Mid-market private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe is to sell its investment in Heras, a European end-to-end supplier of permanent and mobile perimeter protection, to European perimeter and technical security company Garda Group.

Amberjack Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on the industrial, infrastructure and environmental sectors, has exited its investment in Best Trash, with a sale to HIG Capital.

Private investment house Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Masco Group, a global provider of products and services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, from RSBG SE, the holding subsidiary of RAG-Stiftung.

Mobeus Equity Partners has exited The Boundary, a provider of architectural visualisation software, to UK private equity firm Kester Capital, which has backed the existing management team. 

Three private equity powerhouses, Bain Capital, Permira and Veritas Capital, are in the final stages of a fierce auction for the school operator Nord Anglia, in what could be one of Europe’s largest deals this year, according to a report by the Financial Times.

ESG transformation-focused private equity investor Abris Capital Partners and B Corp will sell 100% of the shares in Poland-based packaging provider Dot2Dot to European folding carton solutions provider Van Genechten Packaging.

Private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone are to acquire Trystar, a provider of electrical equipment used for backup power solutions serving data centre, industrial, commercial, healthcare and utility end markets.