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Audax Private Equity (Audax) has acquired a controlling interest in Centerline Communications (Centerline), a professional services organisation focused on the design, build, and maintenance of wireless and wireline network infrastructure from Wincove Private Holdings (Wincov) and Stone-Goff Partners (Stone-Goff). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Josh Delman, Founder and CEO of Centerline, will continue to lead the company alongside the existing management team. Josh and Wincove will maintain minority ownership positions in the company alongside Audax.
Tikehau Capital has signed a USD41 million private bond agreement with Asacha Media Group (AMG). Asacha Media Group is a European content creation, production and distribution business, founded in April 2020 by Gaspard de Chavagnac, Marina Williams and Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, with the support of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree). In just two years, with the support of Oaktree, AMG’s management team have successfully positioned the company as a key player in the European audiovisual production and distribution market. AMG now intends to pursue its ambitious growth plan, notably by targeting future acquisitions in Europe.
Constant Contact, a digital marketing platform backed by Clearlake Capital and Siris Capital, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vision6. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Shanghai ZhenGe Biotech has completed a USD100 million series C financing round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Sofina. Novo Holdings A/S, Qiming Venture Capital, IDG Capital, LYFE Capital, Junxin Capital and Cowin Capital, also invested in the round with proceeds set to be used to strengthen ZhenGe Biotech’s global R & D capabilities and expand its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing capacity to better meet demand from domestic and international clients. To date, the Company has raised a total of USD225 million.
BTIG has appointed Mikhail Keyserman, CMT, CFTe, has a Managing Director in the firm’s Healthcare Investment Banking division. In his new role as MD and biotechnology specialist, Keyserman will focus on identifying investment banking and capital markets opportunities across the biotech industry. He will be based out of the firm’s New York office and report directly to KC Stone, Managing Director, Head of BTIG Healthcare Investment Banking. Prior to his new role with the firm, Keyserman served as a Managing Director and Senior Healthcare Strategy and Franchise Sales Specialist at BTIG.
National Fire & Safety (NFS), an end-to-end fire protection and life safety solutions platform and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (Highview), has acquired Commercial Fire Protection (CFP), a tech-enabled fire and life safety service platform headquartered in California. CFP provides NFS with a scaled entry point into attractive new geographies and represents NFS’ largest strategic add-on to date.   CFP Founder and CEO Dave Edwards will be a significant minority shareholder in National Fire & Safety and continue to lead CFP’s operations.
VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, business services, and education industries, has made a growth investment in GLOBO Language Solutions (GLOBO), a global provider of technology-enabled, on-demand interpretation services. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. The growth investment by VSS – a firm with over three decades of experience investing in and building technology-enabled businesses – will be used to pursue additional organic and inorganic growth, expand service offerings into new sectors, and scale up to meet the increased demand for cloud-based language support services.  Delancey Street Partners and Royer Cooper
TigerConnect has received a significant strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses. TigerConnect will leverage the partnership with Vista to continue its mission to improve patient care through real-time, contextual communications. The investment in TigerConnect, which delivers cloud-native Clinical Communication and Collaboration (CC&C) solutions to over 7,000 healthcare organisations and 700,000 care team members.   Morgan Stanley & Co served as financial advisor to TigerConnect and Fenwick & West LLP served as legal counsel. JP Morgan Securities LLC served as financial advisor to Vista and Kirkland
RoadSafe Traffic Systems, a US provider of traffic control and pavement marking services, and a portfolio company of Investcorp, has acquired Quattuor Construction (QCI), a California-based provider of traffic control and underground construction services to utility providers and contractors throughout the northern California region. The acquisition of QCI complements RoadSafe’s other California operations as well as those in Reno, Nevada. It also tops off a series of other acquisitions made by RoadSafe in 2021, including Barricade Services in Salt Lake City, Utah, Innovative Marking Systems in Bluffdale, Utah and Clark Pavement Markings, Inc. in North Carolina. John Patrick, President, and
MacNeill Pride Group® (MPG), a diversified global designer and manufacturer of outdoor products and sporting goods and a portfolio company of Centre Partners, is rebranding as Gathr Outdoors to better reflect its mission and the industries within which it operates. Gathr Outdoors has acquired numerous outdoor brands over the past two years under the MPG name, building a strong portfolio of products that resonate with consumers. With the appointment of CEO, Keith Bornholtz, and new additions to its Board of Directors in June, coupled with recent acquisitions of ORCA, GCI Outdoor, Klymit and Rightline Gear, the brand’s trajectory is one

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