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EQT locks in debt for $700m PageUp buy; CBA, Taiwanese lenders in
Months after EQT Partners’ Australian dealmakers stumped up $250 million to acquire Potentia Capital’s NewBook, they are ready to add another local software business to the €242 billion ($388 billion) private capital giant’s portfolio.
Karen Cariss founded PageUp in 1997 and now chairs its board.
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
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