Broad Sky Partners, a private equity firm that partners with middle-market business services and consumer companies, has made a strategic investment in Smith + Howard, a US-based tax, accounting, and advisory firm. The investment marks Broad Sky’s third platform investment. Smith + Howard specialises in tax, accounting, and advisory services

Private equity firm KKR & Co is looking to offload Canadian oil and gas producer Westbrick Energy Ltd in a potential deal valued at between $1.13 billion and $1.5 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The report cutes unnamed sources as revealing that majority owner KKR is looking to

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising mid-market companies, has acquired L2 Brands, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of custom apparel and headwear for the collegiate, destination and leisure, and corporate markets.  Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. With a heritage dating back

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Motivating Systems, a provider of behavioural management software to K-12 schools and districts, as an add-on to its portfolio company, Navigate360. Motivating Systems is the creator of PBIS Rewards, an evidence-based,

MiddleGround Capital, an operationally focused private equity firm that makes control investments in North American middle market B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies, has acquired SixAxis, a provider of compliance-driven safety equipment solutions across diverse end markets. SixAxis’ patent-protected suite of customisable and modular solutions are purpose-built to address companies’

LDC-backed Croud, a global digital marketing agency working with some of the world’s leading brands, has acquired Born Social, a global social media agency. This transaction marks Croud’s third acquisition in 12 months. With the support of its private equity partner LDC, it  continues to build its group of global

Grant Avenue Capital, a middle market healthcare-focused private equity firm, has launched Helios Clinical Research, a new integrated clinical site organisation that partners with patients, physicians, and biopharma sponsors to optimise clinical research. 

Armònia, an Italian private equity fund manager, together with the minority shareholders, including CEO Vanni Benedetti, has sold 100% of BioDue, an Italian player in the market of food supplements, medical devices and cosmetics, to the international private equity fund manager Riverside. The sale of BioDue, which will be completed

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone have signed definitive agreements with Satinder Singh Rekhi and other current promoters to purchase a majority stake in R Systems International Limited for up to $359 million.