Deals in brief

Transom picks up beauty and wellness franchisor platform WellBiz Brands

WellBiz Brands’ portfolio includes Drybar, Amazing Lash Studio, Fitness Together and Radiant Waxing.

TSCP-backed PestCo snaps up Long Pest Control

PestCo is a provider of pest control services to residential and commercial customers.

Bridgepoint takes minority stake in Exile Group

Exile is a provider of proprietary data and intelligence, alongside specialist events.

EQT to merge with Coller to enter secondaries market

Coller is a global secondaries firm with nearly $50 billion in total assets.

Ad agencies Impact XM and Jack Morton to merge

The newly combined agency will be backed by The Riverside Company.

GHK Capital to sell ITS Logistics to Echo Global Logistics

Echo is a Chicago-based provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services.

True Wind injects capital in Ultimate Knowledge Institute

UKi serves national security agencies, government contractors, state governments, and commercial enterprises.

OpenAI’s former sales lead Aliisa Rosenthal joins Acrew Capital as GP 

The first GP to join the San Francisco-based VC firm since its founding, Rosenthal’s hire attests to AI being seen as a true platform embarking on a second wave of commercial impact.

TDR Capital to buy NCC’s Escode business in £275m deal

The enterprise value represents an FY25 adjusted EBITDA multiple of approximately 9x.

RLH Equity invests in tech firm Valent Partners

Valent serves markets that include financial services, insurance, consumer, industrials, energy, and professional services.