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August 11
Dakota Transactions is a daily newsletter delivering a comprehensive summary of the top stories and transactions in sponsor-backed M&A, growth and venture investments, portfolio company debt and deal financing, and more across the Tech & Telecom; Sports, Media & Entertainment; Healthcare; Financials; Professional Services; Consumer & Retail; Infrastructure; Energy; Industrials & Materials; and Real Estate sectors.
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Meta will invest $29B in Louisiana data centers, financed with $26B debt from Pimco and $3B equity from Blue Owl Capital. The company also acquired WaveForms AI, integrating emotion-recognition audio tech into its AI portfolio. Gloo acquired Masterworks to expand faith-based digital services. Berlin’s n8n is raising at a $2.3B valuation led by Accel. Ostra Security closed a $9.5M Series A extension and bought Blackwell Security. Flox secured $1M seed for wildlife deterrence AI. AT&T is exploring a $30B partial sale of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. Blackstone and Thoma Bravo are in early talks to buy Australia’s Iress for $1.3B.
The Boston Celtics’ $6.1B sale to William Chisholm’s group is set to close within two weeks, marking a steep rise from the $360M paid in 2002. The Chicago Bears were valued at $8.8B in a 2% stake repurchase by the McCaskey and Ryan families. United Airlines Ventures partnered with Dfinitiv for loyalty and media integration. Transactions reflect high franchise valuations, ownership consolidation, and strategic tech partnerships in fan engagement.
A syndicate including K5 Global and Bezos Expeditions acquired a majority stake in HistoSonics at a $2.25B valuation. CorMedix will buy Melinta Therapeutics for $300M, adding seven infectious disease products. 10x Genomics purchased Scale Biosciences for single-cell analysis tech. Cardio Partners acquired One Beat Medical for nationwide defibrillator distribution. August Health raised $29M Series B for AI-enabled senior care EHR. Maxwell Biosciences secured $20M for AI-driven antiseptic products. Heartflow IPO’d at a $1.54B valuation, raising $317M.
Blackstone and Thoma Bravo are exploring a $1.3B bid for Iress. Ardian will acquire minority stakes in Diot-Siaci, becoming lead shareholder. Ripple will buy Rail, a stablecoin payments platform, for $200M. Merit Financial Advisors acquired a $225M RIA team; Soltis Investment Advisors bought High End Financial; Marqeta acquired TransactPay. The Trump administration is considering selling 5–15% of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise $30B. Carlyle AlpInvest closed a $1.25B fund securitization.
Advent International and Nextalia will acquire 38.74% of Tinexta, launching a delisting bid. Tough Commerce bought AgileTQ to expand construction automation software. KKR-backed Harvest Partners invested in Med-Metrix. Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquired Fire-X Sales and FPP. Accel-KKR closed a $1.9B continuation fund for isolved. Runway Growth Capital committed $20M to Swing Education to expand substitute teacher placement.
L Catterton invested in Dishoom at a $403M valuation for US expansion. RTP Global led a $3.1M pre-Series A for Outzidr; Nuuk raised $2M+ for supply chain growth; MangoPoint secured $1M for agritech exports. Revolution Beauty rejected a PE takeover. Reliance Retail fully wrote off its $200M investment in defunct Dunzo.
Meta’s $29B Louisiana data center plan was financed by Pimco and Blue Owl. CPP Investments and Greystar expanded their US build-for-rent JV to $1.4B equity. The NZ Super Fund and Infratil will sell RetireAustralia to Invesco for $550.8M. Siemens is in talks for a sale-leaseback of its Lisbon campus with Square Asset Management.
Stone Ridge Energy will acquire $1.3B in Oklahoma assets from ConocoPhillips. EQT’s OX2 sold a 96-MW Romanian wind project to HELLENiQ Renewables. Torrent Gas is considering a $450M IPO in Mumbai to fund growth and reduce debt.
Bain Capital may sell or IPO Ahlstrom at $8–9.3B. Jennmar acquired France’s Weber Mining & Tunnelling. Boeing’s $4.7B Spirit AeroSystems buy was cleared by UK regulators. Glencore acquired Li-Cycle assets in a credit bid. Braskem is in talks to sell US polypropylene plants to Unipar for $1B. Declaration Partners took a majority stake in CP Group.
New World Development is exploring asset sales with Blackstone and CapitaLand. Assura is backing PHP’s $2.4B takeover offer despite KKR interest. Four Corners Property Trust acquired a $2.6M Mavis Tire property. Siemens is negotiating Lisbon campus sale-leaseback.
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