Baseload Capital has embarked on its first project in the US to harness excess heat from oil and gas wells. This will also be the company’s first collaboration with German supplier Orcan Energy. After evaluating several potential locations, Baseload Capital identified a suitable site with excess hot water, which is

PRO Unlimited, an integrated workforce management (IWM) platform provider, is to acquire Geometric Results, Inc. (GRI), an independent, outsourced workforce management specialist, from funds managed by Bain Capital Private Equity Europe. This acquisition will increase the value of PRO’s IWM platform by adding GRI’s proven Managed Services Program (MSP) capabilities

px Group, an infrastructure solutions business and operator of several UK energy sites, has acquired Fairport Engineering (Fairport), the engineering and materials handling specialist based in the Northwest of England which includes Fairport Tunnelling Technologies in Sunderland. The deal, the value of which is undisclosed, brings Fairport’s materials handling expertise

Abris Capital Partners, a Central European private equity investor, is to acquire a majority stake in Orbitvu – a specialist in automated product photography solutions. Orbitvu, founded in Poland in 2010, has grown to become the leading player in the global market for automated photography solutions. The company provides a

Global growth private equity firm TA Associates is to acquire TouchTunes, an in-venue, interactive music and entertainment platform, from funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight) and Newlight Partners (Newlight). TouchTunes has established a network of more than 65,000 connected digital jukeboxes in bars, brewpubs, restaurants and other social spaces

CRB Group, the parent company of Cross River Bank (Cross River), a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, today announced a USD620 million financing. The round was led by Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc, Whale

Amulet Capital Partners (Amulet), a middle-market private equity investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, has recapitalised Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions (Lighthouse), a network of outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment facilities headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

A group of private equity investors is to acquire Nielsen, a TV ratings and marketing data company, in a deal worth USD16 billion, including debt.

Hg, a software and services investor, has agreed to become a significant minority shareholder in Global cloud software company IFS and WorkWave.