VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, education, and business services industries, has made a growth capital investment in Lane Four Consulting (Lane Four), a consulting partner for companies using Salesforce to scale operations.

Gridiron Capital, an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, has made an investment in Health Monitor Network (Health Monitor), a healthcare marketing platform that provides medical education to patients and healthcare professionals.

German private equity firm has completed its sixth exit of the year with the successful stock market debut of portfolio company, Steyr Motors, in the Scale segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 4X0.

Bain Capital has acquired an 80% stake in private investment firm Aquila Group’s data centre subsidiary Aquila Compute, to accelerate plans to develop and operate sustainable data centres for hyperscale and AI customers across Europe.

ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has made an investment in Independent Governance Group (IGG), a UK provider of professional pensions trusteeship and governance services, with existing investor LDC re-investing alongside ECI.

Regional private equity firm NorthEdge has made an investment in Telford-headquartered EdTech software provider PebblePad in what os the the seventh deal from NorthEdge Fund III and the firm 17th technology investment in total.

Japanese lift maker Fujitec has held talks with a number of private equity groups about a potential $2.5bn buyout, with Sweden’s EQT said to be among the potential purchasers, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Permira Growth Opportunities II, a fund advised by global investment firm Permira, has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in French premium outdoor clothing brand, K-Way, from the Boglione family-led BasicNet.