Innova Capital, a Poland-based PE firm investing in buyouts in mid-sized enterprises doing business in Central and Eastern Europe, has acquired a minority stake in CloudFerro, a leading provider of cloud services to the European space sector.

Capstreet, a Houston-based lower middle market private equity firm, has acquired Analytic Stress Relieving (ASR), a provider of on-site heat-treating services. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Nordic Capital is to acquire a majority stake in Zafin, a provider of SaaS core modernisation and transformation solutions for financial institutions around the world. The firm’s founders and management are reinvesting in the company as part of the deal.

Private equity firms Endeavour Capital and Greenbelt Capital Partners have closed a strategic investment in CTC Global Corporation, a California-based manufacturer of advanced conductor cores for high-voltage transmission cables.

American Securities, a New York-based private equity firm with over $27bn in AUM, has acquired NWN Carousel, a provider of cloud communications services, from middle market private equity firm New State Capital Partners.

Armen, a specialist in European GP stake investments, has agreed to acquire an equity stake of up to 32% in Jolt Capital, a European investor in deeptech growth companies with revenues between €10m and €50m.

The shareholders of Officine Maccaferri, including the global credit platform of Carlyle, Stellex Capital Management and credit funds managed by Man Group’s Man GLG, have agreed to sell the company to Ambienta.

Global growth private equity investment firm Warburg Pincus has made a strategic investment in Bloomerang, a donor, volunteer and fundraising management software platform for small and medium-sized nonprofits.

Global growth equity investment firm General Atlantic has made a minority investment in global outsourced investment office Partners Capital Investment Group through the acquisition of a portion of the stake held by longstanding external shareholders and some of the founding generation partners.

Global investment firm Verlinvest has made a minority investment in French luxury skincare brand Cible Skin, which will go towards accelerating the company’s growth across Europe, China and the US and supporting its development of new products and treatments.