The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has acquired Canuti Tradizione Italiana, a family-owned producer of frozen pasta serving the food service channel. 

Audax Private Equity has acquired Medi-Weightloss, an operator of science-based, physician-supervised weight-loss and wellness clinics, with approximately 100 franchised and company-owned locations nationally. 

Mereo Capital Partners and Hyperion Capital Partners have acquired Algus Packaging (Algus), a provider of thermoformed blister and clamshell packaging and manufacturer of blister seal machines. 

Private equity firm Bridgepoint Group has made a £400 million bid to acquire a 75% stake in English cricket’s the Hundred, the newest short-form version of the sport launched by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), according to a report by Sky News. The proposal by the London-listed buyout form would provide a significant injection of funds for the ECB and the 18 forts class counties. With franchised Twenty20 competitions gaining in popularity around the world, the report says that the Hundred, which launched a year later than planned in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is ripe for

KKR Group is to become the majority shareholder in the APRIL group, one of Europe’s leading insurance brokerages which was previously backed by CVC Capital Partners.

Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, is set to make its sixth portfolio company exit in 12 months with the approval from AMMC, the Moroccan Capital Market Authority, for an IPO of Akdital Group in December 2022. Akdital Group, one the largest private clinics group in Morocco, is launching an IPO at the Casablanca Stock Exchange in mid-December enabling Mediterrania’s partial exit. The capital increase will support Akdital’s geographical and medical services expansion maintaining the fast pace set during Mediterrania’s 3-year tenure. While Mediterrania’s

Abris Capital Partners, a specialist private equity investor focused on the ESG transformation, has supported Scanmed, a Polish healthcare business, in acquiring Ars Medical, a specialist in cancer care treatment in Poland.