Blue Wolf Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in North American Rescue (NAR), a supplier of tactical medical products, such as tourniquets, chest seals and decompression needles. North American Rescue’s clients include the military, law enforcement and EMS first responders. NAR’s Chief Executive Officer, Bob Castellani, and other members

Mitel is to acquire Mavenir Systems, a provider of software-based networking solutions for mobile carriers in a cash and stock deal valued at approximately USD560 million.  Under the terms of the merger agreement, Mitel will commence an exchange offer pursuant to which Mavenir stockholders will be entitled to elect to

Pan-African private equity firm 8 Miles has acquired a 42 per cent stake in Orient Bank Limited, a mid-tier commercial bank in Uganda, from Keystone Bank, a state-owned Nigerian bank.  The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The investment will be made alongside the founders of the

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has acquired PowerPlan, a provider of accounting, tax and capital budgeting optimisation solutions for capital asset-intensive businesses, from current investors JMI Equity and TPG Growth.  Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. “PowerPlan has addressed the information gaps that develop between finance and

Shore Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Summit Medical a medical device manufacturer that has been designing, engineering and manufacturing microsurgery products for over 30 years.  In addition to its Instru-Safe instrument protection line for infection control and sterilisation in the critical care market, Summit Medical manufactures ear, nose,

CameronTec Group has acquired Lasalletech, the US-based financial protocol operational solutions and professional services firm co-founded by current Senior Partner, Jim Northey. Since 2006 Lasalletech has specialised in the provision of products and services for messaging and transaction processing to improve the quality of financial services in terms of efficiency,

NewSpring Capital’s NewSpring Holdings, the firm’s dedicated control buyout strategy, is to purchase X5 Solutions, a provider of a complete suite of telecommunications solutions. The transaction is pending regulatory approval and targeted to close in March, 2015. NewSpring has partnered with a new senior executive team with experience leading and

Private equity firm Solis Capital Partners (Solis) has partnered with venture capital firm Innovate Partners to acquire an equity interest in Lindora, a provider of medically supervised weight loss and weight management programs. Founded by Dr Marshall Stamper in 1971, Lindora has more than 40 years of success providing comprehensive