Daily Deal Sheet | 8 Aug 2025

Captured from posts published in the 24-hour window ending 7 Aug 2025 (GMT).

Why it matters

The torrent of summer deal-flow hasn’t slowed: a fresh US $2 billion Permian-water tie-up, Basalt’s entry into Irish semiconductor logistics, and mid-market activity from fintech to industrial bakery equipment. Add ten new growth rounds and yet another shuffle of senior rain-makers and every league-table looks different—again. Below is today’s brand-new ledger (nothing repeated from 5 or 6 Aug), plus incremental adviser intel on yesterday’s headlines.

📝 Deal & Investment Highlights

• Western Midstream → Aris Water Solutions – all-cash public-to-private, US $2 bn

  • Buy-side FA Bank of America │ legal Vinson & Elkins

  • Sell-side FAs Citi, Houlihan Lokey │ legal Gibson Dunn and Morris Nichols

• Basalt Infrastructure Partners → Chemco Ireland – 100 % acquisition (value n/d) of specialist chemical-logistics leader to the semiconductor & pharma sectors

• Cinven → Objectway (Italian wealth-tech) – majority stake (value undisclosed)

  • Sell-side FA Houlihan Lokey – Matteo Manfredi, Mark Fisher, Tim Shortland (+ team)

  • Buy-side FA Jefferies – Andrea Bracchi, Nandan Shinkre (+ team)

  • Strategic DD Deloitte; legal Giovannelli e Associati

• Shamrock Capital → Penta Group – exit for Falfurrias; data-driven stakeholder-comms platform (value n/d)

  • Buy-side FA BrightTower; legal McGuireWoods

  • Sell-side FA Canaccord Genuity; legal MoFo

• Socage → CTE SpA – 70 % stake in aerial-platform maker (Italy)

  • Buyer counsel Studio Legale Salardi │ Seller counsel Mellone Law

• Salzgitter AG → NMP – sale of DESMA Schuhmaschinen, global leader in shoe-machinery systems

  • Legal adviser Wendelstein (sell-side) plus BLOMSTEIN, BluePort Legal, backup.legal

• Tata AutoComp Systems → IAC Slovakia – cross-border interiors deal (Slovakia)

  • Counsel Baker McKenzie (Ash Tiwari lead)

• Semler Gruppen → MAN Truck & Bus Denmark – Denmark’s largest auto importer adds heavy-vehicle arm (deal awaiting merger-control clearance)

  • Buyer counsel Accura

• One Equity Partners → Brown & Root Industrial Services – minority investment (industrial services, US)

  • Counsel Sidley Austin – Brien Wassner, John Godfrey

• Mizuho Financial Group → Augusta & Co – buys leading renewables M&A boutique (UK)

  • Legal adviser Travers Smith

• Western Europe mid-market highlights

  • Altea Federation buys DataGo (Microsoft-cloud specialist) – counsel PedersoliGattai

  • Gradiente SGR sells Argos Surface Technologies majority to EMK Capital – FA Lazard

  • Connexion Technologies acquires Exception PCB – counsel Eversheds Sutherland

  • Awardit AB (Polaris PE) picks up Germany’s Buben & Mädchen loyalty agency (pending antitrust)

(Over 15 additional first-time bolt-ons—Chemtech-Ford Labs, Spheros → Four Peaks, Alluvion → Amista, etc.—logged in the database.)

💸 Capital Raises & Structured Finance

• First Due – US $355 m growth investment from JMI Equity (FA Shea & Co; JMI advised by Baird, Prosek)

• Anthropic – continuation of Series F at ~US $141/share; investors undisclosed (run-rate guidance ↑)

• MedGenome – US $47.5 m Series E co-led by Maj Invest & Novo Holdings (Covington counsel)

• Prophet Security – Series A led by Accel (amount n/d) for AI-driven cyber-ops

• Opsydia – new round from Foresight, Parkwalk & Oxford Innovation Fund (amount n/d)

• Bit2Me – €30 m round led by Tether, incl. minority stake purchase

• Novee – £1.55 m seed from Insurtech Gateway

• Tristar AI – US $2.7 m seed from Blackhorn Ventures

• Delancey × Cynergy Bank – launch £1.5 bn UK real-estate lending JV

🆕 Adviser Intel on Previously-Flagged Deals

• Philz Coffee → Freeman Spogli

  • Sell-side advisers Piper Sandler (FA) & Kirkland & Ellis (legal)

  • Buy-side counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

• Elo Touch Solutions → Zebra Technologies (US $1.3 bn)

  • Full Moelis bench disclosed: MDs Will Peters, Roger Knight, Georgi Balinov; Director Will Mroz

• 3G Capital → Skechers

  • Santander CIB confirmed as Joint Lead Arranger & Joint Bookrunner

• Dishoom minority investment (L Catterton)

  • Buy-side counsel Latham & Watkins – Linzi Thomas, Tom Evans, Jon Fox

• Elite Technology → Francisco Partners

  • Sell-side FA Evercore; buy-side FA Centerview Partners

(Full adviser grids live in the subscriber database.)

👤 Notable People Moves

• Cesare Baygual – joins Citigroup as Co-Head of Global M&A (ex-J.P. Morgan)

• Angelo Acconcia – promoted to President, ArcLight Capital Partners

• Florian Kienast – moves from Gleiss Lutz to Kirkland & Ellis (Restructuring, Frankfurt)

• Cornelie Goedhuis – becomes Senior Advisor, Macquarie Capital (Infrastructure & Energy, Benelux/Germany)

• Priyesh Patel – joins Evercore as Senior Analyst (London)

• Joshua Cavendish – Investment-Banking Associate, RBC Capital Markets

• Jon Morgan, CAIA – MD & Head of Consultant Relations, Sagard

• Will Mroz / Roger Knight / Georgi Balinov – all promoted to senior deal roles on Moelis’ tech IB team

• Haley Close – VP, Kelso & Co. (Capital Markets)

(30+ additional promotions & hires—ING, Houlihan Lokey, HighPost Capital, etc.—are captured in the full list.)

🔍 Sector Snapshots

• Energy & Infrastructure

  • Western Midstream–Aris $2 bn; Basalt–Chemco Ireland; JERA Nex bp up to US $5.8 bn JV; Delancey-Cynergy £1.5 bn credit JV; MEAG 8k-ha Finnish forestry buy.

• TMT & Software

  • Cinven–Objectway; Shamrock–Penta; Tata AutoComp–IAC Slovakia; Altea–DataGo; JMI-First Due; Prophet Security & Opsydia raises.

• Industrials & Business Services

  • Socage–CTE 70 %; Semler–MAN Denmark; Salzgitter–DESMA; Connexion–Exception PCB; Chemtech-Ford Labs; Sano Physiotherapy MBO.

• Consumer & Healthcare

  • Lannett sale to Aurobindo (Raymond James FA); HistoSonics $2.25 bn stake sale; Awardit–Buben & Mädchen; Philz Coffee adviser update.

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