KKR is to acquire OverDrive, a digital reading platform for libraries and schools, from Rakuten USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Serving a growing network of 43,000 libraries and schools in more than 75 countries, OverDrive delivers the industry’s

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with management to acquire Custom Wheel House LLC, (CWH) a Los Angeles, CA-based designer, marketer, and distributor of branded automotive aftermarket wheels, performance tyres, and accessories through its brands – Method Race Wheels, Tensor Tires,

Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point) has made its seventh Fund IV platform investment, with the acquisition of Country Pure Foods (CPF), a provider of beverages and other natural juice products.  The acquisition of CPF also includes Silver Springs Citrus. Blue Point acquired CPF in partnership with management and CPF’s

New York and San Francisco Bay Area-based middle market buyout firm Argand Partners’ Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp (Sigma), a global manufacturer of precision engineered metal components, has acquired Tooling Dynamics, the leading US manufacturer of high volume, precision metal stamping and Swiss screw machining.  Tooling Dynamics’ renowned expertise working with

Shape Security, a portfolio company of cyber security, cloud infrastructure and applied data analytics-focused VC firm C5 Capital, has agreed a USD1 billion sale to F5 Networks, a Nasdaq-listed technology company. C5 led a high profile funding round, earlier this year, in California-based Shape, whose fraud prevention technology will powerfully

Nordic Capital has signed an agreement to acquire the business unit Consilium Marine & Safety, one of the world’s largest producers of safety and safety-related technologies, within fire and gas detection, for the marine, oil and gas, transport and building sectors, from Consilium AB (publ) for an enterprise value of

Software investor Hg has made an investment in Personal & Informatik AG (P&I), a provider of cloud-based HR software, headquartered in Germany, acquiring the holding from funds advised by Permira, the global private equity firm, for an enterprise value of EUR2 billion.  Permira funds remain invested in P&I with a

Limerston Capital backed Prism Medical Healthcare (Prism Medical) has completed the acquisition of Harvest Healthcare Ltd (Harvest) for an undisclosed sum.  Prism Medical supports customers in a range of care environments, such as homes, care homes and hospitals, and provides a full-service that includes the design, installation and servicing of

SSE Renewables is to expand its onshore wind pipeline through the acquisition of a 29-turbine, shovel-ready consented wind farm development in Ireland with an installed capacity in excess of 100MW, subject to final turbine selection. SSE Renewables has acquired the Yellow River Wind Farm project outside Rhode in County Offaly from

Sun Life Financial is to acquire a majority stake in InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed), a global infrastructure and real estate investment manager. InfraRed advises institutional and pooled fund clients on approximately USD12 billion (CAD16 billion) in assets under management as of September 30, 2019. InfraRed is headquartered in London, UK and has