Circle Cardiovascular Imaging (Circle CVI), a specialist in cardiovascular imaging solutions, has secured a strategic growth investment from software investment firm Thoma Bravo. Thoma Bravo’s involvement is expected to drive future investment in product innovation, extend Circle CVI’s market leadership position and fuel future growth.  Financial terms of the transaction,

Netrix, a provider of cybersecurity and end-to-end IT services and a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, has acquired Edrans, a solutions provider focused on harnessing the power of the cloud for midsize enterprise clients. The acquisition brings substantial scale to Netrix’s cloud solutions portfolio and adds advanced technical capabilities to

Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, has formed a new sexual wellness platform, Beacon Wellness Brands, with the acquisition of several brands from Clio, led by its anchor brand PlusOne. Beacon Wellness Brands markets and sells sexual wellness

Newfold Digital, a web and commerce technology provider backed by Clearlake Capital Group and Siris Capital Group has acquired YITH, one of the largest independent sellers and developers of WooCommerce plugins and themes for WordPress, a free and open-source content management system. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies, has led a EUR 10 million funding round in Sesame HR, a Spanish start-up provider of human resources software that streamlines processes related to centralised employee management on a single platform. Sesame will use the funds to

Global investment firm KKR has closed its previously announced investment in Biosynth Carbosynth, an life sciences reagents, custom synthesis and manufacturing services company, as well as Biosynth Carbosynth’s acquisition of vivitide, a global provider of custom peptides and antibodies for the life sciences and biotech industry. Existing vivitide owner Ampersand

WestBridge has completed its first deal of 2022, supporting the MBO of Thames Valley based, Smart Capital Technology (SCT). Funds managed by WestBridge have invested GBP17 million.   Established in 2002 and headquartered near Reading, SCT is an innovative IT services organisation, which is 100 per cent dedicated to the

Trifecta Collective has acquired the North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA), the only professional business association in North America that serves light and medium duty trailer dealers. NATDA is comprised of the largest national show in the trailer industry, a membership organisation, and a leading trade publication.  Trifecta Collective, is

TPA Capital has completed its investment in Barwick Bathroom Distribution, a UK B2B distributor of premium bathroom products. Founded almost 40 years ago, TPA has acquired the business from the original founders, John and Michael Barwick.  The transaction comes on the back of significant growth in recent years, underpinned by

OXIO, the first telecom-as-a-service platform for brands and enterprises with a white-label, fully-customisable solution to help turn brands into telecom carriers, has raised USD40 million in Series B funding. The round was led by ParaFi Capital, with participation from Digital Currency Group, Ascend, and Leyden; as well as existing investors