Private equity firm Arbor Investments, in partnership with management and chief executive Timothy Fallon, has acquired Columbus Manufacturing, a portfolio company of Endeavour Capital.  Columbus, headquartered in Hayward, California, is a branded manufacturer of retail ready, super premium, artisanal salumi and related deli meat products. Terms of the sale were

Main Street Capital has sold the majority of its equity interest in Laurus to a private equity investment firm, which has previously made numerous growth investments within the healthcare sector. Main Street realised a gain of approximately USD9.9m on the deal. As a result of this disposal, Main Street has

The Carlyle Group has completed its acquisition of Getty Images, a creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products, in a transaction valued at approximately USD3.3bn. With the completion of the transaction, The Carlyle Group has acquired a controlling stake in Getty Images. Getty Images co-founder and chairman

Harvest Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of FCX Performance, in partnership with existing management, from Sterling Investment Partners. Sterling will maintain an ownership stake in the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Columbus, Ohio, FCX is an industrial, specialty process

Grey Mountain Partners has acquired the assets of North American Specialty Glass (NASG) out of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, NASG is one of the largest safety and security glass producers in the US, serving customers worldwide with high-performance transparency systems for transportation, architectural, military and other specialty end-use

WL Ross has completed the purchase of 4.4 million common shares of Navigator owned by Lehman Brothers Inc (LBI) for approximately USD110m.  The transaction was approved by Bankruptcy Judge James M Peck of the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York overseeing LBI’s liquidation in connection with LBI

Private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners has sold medical device design company MedVenture Technology to Helix Medical, a manufacturer for the medical device and healthcare industries. Established in 1998, MedVenture is headquartered in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area and employs over 260 associates. MedVenture develops and manufactures minimally invasive surgical

Maranon Capital has made an investment in Performance Health and Wellness Holdings to support the acquisition of the business by Gridiron Capital and Performance Health’s management team. Maranon arranged and led a syndicate that provided mezzanine debt and an equity co-investment. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Performance Health is a designer,

Preqin’s initial public offering pipeline data reveals that there are currently 42 private equity and venture capital-backed companies globally set to list in the coming weeks, seeking to raise USD8.4bn in public offerings.   Twenty-four of these companies are buyout-backed, and a further 18 VC-backed companies have currently filed for an