Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 12, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleWarburg Pincus is nearing a €700 million acquisition of PSI Software, a German energy software maker. The deal values PSI at a significant premium.
MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is nearing a deal to buy German software maker PSI Software in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($813 million), two people familiar with the matter said.
The transaction would value PSI, a maker of software for energy networks, at 45 euros per share, the sources said, a premium of more than a third on Friday's closing price.
The deal is not finalised yet and details could still change, the people said.
PSI declined to comment.
Warburg Pincus was not immediately available for comment.
($1 = 0.8607 euros)
(Reporting by Alexander Huebner and Christoph Steitz; Editing by Ros Russell)
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