Deals in brief

Paine Schwartz-led consortium closes take-private of Costa Group

Costa Group is an Australian grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables.

PE-backed Cook & Boardman scoops up commercial access solutions provider Lanmor Services

Cook & Boardman is a specialty distributor of commercial entry solutions and systems integration services.

Thoma Bravo increases price of Everbridge take-private deal

According to the terms of the amended transaction, Thoma Bravo has increased the price to acquire all outstanding shares of Everbridge to $35.00 per share in cash.

Adenia Partners snaps up The Courier Guy

DEG, Proparco and South Suez were co-investors in the deal.

Arlington completes sale of facility services provider J&J Worldwide Services

The purchase price was up to $1.05 billion.

Professional pickleball organizations PPA Tour and MLP complete merger

The merger is backed by a $75 million investment from backers that include private equity firm SC Holdings, D.C. Pickleball Team owner Al Tylis and PPA Tour owners Tom Dundon and the Pardoe Family.

Sparrow joins IDC Ventures as partner

Sparrow is based in London.

Promus-backed Quest Products snaps up outdoor itch relief products maker Tec Labs

Quest is a branded consumer packaged goods company that manufactures, sells and distributes national brands to retail and online stores.

Software firm Accelo grabs investment from Bow River

As part of the transaction, John Raeder and Maitlan Cramer will join the Accelo board of directors.

AI robotics company Figure lands $675m Series B

The investors were Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, and ARK Invest.