Deals in brief

Blackstone Credit and Insurance Chairman Dwight Scott is retiring

Scott joined Blackstone in 2005.

Coatue, Viking Global Investors-backed Valsoft buys Equinox

Equinox is a software provider based in Nashville, Tennessee.

CD&R to sell foodservice distributor Cheney Brothers

Based in Richmond, Virginia, PFG is a food and foodservice distributor.

CPP Investments promotes Gubbels to senior managing director and private equity global head

Gubbels takes over from Suyi Kim, who has decided to leave the organization after 17 years at CPP Investments.

PE-backed DigiCert to acquire cloud security platform Vercara

The sellers are Golden Gate Capital and GIC.

Waterland-backed Mrge does fifth add-on deal with MaxBounty

MaxBounty is a performance marketing network.

Promise Confections snags debt financing from Paceline

Promise Confections is a portfolio company of Promise Holdings, LLC, a Chicago-based private investment firm.

Tide Rock scoops up Glenn Wayne Wholesale Bakery

Glenn Wayne Wholesale Bakery was founded in 1990.

RF Investment Partners exits Spatco Energy Solutions

RF has invested in Spatco's $230 million continuation fund led by Kian Capital Partners and Apogem Capital.

New State picks up Universal Plant Services' rotating equipment segment

New State teamed up on this acquisition with APEX Capital Partners.