UpperStage.Capital has acquired Talius, a British Columbia-headquartered cleantech building materials company. Talius has been Canada’s premier supplier of high-end rollshutters and habitat screens for over forty years, and is UpperStage’s first private equity acquisition.

Orthopedic Partners, a management services organisation serving best-in-class orthopaedic and spine surgeons, has partnered with Connecticut Neck & Back Specialists (CTNB), a leading surgical practice dedicated to comprehensive spinal disorder management located in Danbury, Connecticut.

The Riverside Company is to sell its investment in ACTINEO to global data analytics provider, Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK). 

RealEats, a meal delivery service that makes it simple for people to enjoy the nutritional benefits of real food, has raised USD16.3 million in a Series A funding round. 

Piper Sandler Companies has appointed Matthew Ochsner as a managing director in the firm’s technology investment banking group. 

Rashmi Rao has been appointed as Group CIO at IQ-EQ.

InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services focused private equity firm, has appointed Chris Reef as an Operating Partner.

The IK Small Cap III Fund, alongside management, is to acquire Plastiflex Group NV (Plastiflex) from Third investors. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Clearwave, a SaaS platforms in digital patient engagement, has secured a strategic growth investment from Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies. 

Grant Thornton, aa audit, tax and advisory firm, has named Melanie Krygier as Growth leader of the firm’s Private Equity Tax practice.