Blackford Capital (Blackford), a lower middle market private equity firm, has exited its investment in Quality Aluminum Products (QAP) through a sale to Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (Gibraltar), a publicly-traded manufacturer and provider of products and services for the renewable energy, residential, agtech and infrastructure markets. Acquired by Blackford Capital in

Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of WellSpring Consumer Healthcare (WellSpring) to Avista Capital Partners. Established in 1999 and headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, WellSpring is a marketer of over-the-counter brands primarily in the skin care and gastrointestinal care categories. WellSpring’s product portfolio includes long-standing brands such as Bactine,

Alpine Investors (Alpine) has completed sale of its portfolio company, Mindful (formerly known as VHT), a specialist in callback automation, to Medallia, a customer and employee experience business. Terms of the sale have not been disclosed. Mindful is a provider of callback technology for nearly 400 of the world’s leading

SPORT BUFF – a specialist in gamification and on-screen engagement – has attracted a further $2.5million of global investment in its seed round of funding, following successful pre-seed funding in February 2021. Among the fresh investors in SPORT BUFF are Sport Republic (UK), Longboard Capital (US), Calvert Drive (NZ) and

Stockholm-based sustainability platform Worldfavor has secured €10.2 million in a Series A funding round led by SEB Private Equity. The funding will be used to fuel growth and and finance the firm’s expansion plans.  Existing investors Brightly Ventures and Spintop Ventures also participated in the round which brings the total

Periscope Equity portfolio company Praecipio Consulting, a cloud-first business and technology consulting firm, has acquired Coyote Creek to create one of the largest North American Atlassian Platinum Solution Partners. For 20 years, Coyote Creek has provided IT and engineering services across the Atlassian platform. The company is highly regarded for

Palatine-backed CTS Group has acquired the geo-technical and geo-environmental specialist In Situ Site Investigation Limited, the latest of nine acquisitions that have given the technical consulting firm a market leading position in testing infrastructure materials, surveying and monitoring services.   With headquarters in St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, In Situ Site

Hazeltree, a specialist in treasury and liquidity management technology for the alternative asset and investment management industries, has secured a $14 million strategic investment in a funding round led by FINTOP Capital, a venture capital firm focused on fintech B2B SaaS companies.

BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has sold RKD Group, a provider of omnichannel fundraising and marketing services to the nonprofit sector, to Incline Equity Partners. RKD Group, headquartered in Dallas, has raised billions of dollars

Alantra has completed the acquisition of an additional 24.5% stake in pan-European asset manager Access Capital Partners (ACP) from OP Financial Group for a cash consideration of approximately €24.5m. As anticipated in the 2021 Financial Results Presentation, it was Alantra’s intention to execute the call option, which was agreed upon