DC Capital Partners Acquires AstreaX

Arlington Capital Partners Acquires Exostar from Thoma Bravo

November 20, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Arlington Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of Exostar, a cloud-based secure business collaboration platform, from Thoma Bravo. Arlington said it will leverage its domain expertise in regulated industries to accelerate Exostar's product development and growth across aerospace & defense, healthcare and financial services.

DC Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Knexus

February 2, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

DC Capital Partners announced a majority investment in Knexus, an applied AI platform that designs, builds, and operates enterprise-grade AI systems for U.S. defense and civilian agencies. The investment will support Knexus’ growth through business development, technology, and operations to scale its mission-focused AI capabilities for government customers.

Astra Capital Management Acquires Majority Stake in DartPoints

May 5, 2020

Telecommunications

Astra Capital Management has made a majority investment in DartPoints, an owner and operator of edge colocation data centers, to fund North American expansion through a buy-and-build strategy. As part of the transaction, telecommunications executive Scott Willis joined DartPoints as President & CEO and several Astra partners and industry executives joined the board to support growth.

Thoma Bravo Acquires Exostar

June 2, 2020

Cybersecurity

Thoma Bravo has completed a strategic growth investment to acquire Exostar, a provider of secure, cloud-based collaboration and identity access management solutions serving highly regulated industries. The investment will support Exostar's product and cybersecurity capability expansion and help accelerate growth across aerospace & defense, life sciences and healthcare markets.

Astira Capital Partners Acquires Altus Commercial Receivables

September 18, 2025

Financial Services

Astira Capital Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired Altus Commercial Receivables (Altus), a provider of commercial receivables management solutions. Altus was divested by ARMStrong Receivable Management, a BharCap Partners portfolio company; Astira said it will accelerate Altus' technology roadmap and scale the business to deliver improved working capital outcomes for clients. Terms were not disclosed.

Astrion Acquires Axient

July 24, 2024

Aerospace & Defense

Astrion, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, agreed to acquire Axient to expand its mission support, systems engineering, test & evaluation, and advanced engineering capabilities. The deal was announced July 24, 2024 and closed September 5, 2024; the acquisition is intended to broaden Astrion's defense and federal services offerings and scale the combined workforce and customer base.