Deals in brief

Aquiline-backed Relation snaps up Chinook Insurance Group

Christopher Trainer serves as CEO of Chinook Insurance Group.

One Equity buys Kitwave via a take-private transaction

Kitwave is a wholesale distributor providing food, drinks and other consumables to foodservice and retail customers in the UK.

ECI names David Danon as new partner

Danon joins ECI following almost 20 years in the private equity team at Bain Capital.

Actis buys Singaporean environmental management business 800 Super

800 Super provides waste management, waste treatment, public cleaning, and recycling/resource recovery services to both the public and private sectors.

Advent portco Cobham Ultra to sell Ultra Cyber to Airbus

Cobham Ultra has entered a definitive agreement to sell Ultra Cyber to Airbus Defence and Space.

Bridgepoint-backed PEI Group acquires Scientific Infra & Private Assets

Scientific Infra & Private Assets is a global index, benchmark and rating provider for private infrastructure and private equity markets.

Freshstream promotes Tom Carroll and Gilles Gradassi to partner

Carroll and Gradassi have been central to Freshstream’s strategy of partnering with businesses in its core markets of UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and France.

LLR Partners-backed Viventium snaps up caregiver rewards platform Perks4Care

Viventium is a Berkeley Heights, New Jersey-based human capital management provider for the post-acute market.

KKR to sell data center liquid cooling company CoolIT for $4.75b

The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026.

3M and Bain to acquire Madison Fire & Rescue for $1.95b

Madison Fire & Rescue will be merged with 3M’s Scott Safety breathing apparatus division to form a new fire and safety platform.