A secondary funding round led by Square Peg and Wellington Management has seen the valuation of e-commerce tech company Rokt increase to $2.4 billion, less than 12 months after the firm raised $325 million in a Series E fundraising round.

China Investment Corporation, the Carlyle Group, and CVC Capital Partners, have opened preliminary talks with Eni over a deal for gas and oil producer Neptune Energy for around $5 billion to $6 billion, according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity firm, Cinven’s seventh fund, in partnership with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, is to acquire and combine group.ONE and dogado group, to create a pan-European one-stop-shop provider of online presence solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small-office home-offices.

Funds advised by SK Capital Partners and Edgewater Capital Partners, private investment firms focused on the speciality materials and speciality chemicals sectors, have completed their acquisition of the scintillation and photonic crystals business of Saint-Gobain, SA. 

Middle market private equity firm Mill Point Capital has partnered with Seviroli Foods, a manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products, and Vertullo Imports, a specialty food importer.

Global investment firm Carlyle is to sell its stake in Oyatsu Company, Ltd, a Japanese snack manufacturer, to DC Joes1 Co, which is owned by a fund managed and operated by D Capital, Inc.

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp is to acquire Marble Point Credit Management, a US-based CLO manager. While specific terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, the purchase price is thought to be in the region of $200 million.