Dentira, a procurement and spend management platform serving dental practices and multi-site healthcare operators, has secured a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a specialist in enterprise software investments.

LDC, a private equity investment firm and part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has backed the management buyout of Taking Care, an Exeter-headquartered provider of technology-enabled care products and services, from AXA Health.

Perwyn, a European private equity investor, has entered an agreement to exit its holding in WGNSTAR to ABM in a cash transaction valued at approximately $275m. With locations in Ireland and six cities in the United States, WGNSTAR is a provider of managed workforce solutions and equipment support services for

Mizuho Financial Group, Japan’s third largest banking group, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Avendus Capital, the India-focused investment bank backed by private equity firm KKR, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Mutares SE & Co KGaA has sold its portfolio company Fuentes Quality Logistics SL (Fuentes), a service company involved in temperature-controlled logistics with revenues of approximately €200m, to a consortium led by Ontime franchise and the founding family.

Audax Private Equity, a capital partner for middle and lower-middle market companies, has sold Enviromatic Systems, a provider of essential facility services for building management systems. Chicago-based Wind Point Partners acquired Enviromatic on December 8, 2025. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.

PAI Partners has agreed to acquire Innovad Group, a global specialty animal feed additives player, from IK Partners (IK), a European private equity firm. PAI is acquiring its stake from the IK IX Fund. The Innovad management team, led by Ben Letor, will reinvest as part of the transaction.