Deals in brief

O2-backed Straightaway Tire & Auto acquires car repair brand Silverlake Automotive

Straightaway is an aftermarket automotive repair and service platform.

Skyline Investors picks up franchise Buddy's Home Furnishings

Operating across 18 states and in Guam, Buddy's provides accessible furniture, appliance and home goods solutions to consumers.

Granite Creek-backed Seedbox merges with Trace Engineering

Seedbox is a Gurnee, Illinois-based provider of reusable packaging, fleet management, and technology-enabled monitoring solutions to the seed industry.

PAI Partners-backed Audiotonix buys trio of companies

DPA Microphones, Wisycom and Austrian Audio are three companies in the professional microphone and wireless systems sector.

Polaris and Bridgepoint to jointly invest in Pdsvision

Pdsvision is a global digital engineering software and services provider.

Exponent to pick up Optimas International in carve-out

Optimas provides distribution and supply chain management services, of “mission-critical” fasteners and c-class components.

Thoma Bravo-backed Conga completes merge with PROS’ B2B biz

Conga is a provider of AI-powered innovation in configure, price, quote, contract lifecycle management and document automation.

Apax Partners launches Teciem

This follows the completion of Apax’s acquisition of Finastra's treasury and capital markets division.

Trinity pumps capital into UK’s Motorway

Motorway is an online used-car marketplace.

IK-backed Ondal Medical Systems to buy Völker

The acquisition marks the third add-on in Ondal’s buy-and-build strategy during IK’s ownership.