Bertram Capital has made a growth investment in Paula’s Choice, a skin care and cosmetics company with distribution in 50 countries around the world.  Paula’s Choice is known for its content-driven ecommerce platform offering proprietary products, extensive skin care research, and exclusive reviews of more than 45,000 products from other

CI Capital portfolio company Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canadian-based logistics services company focused on Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada freight. Torus was represented by Corporate Finance Associates. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “Acquiring Torus, a leading

Young Innovations is to be acquired by an affiliate of Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm that focuses on middle market leveraged buyout investments in the healthcare and life science industries. Young Innovations develops, manufactures and markets supplies and equipment used by dentists, dental hygienists and consumers. Under

High Road Capital Partners has sold Accentus, marking the second exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I. The sale generated a 3.1x gross cash-on-cash return and a 49 per cent gross IRR for High Road. The firm’s first exit was Milwaukee Gear in February 2012.

Iris Capital, a European venture capital group specialising in digital economy, has completed an investment in Lookout through the Orange & Publicis initiative. Lookout specialises in smartphone security with 30 million users across 400 mobile networks in 170 countries. The company delivers protection from the growing threats facing mobile users

Land mine clearance group MineTech International has been acquired by a German group in a deal arranged by Livingstone Partners. MineTech International provides land mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) services for governments, NGOs such as the United Nations, and private sector businesses within the oil and gas sector.

European private capital group Metric Capital Partners (MCP) has completed its investments in Áras Sláinte and Global Diagnostics, subsidiaries of the Dublin-based healthcare business Centric Health.  Áras Sláinte (AS) is a provider of primary care in Ireland, offering a range of services to the Irish market through its GP practices,

AXA Private Equity has signed an agreement with Equistone Partners Europe and the management team of Alvest to sell the company’s entire capital to LBO France. AXA Private Equity first invested in Alvest six years ago and has since actively supported its management in the company’s international development strategy. The

Falconhead Capital, a private equity firm specialising in growing consumer-focused businesses, has sold its portfolio company Competitor Group to Calera Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in San Diego, Competitor Group is an endurance media and event entertainment company dedicated to promoting the sports of