Electric vehicle charge-point maker, Pod Point, which raised funds three times on Crowdcube, has been acquired by energy company, EDF. 

Growth private equity firm TA Associates has acquired Auction Technology Group (ATG), an online platform for auctions across Europe and the United States, from ECI Partners (ECI), and Proxibid, an online marketplace for connecting buyers and sellers across North America, from Primus Capital (Primus).

Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners’ (CenterOak) portfolio company Service Champions has acquired Bell Brothers Plumbing Heating and Air (Bell Brothers), a provider of residential air conditioning and plumbing services in Sacramento, California.

Funds advised by Apax Partners (Apax Funds) are to acquire Cadence Education, a provider of early childhood education in North America, from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP). 

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed a third strategic add-on for its utility intelligence platform E Source, with the acquisition of TROVE Predictive Data Science (TROVE) a, provider of predictive analytics solutions for the utility industry. 

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on making investments in the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has acquired Kronos Foods Corp (Kronos). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  

UK wealthtech platform Wealthtime to be acquired by Anacap.

Trilantic North America has acquired a majority stake in Gorilla Commerce, an e-commerce platform specialising in the development and sale of home and pet products through direct-to-consumer channels.

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company, The WW Williams Company (WW Williams), has completed the acquisition of CP Company, which does business as CT Power, and Iceberg Enterprises.

Insight has completed its venture acquisition of enterprise IoT security company Armis company, which was announced on 6 January, 2020, at a valuation of USD1.1 billion, with participation from CapitalG for USD100 million and rollover from certain existing stockholders.