Deals in brief

WaveDivision, Pritzker and Stephens strike deal for Trive-backed EarthLink

Atlanta-based EarthLink serves more than 500,000 internet and managed services customers and can offer fiber internet to more than 68 million homes.

Fort Point-backed NRG Controls adds Atlanta building automation integrator ISI

ISI has designed and installed commercial HVAC control systems for more than 30 years, serving buildings including hospitals, laboratories, warehouses and educational facilities.

Weatherford Capital hires LLR Partners veteran Michael Pantilione for flagship strategy

Pantilione spent 20 years at LLR, rising from summer intern to partner while working with enterprise software businesses.

AEA and BCI seal Rensa Filtration buy from Audax

Rensa, founded in 2017, makes engineered air filtration products for data centers, power generation, semiconductor, healthcare and life sciences applications.

Falfurrias backs RED Group and IDS to form industrial automation platform

IDS is a Phoenix-based control systems integrator, while RED Group provides operational technology and industrial control systems engineering services.

Altaris-backed Tegria inks deal for healthcare cybersecurity provider CloudWave

CloudWave provides secure hosting, IT operations and 24/7 threat detection and response to community hospitals, health systems and specialty healthcare providers.

GenNx360 Capital Partners names Nicole Vipperman as chief compliance officer

Vipperman brings more than two decades of asset management and regulatory compliance experience to the role.

Mutares agrees term sheet to sell Polish drugstore chain Natura to Specjał

Natura sells fragrances, make-up, face and body care, hygiene and hair care products through more than 190 stores and an e-commerce platform.

Latticework Capital’s Life Science Connect adds Toronto biopharma consultant BrevisRefero

The company supports drug developers from early development through GMP manufacturing and clinical trials, and built the RFP>Navigator outsourcing platform.

Inspired Capital holds quick close on $450m for Fund IV

Firm co-founder Alexa von Tobel says 10 of Inspired’s portfolio companies have reached valuations of $1bn or more.