3i Group has agreed to invest cEUR60 million in MAIT GmbH (MAIT), a provider of innovative and pioneering digital solutions in the DACH region.

SYNLAB is to acquire Laboratorio Médico Polanco and Laboratorio Clinicos de Puebla (LMP & LCR), a network of over 100 diagnostic service points in Mexico.

Paysafe (NYSE:PSFE), a specialised payments platform, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PagoEfectivo, a Peruvian alternative payments (APM) platform. 

Private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) has agreed to acquire Scrigno, an opening solutions specialist, from the fund Clessidra Capital Partners 3, managed by Clessidra Private Equity SGR (Clessidra).

Private equity investment in the UK has risen to its highest level in five years, as investors gained a renewed sense of confidence and vendors brought their assets to market – according to new analysis from KPMG.

Private equity firm Genstar Capital has reinvested, out of its most recent fund, in Association Member Benefits Advisors (AMBA), a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, in partnership with AMBA’s management team. 

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, is to sell its portfolio company Cascade Windows (Cascade), to Cornerstone Building Brands, for a cash purchase price of USD245 million. 

Bolt, the first European super-app, has closed a EUR600 million funding round, increasing the company’s valuation to more than EUR4 billion. Bolt will use the funds to boost its new 15-minute grocery delivery service, Bolt Market, and to accelerate the expansion of its existing mobility and delivery products.

T-Knife Therapeutics, a portfolio company of European investment management firm Andrea Partners, has completed a USD110 million Series B financing. 

An affiliate of global alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Quick Restaurants (Quick) from Burger King France.