Bertelsmann is to acquire the US online education provider OnCourse Learning from the private equity company CIP Capital, for an amount in the mid-nine-digit euro range. The transaction further strengthens Bertelsmann’s presence in the US. Alongside the acquisitions of the Random House book group in 1998, the online education provider

Private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) has partnered with management to acquire Seattle-based LifeSpan Biosciences (LSBio), a founder-led developer and distributer of antibodies and related reagents primarily to the academic and pharmaceutical research markets via its e-commerce platform. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   LSBio,

Pan-European private equity firm Agilitas’ portfolio company Recover Nordic has acquired JK Kloakservice (JKK). Recover Nordic is a leading Nordic provider of damage control, emergency response and environmental services. The JKK acquisition brings the total number of add-on acquisitions to fifteen since Agilitas’ buyout of Recover Nordic in 2013.