Deals in brief

Nancy Torres joins Open Opportunity Fund

Torres was named senior vice president of value creation at the B2B software investor, which is raising its second fund.

Scout Ventures taps Zach Beecher as partner

Beecher will target investments in early-stage frontier technology companies for Scout Ventures, which raised $94m for its Fund IV last year.

Monogram invests in sports surfaces services platform Vasco

The management team, led by President and CEO Matt Savage and Chief Operating Officer Glen Maurer, will continue to lead Vasco.

Turn/River Capital takes software firm SolarWinds for $4.4bn

According to the terms of the deal, SolarWinds stockholders will receive $18.50 per share in cash.

Kingswood Capital and Performance Investment Partners to acquire retailer The Vitamin Shoppe

The seller was Franchise Group, Inc.

OEP-backed Comau to buy Italy’s Automha

Automha develops automated storage and retrieval handling systems.

Bridgepoint pick up stake in consultancy Argon & Co

Argon will continue to be majority owned by its partners with incumbent sponsor Ardian reinvesting a minority stake in the business.

Mubadala Investment-backed M42 invests in Juvenescence

Juvenescence is a clinical-stage AI-enabled biotech company developing novel medicines.

MiddleGround hires Jonathan La as CFO

In this role, La is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s financial operations, as well as for accurate and timely financial reporting.

Sagard agrees to buy stake in French secondaries firm BEX Capital

BEX specializes in acquisition of positions in global private equity fund-of-funds, secondary funds and co-investment funds.