Private equity firm Behrman Capital’s portfolio company Pelican Products has acquired Minnesota Thermal Science (MTS), a provider of global temperature controlled transportation products. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Plymouth, Minnesota, MTS will become part of Pelican’s BioPharma division. Pelican now offers the most advanced

Intervale Capital, an energy-focused private equity firm, has made an equity investment in Aegis Chemical Solutions, an oilfield chemicals and water treatment business headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Aegis provides oil and gas production chemicals and chlorine dioxide treatment services to customers in major oilfield markets, with a particular focus

Verisae, a provider of maintenance, energy, environmental and sustainability management SaaS, cloud-based solutions, has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners. Based in Los Angeles, Marlin is a private investment firm with over USD1bn of capital under management. "We are very excited to be partnering with a strong private equity firm,"

Altium, the international investment bank, has agreed a strategic partnership with US investment bank Petsky Prunier. The alliance follows a selective screening process and offers Altium’s clients improved access to advisory services in North America.   Petsky Prunier’s areas of expertise mirror those covered by Altium. The US firm provides

ScaleArc, a provider of database infrastructure software that simplifies the way database environments are deployed and managed, has secured USD12.3m in new funding from venture capital firms. The round was led by Accel Ventures with participation from existing investors including Trinity Ventures and Nexus Ventures, from whom ScaleArc had previously

Main Street Capital has closed two transactions, including a new portfolio investment and the partial exit of an existing portfolio investment. The new portfolio investment includes USD40.5m of invested capital in Quality Lease and Rental Holdings, the parent company of Quality Lease Service and Quality Lease Rental Service.  Main Street’s

Prupim has confirmed the purchase of the 381-space Carlton Street Car Park, phase two of McLaren Life’s 275,000sq ft regeneration development at Dolphin Square in Weston-Super-Mare, for the sum of GBP9.5m. The property is held on a 200-year lease from North Somerset District Council and is underlet to North Somerset

Plastics specialist Wells Plastics has received a GBP1.5m follow-on investment from private equity house Key Capital Partners and current shareholders. Staffordshire-based Wells Plastics will use the additional funding to invest in new machinery to increase production capacity and offer more flexible production. Following the funding, the business is planning to