of Wealth │ Svein Floden – Operating Partner │ Lindsay Shagrin – VP Capital Formation.

  • Robin Melman joins White & Case (NY) as partner, M&A / ECB.

  • Hugues Martin-Sisteron becomes Partner, Energy & Infrastructure, Orrick (Paris).

  • Jamie Lavin Buzzard hired by J.P. Morgan Private Bank to co-lead US Alt-Investments.

  • Celine Herault, John Cahill, Paul Shackleton take new sales & trading leadership roles at Stifel Europe.

  • Kayra Özyar (Waterland PE), Konrad Surkont (H.I.G. Capital), Daniel Lawson (Foresight Private Credit) and Alex Bakai (RBC CM) all step up to new investment roles.
    (Full list – 50 + promotions & hires – available to subscribers.)

🔍 Sector Snapshots

  • Energy & Infrastructure – TK Elevator / Alat €160 m Saudi JV; Arjun & Brookfield add Data4 stake; AMP Clean Energy gets £50 m from National Wealth Fund; Katjes taps bond market; Presidio announces $660 m SPAC merger.

  • TMT & Software – Carlyle buys Ingentis; Zebra–Elo $1.3 bn deal; HandsHQ sold to HSI/Waud; Nile raises $175 m; CVC DIF acquires SBA Canada tower portfolio.

  • Industrial & Services – Advent/Nextalia launch Tinexta delisting; Baupartner sells 80 % to Molins/Titan; Mantinga adds Dutch F&L Sales; Delta Capita buys DTCC Report Hub.

  • Consumer & Healthcare – BOGNER sold to Katjes; Lakeshore acquires GHW; Nucleus Network buys HMR; Rockpool invests in TalarMade; Aksìa takes Fornaio del Casale bakery group.

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