Scottish Dental Care has has acquired two dental practices in Edinburgh, following a multi-million-pound minority investment from BGF in February 2022. The family-owned business gas acquired the St John’s Road and East Craigs dental practices from Dr Hew Mathewson CBE and his family, who had established them over a 45-year period.    These successful new acquisitions will complement the 15 dental practices that Scottish Dental Care operates across Scotland. In a series of firsts, they mark both the strategic expansion of the brand into Scotland’s capital and the first deployment of the recent growth funding from BGF.   Scottish Dental

Singletrack, a capital markets client engagement and analytics expert, has secured a significant capital growth investment from Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm. The investment will enable Singletrack to accelerate expansion plans into global markets and execute on strategic M&A. Founded in 2009, Singletrack is an engagement, research management and analytics platform purpose-built by industry professionals for capital markets, helping clients on both the sell and buy sides maximise revenue, efficiency and profitability.  Singletrack’s heritage is rooted in capital markets. Founders Stuart Berwick and Paul Dyson have decades of experience driving innovation at global investment banks. They developed Singletrack in

Zendesk is to be acquired by an investor group led by leading global investment firms Permira and Hellman & Friedman (H&F) in an all-cash transaction that values Zendesk at approximately $10.2 billion. Under the terms of this agreement, Zendesk shareholders will receive $77.50 per share. The offer represents a premium of approximately 34% over Zendesk’s closing stock price on 23 June, 2022, the last full trading day prior to this announcement.

Prime Trust, a provider of financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset innovators, has raised over $100 million in its Series B funding round. To date, Prime Trust has raised more than $170 million in funding and has become a category leader in infrastructure services for some of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, on ramps, wallet apps, ATSs, RIAs, broker dealers and banks. A mix of new and existing investors have participated in the funding for the company’s Series B, which includes FIS, Fin Capital, Mercato Partners, Kraken Ventures, Commerce Ventures, William Blair & Company, Decasonic, University Growth Fund, Gaingels,

Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), an operations-focused private equity firm, has completed the sale of portfolio company United Poly Systems Holdings (UPS) to Atkore, a global provider of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions.

Housecall Pro, a software platform trusted by over 25,000 home service companies, has raised $125 million in additional funding from Permira Growth Opportunities and Vista Credit Partners. Over the past nine years, Housecall Pro’s all-in-one platform has been empowering home service professionals to save time, grow profitably, and provide best-in-class service to their customers. The $125 million will allow Housecall Pro to continue pursuing its vision to provide the complete business and financial operations solution for small and midsize home services businesses.    Alex Melamud, Principal at Permira, has joined the board ay Housecall Pro as part of the transaction.

Vestack, a tech company specialising in the design and construction of low-carbon buildings, has raised over €10 million in a funding round led by Mirova’s first impact private equity fund.

Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses, has sold Datto, a global provider of security and cloud-based software solutions purpose-built for MSPs, to Kaseya for $35.50 per share valuing the company at $6.2 billion.

Pegasus Entrepreneurial Acquisition Company Europe (Pegasus Entrepreneurs), a Tikehau Capital-sponsored SPAC focused on high-growth entrepreneurial businesses, is to combine with FL Topco BV. Following the completion of the Business Combination, FL Entertainment NV (FLE), a specialist in independent content production and one of the fastest-growing online sports betting platforms in Europe, will list on Euronext Amsterdam. The first day of trading is expected to take place on 1 July, 2022.   FL Entertainment and Pegasus Entrepreneurs have raised over €645 million in this transaction: €250 million from FLE’s controlling shareholder, approximately €230 million from PIPE investors, approximately €116 million contributed

Peterson Search Partners, a Peterson Partners strategy dedicated to search funds and micro-cap buyouts, has held the of its second fund (Fund II) at $100 million. The fund is mandated to invest behind “search fund” operators into cash-flowing businesses.     Peterson Partners and Joel Peterson have been in the search space for the past two decades, backing search entrepreneurs in companies such as of PEC Safety, Stealth Monitoring, Integra, Design Communications, Performance Systems Integration, and HemaSource.