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

Cascadia Capital, a US-based independent middle-market investment bank, has secured a strategic growth equity investment from an investment fund affiliated with Atlas Merchant Capital LLC.  With the additional resources from the investment and the Atlas team’s support, Cascadia will continue its geographic, product, team, multi-industry and sponsor coverage growth nationwide.

KKR & Co is in an early stage of discussions with potential advisers for a proposed sale of its stake in Avendus Capital Ltd which values the financial services provider at more than $500 million, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites unnamed sources as confirming that the

Beringer Capital, a private equity firm focussed on the information, marketing and technology sectors, has acquired a majority stake in Toronto-based technology insight company Dig Insights. The acquisition is Beringer’s fourth since the closing of a funding round last year following deals to acquire performance marketing company Performcb, real estate

Barings has acted as sole lead lender of secured credit facilities in Thoma Bravo’s investment in Mercell Holding AS, a European provider of e-tendering and procurement systems. Mercell, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, is the European market’s leading e-tendering software for public buyers and tender notification software

HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a global alternative asset management company founded by Sherrese Clarke Soares, has acquired Big Loud Mountain Music’s publisher share of select songs from country music duo Florida Georgia Line’s catalogue.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Big Loud Mountain Music, an independent publishing, management,

Jeito Capital (Jeito), an independent Private Equity firm dedicated to biotech and biopharma, has co-led a Series B financing round in SparingVision, a privately held French biotech company.  As a spin-off of the Paris Vision Institute and the result of more than 20 years of scientific research, SparingVision develops genetic

An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the recapitalisation of Navitas Life Sciences (Navitas), a global technology-enabled clinical research organisation (CRO). Navitas provides outsourced data science (including biostatistics, statistical programming, and data management), regulatory & safety services (including software and monitoring), and other full-service CRO capabilities to blue-chip large

Blue Point Capital Partners, in partnership with The Riverside Company, have a made a local platform investment in siffron, an Ohio-based designer, manufacturer and supplier of retail merchandising fixtures and product display solutions. With a history dating back 60 years, siffron offers retailers a comprehensive product portfolio, including custom product