An affiliate of Veritas Capital (Veritas), a technology and government investment firm, is to acquire Sequa Corporation (Sequa), parent company of Chromalloy, from funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sequa, through its subsidiary Chromalloy, is a global technology company and

Axar Capital Management (Axar) has completed its acquisition of Pavonia Life Insurance Company of Michigan (Pavonia), a Michigan domiciled life insurance company. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  As part of the acquisition, Axar has partnered with Mark Zesbaugh, an executive with 30 years of experience in

Arbonics, a new climate tech start-up, has raised €1.8 million in a pre-seed round from Taavet Hinrikus with Plural to spearhead the development of its data- and science-driven tool that aims to make calculating the potential carbon income of land and forests quicker and easier for landowners in Europe. Founded

Rockbridge Growth Equity (Rockbridge), a partnership-oriented middle market private equity firm with a differentiated approach to building and growing companies, has made a strategic investment in The Nest Schools (Nest), an operator of 36 early childhood education centres across Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, Florida and Virginia.  Financial terms of the

FSN Capital VI is to invest in Bäcker Görtz to create a leading producer and retailer for both at-home and out-of-home food in the EUR15 billion German bakery market. The investment in Bäcker Görtz is in line with FSN Capital’s approach to support founder-led businesses in their next stage of

Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, global private investment firm Skyview Capital (Skyview), have made a significant growth investment in Fidelis Cybersecurity (Fidelis).  The investment will provide working capital to enable Fidelis’ continued success

Funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle have acquired ManTech International Corporation (ManTech), a provider of technologies and solutions for national security programmes, in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.2 billion. Under the terms of the go-private transaction, ManTech stockholders will receive $96.00 per share

Tridek-One SAS, a biotech start-up specialised in the research and development of CD31 agonists to restore the immune balance, has closed a €16 million ($16.1m) financing round led by the Swiss VC Pureos Bioventures. New investors Bpifrance, through its InnoBio2 fund, and Bioqube Ventures (Belgium), as well as historical investors

Latticework Capital Management (LCM), a Dallas-based private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare control investments in the lower middle market, has formed American Clinical Research Services Holdings (ACRS) following its acquisition of the Catalina Research Institute (CRI). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. CRI is an independent

INVL-backed PET Baltija, one of the largest PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) recyclers in Northern Europe, has completed the acquisition of 100% of TESIL Fibres, a leading Czech fibre producer. The acquisition of the SILON spin-off is set to increase PET Baltija’s annual turnover by more than 50% and ensure the production