Main Capital Partners, a €6bn software investor focused on the Benelux, DACH, the Nordics and the US, has acquired mps public solutions, a German software provider to the public administration and social care sector.

Private equity firm PAI Partners is to acquire sport and wellness platform Nutripure from global private investment firm Ardian, through its PAI Mid-Market Fund.

Global private investment firm KKR is to acquire Salt Lake City-based edtech Instructure Holdings in a take private deal valued at $4.8bn. Under the terms of the all-cash deal, Instructure shareholders will receive $23.60 per share.

Funds managed by global private investment firm KKR have acquired Marmic Fire & Safety, a provider of fire protection equipment inspection, testing and maintenance services, from HGGC.

21 Invest, the private equity firm led by Italian businessman Alessandro Benetton, is weighing up a potential sale of Italian eye-care company Sifi after nearly a decade of ownership, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.

Dutch firm Waterland Private Equity has made an investment in Beyond Law Group, which is intended to support the law firm’s growth through recruitment, the expansion of existing practices as well as acquisitions of niche practices.

3i Group is to sell its investment in Weener Plastics, a plastic packaging provider, to Silgan Holdings. Proceeds to 3i are estimated to be around £283m, which represents an approximately 21% uplift on its 31 March valuation.

The value of UK M&A activity for the first half of 2024 rose by two-thirds compared to the same period last year despite volume being down by a fifth over the same period, according to figures from PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends report.