Ares acquires Landscape Workshop; Apax carves out Finastra business unit

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– Ares Management Corp. acquired Landscape Workshop LLC, a provider of grounds maintenance services for commercial properties. Piper Sandler was financial adviser and K&L Gates LLP was legal adviser to Landscape Workshop. Kirkland & Ellis LLP was legal adviser to Ares.

– Apax Partners LLP will acquire Finastra Group Holdings Limited's treasury and capital markets business unit. Evercore and Perella Weinberg Partners were financial advisers to Finastra, and Vista Equity Partners and Kirkland & Ellis were its legal advisers. Deutsche Bank was financial adviser to Apax, while Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was its legal adviser.

– Acton Capital Partners GmbH and Oxx Limited led a €15 million round for remberg, developer of an industrial maintenance software platform.

– Ballistic Ventures Alpha LLC led a $15 million round for cybersecurity incident response software business BreachRx Inc.

– International Finance Corp. led a $12 million Series C round for 360VUZ, developer of a 360-degree video live-streaming application.

– Co:Act Capital Pty. Ltd. led an AUD 18.2 million Series A round for EatClub Pty Ltd, developer of a restaurant demand-management application.

– Jungle Ventures III Investment Holding Pte. Ltd. led a $10 million Series A round for construction materials marketplace Brik Construction

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