Deals in brief

Avista acquires Bentech Medical

The sellers are Greyrock and Hermitage Equity Partners.

Madison Dearborn-backed Aevex sets IPO pricing terms

Headquartered in Solana Beach, California, Aevex is a provider of drones.

Gryphon-backed Caylent acquires tech firm Pronetx

Caylent is an Amazon Web Services partner.

Ara Partners to invest up to $500m in waste management firm Sedron

The investment from Ara will accelerate Sedron's project development pipeline and expansion of its manufacturing and deployment capabilities across North America.

EQT agrees to sell Nordic Ferry Infrastructure stake to consortium

The consortium is composed of Rederiaktiebolaget Gotland, Interogo Infrastructure and Lægernes Pension.

GTCR completes acquisition of Zentiva from Advent

Zentiva is a European generics pharmaceutical company.

Charlesbank leads investment in Bridgepointe Technologies

Carlyle AlpInvest is also participating in the investment alongside Charlesbank, an existing Bridgepointe backer.

KLB Business Valuations & Forensic Accountants to merge with TowerBrook-backed EisnerAmper

The transaction is expected to close in May 2026.

Onex Partners completes $1.6bn multi-asset CV

The CV includes investments in Fidelity Building Services Group, PowerSchool and Sedgwick.

Council Capital snaps up health tech firm MedicalServiceQuotes.com

PMPK is also backing this deal.