Gen Cap America, a private equity firm focussed on lower middle market buyouts, has sold CPS Distributors (CPS) to an undisclosed buyer.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   CPS was founded in 1890 and is the largest wholesale distributor of professional pump, irrigation and landscape supplies in

Mid-market private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe has completed the sale of managed print services provider Apogee to HP Inc in a deal that values the company at GBP380 milllion. Maidstone-headquartered Apogee employs over 1,000 staff and operates from 25 office locations across the UK and Europe. It has grown

HIG Bayside Capital (HIG Bayside), the special situations affiliate of HIG Capital, has sold its portfolio company, DiscoverReady to Consilio, a specialist in eDiscovery, document review, risk management, and legal consulting services. Based in Charlotte, NC, DiscoverReady is a leading provider of end-to-end eDiscovery services including best-in-class offerings in managed

Frontier Capital (Frontier), a Charlotte-based growth equity firm focused exclusively on software and tech-enabled business services companies, has sold MultiLing, a provider of global intellectual property (IP) translation and support services, to Questel, a global online IP service provider. Through its proprietary Savanta cloud platform that leverages digital workflow, artificial

GP Bullhound has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Namics, a specialist in digital transformation in Switzerland and Germany, on its sale to Merkle.  Namics provides further scale and depth to Merkle’s people-based marketing capabilities, in particular in the areas of business transformation strategy, digital consulting and technology implementation across

ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has successfully completed the exit of its investment in Fincentrum, an independent financial advisory business operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia respectively.  Fincentrum facilitates the sale of mortgages, life insurance and investment products and boasts more than 3,000 financial advisors and a turnover in excess

Palatine Private Equity has exited its investment in the telecoms arm of MJ Quinn following the sale to Visabeira/Constructel. MJ Quinn, which is headquartered in Liverpool, specialises in the provision of a variety of telecoms services including access network solutions, fibre roll out for businesses and households and provision of

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has sold BeneSys, a provider of third-party administration (TPA) services for employee healthcare and pension benefit programs for Taft-Hartley multi-employer plans. The Troy, Michigan-based company services more than 180 clients across the country.   Riverside invested in the platform in 2014 and saw strong

Panoramic Growth Equity (Panoramic) has completed the fifth exit from its first fund with the sale of Edesix, a specialist in body worn video hardware and software, to Vigilant Solutions, of Livermore, California. Based in Edinburgh, Edesix sells across multiple global markets and has grown strongly following Panoramic’s investment in

An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) is to sell its stake in FNZ, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider to the European wealth management industry, to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and Generation Investment Management (Generation) (CDPQ-GIc) in a transaction valuing the Company at GBP1.65 billion.