Private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have completed their previously announced acquisition of Energy Exemplar, a global provider of energy market simulation software solutions.

An affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners will acquire the nutraceuticals business of Ashland Nutraceuticals, a provider of proprietary nutrition ingredients and custom formulation services to nutritional product companies.

Paramount, the owner of MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures will open negotiations with a bidding group led by Sony Pictures Entertainment and private equity giant Apollo Global after its exclusivity period with Hollywood studio Skydance ended on Friday, according to a report by The New York Times.

Lower middle market private equity firm Silver Oak Services Partners has led the recapitalisation of US service business Beary Landscaping alongside the company’s management.

Ironbridge Equity Partners has sold Advance Engineered Products, a manufacturer of tank trucks, trailers and vacuum truck equipment, to an entity controlled by TerraVest Industries.

Connecticut-based private equity firm Littlejohn & Co will sell IT staffing and recruitment agency Motion Recruitment Partners to global specialty talent solutions provider Kelly for $425m in cash, in a transaction that is expected to close in Q2 2024.

North Carolina-based private equity firm Kian Capital Partners has sold its stake in The Purple Guys, a managed IT services provider to small- and mid-sized businesses, to Ntiva, a portfolio company of asset manager PSP Capital.

Specialist energy private equity firm Bluewater has sold its stake in ROVOP, a remotely operated vehicle services provider for the energy sector, to US-based marine transportation solutions provider Edison Chouest Offshore.