Deals in brief

Bluegem to acquire Italian frozen foods group Rispo from Europe Capital Partners

Rispo Group makes frozen Italian specialties such as arancini, supplì and pinsa at four production sites in Italy.

ECI Partners’ CSL Group buys US IoT eSIM provider SIMPL Wireless

Duluth, Georgia-based SIMPL Wireless lets customers add or switch carrier profiles over the air and manage SIMs across more than 100 mobile network operators through its Compass platform.

Greybull Stewardship acquires El Paso textile recycler Mid-West Textile

Founded in 1982, Mid-West Textile collects, sorts and grades used clothing and textiles for thrift stores, fiber reclamation operators and industrial wiping cloth suppliers.

Thoma Bravo’s Proofpoint inks $6.3bn take-private of data security firm Varonis

Varonis’ platform gives organizations automated visibility and control over their critical data and helps secure AI, backed by round-the-clock managed detection and response.

Apax to acquire co-investor Warburg Pincus’s stake in Dutch telco Odido

Odido is a Dutch telecom provider serving around 8m consumers and businesses.

26North strikes deal for Olympus Partners’ MEI Industrial Solutions

The Dallas-based company moves, stores and installs heavy equipment for data center, semiconductor, defense and advanced manufacturing customers across the US.

Abry Partners exits telecom data business netnumber in sale to TNS

The company provides phone number intelligence, registry, fraud prevention and digital identity services to customers in the US and more than 50 countries.

Codex Capital backs merger of AnyCard, Lifestyle and Savvy to form Norell

Norell is a gift card processing, payment and rewards group with operations in the UK, Europe and North America.

LGT, Coller EQT co-lead EMK’s €1.25bn continuation fund for VDK Groep

VDK Groep is a Netherlands-based technical installation services group operating across the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden.

GTCR and Elliott strike $6.1bn take-private deal for CCC Intelligent Solutions

The Chicago-based SaaS and AI platform connects more than 35,000 businesses across the insurance claims and repair lifecycle.