Deals in brief

Parent company of fitness brands Playlist and smart fitness tech firm Egym to merge

The transaction includes $785 million in new equity investments led by Affinity Partners with participation from an investor group that includes Vista Equity Partners, Temasek and L Catterton.

TowerBrook-backed EisnerAmper completes merger with digital marketing firm/growth advisor MLCworks

EisnerAmper is a New York City-based business advisor.

Arlington-backed TRP snaps up pavement marking services firm Striping Technology

TRP is a Fort Worth, Texas-based provider of critical roadway pavement marking and traffic control solutions.

Littlejohn to sell fire and life safety services firm Hiller to Wind Point

Littlejohn acquired Hiller in September 2022.

ECP to sell Midwest power generation portfolio to Talen Energy for $3.45bn

Talen is a Houston-based independent power producer.

Capstreet-backed Colt snaps up line intervention services provider Watertap

Colt is a Houston-based provider of on-line industrial leak repair and specialty mechanical solutions.

Exponent-backed Ethos Engineering buys 3DEC

3DEC is a technology design consultancy providing services to data centres, commercial workplaces and educational environments.

BGF promotes Ben Barker to chief investment officer

Barker is currently head of portfolio, having overseen the firm’s portfolio, exit and value creation activity since 2023.

Ambienta makes promotions in PE division

Massimiliano Lecchi, Damien Marty and Milena Torciano have been promoted to partner.

Verdane pumps capital into Clue

Clue is a women-led period and cycle tracker health and wellness app.