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Ridgeview in £545m take-private offer for automotive software company Pinewood; Bridgepoint to acquire asset intelligence biz

Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Lansweeper, a technology asset intelligence platform headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Nazca Capital picks up immersive experience operator; Camden's Triumph acquires Spanish culinary institute

Investindustrial has agreed to invest in PA Aromatics, an Italian developer and manufacturer of flavors and fragrances for the food, beverage, confectionery, animal feed, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care industries.

Coalesce invests in cybersecurity provider Worksheet; Monomoy shops concrete manufacturer Cast-Crete, sources say

A cybersecurity investment from Coalesce Capital; Monomoy said to be in advanced sale process for concrete manufacturer Cast-Crete; weekly update on companies coming to market.

Former NY Giants QB Eli Manning shares insights on investing in sports; Enlightenment Capital, Align Capital and TA lead PE’s recent foray into govtech

Manning also explains how he gradually stepped into a full time role after starting off as an investor with BBQGuys.

Hg backs UK proptech company Street Group with plans to deepen AI capabilities; Proptech deal roundup

Street Group has built an operating system for estate and letting agents, of which it counts thousands of branches among its customers.

Carlyle’s Pooja Goyal: ‘Building platforms from scratch has become a deliberate part of how we invest’; Kayne Anderson, Warburg Pincus agree to $4.06bn exit from WildFire Energy

Kayne Anderson and Warburg Pincus agree to sell WildFire Energy to Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation for approximately $4.06 billion; speaking with Pooja Goyal and David Gluck on Carlyle's infrastructure investment team about an initial investment in Copia Energy to its recent sale to EQT.

CD&R-backed OCG in take-private move for facilities management company Mitie; Apax to buy pair of titles from Epiris-backed Delinian

The Mitie board has unanimously recommended the deal. It gives a premium of 46.8 percent to Mitie’s closing share price yesterday.

Peak Rock to test market for Berner Food & Beverage, sources say; IVEST and Cloverlay grew Care Bears through licensing before exit to Authentic Brands

Peak Rock Capital is in the pre-stages of launching a sale process for 2015 portfolio company Berner Food & Beverage; examining how IVEST Consumer Partners and Cloverlay grew entertainment franchise Care Bears before selling to Authentic Brands Group.