Astorg and is to acquire CordenPharma (CordenPharma), a global pharmaceutical CDMO (Contract Development & Manufacturing Organisation) with capabilities in active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, and drug products, from International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG). As part of the transaction, the founders will take the opportunity to reinvest as partners with Astorg.  Established

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has sold Protegis Fire & Safety (Protegis) to Summit Fire & Security (SFS), a subsidiary of SFP Holding, Inc, which is owned by BlackRock Long Term Private Capital. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Protegis provides installation, inspection, service and repair for fire alarms, fire sprinkler systems, security

Advent International (Advent) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a significant stake in Imperial Dade, a distributor in North America of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies, from Bain Capital Private Equity (Bain Capital). Bain Capital, which first invested in Imperial Dade in 2019, and Advent will have joint Board

IAC’s healthcare jobs marketplace Vivian Health has secured $60 million in a primary and secondary equity investment led by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, according to a report by Seeking Alpha. IAC, which acquired Vivian in 2019, and Collaborative Fund also participated in the round. Vivian will use the new

Dallas-based, healthcare industry-focused private equity firm Latticework Capital Management’s (LCM) rural health and urgent care platform, Xpress Wellness (Xpress), has acquired Integrity Urgent Care (Integrity) to expand its geographic footprint and provide additional resources to patients and families in rural communities. Founded in 2017 by Dr Eddy Dark, Integrity currently

Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has provided acquisition financing to allow Christine De Dijcker and Marc Lanckriet to further cement the family control of the ECS, by acquiring the shares held by Kelly De Dijcker and Pieter Balcaen. ECS, headquartered in Zeebrugge

GTY Technology Holdings, a provider of cloud software solutions for the public sector, is to be acquired by private investment firm GI Partners (GI).

Polaris is to divest its majority shareholding in Designers Company to Design Holding, a global high-quality design group jointly controlled by Investindustrial and The Carlyle Group, that brings together industry-leading brands such as FLOS, B&B Italia, Louis Poulsen, Arclinea, FENDI Casa, Maxalto, Azucena and the US e-commerce platform YDesign Group.

A mid-cap green fuel Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ fund, CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I, has closed at $375 million, with investments from Nordic pension funds, PensionDanmark, Industriens Pension, AP2 and AP4, according to a report from IPE Real Assets. The fund is looking to hit a €1 billion target and so

Yamaha Motor Ventures, the strategic business development and investment arm of Yamaha Motor Co, has led a $7.5 million Series A funding round for Verge, developers of the world’s first AI-powered interactive software that enables farmers to plan, simulate, and validate the movement of equipment in the field and execute