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Cinven seals purchase of Bayer’s environmental science professional business

The purchase price amounts to €2.6 billion.

Limerston-backed Empowering People buys Learning Nexus

The company is a UK provider of digitally enabled HR services and advice.

Advent, Wilbur-Ellis merge specialty chemical makers Caldic and Connell

The merger of the life sciences and chemicals solutions firms will create a company with joint sales of approximately €3bn.

EQT and Mubadala come to an agreement over minority stake in GlobalConnect

GlobalConnect is a fibre-based data communication and data centre services provider.

Copper Street cops regulatory compliance consultancy Thistle Initiatives

Thistle plans to double in size over the next three years through organic growth and acquisitions.

Blackstone forges partnership with Resolution Life and takes 6% stake

Blackstone will be Resolution Life’s investment manager for certain key areas, including directly originated assets across private credit, real estate and asset-based-finance markets.

Marlin acquires AI-based employee skills platform People-Analytix

The company will be merged with Marlin portfolio company Learning Pool.

IK Partners backs gift and rewards platform Wishcard

IK Partnership Fund II made the investment as part of a consortium with EMZ Partners and Oakley Capital.

Crestview-backed SyBridge makes first European purchase with Galway Tool & Mould

The deal is SyBridge's 13th acquisition since its inception in 2019.

LDC makes two new appoints to investment team

Aaron Lawson-Clark joins as an investment director and Emma Borrie Joins as an investment manager.