PE Hub Wire

KKR, L Catterton invests in Restaurant365; Sentinel Capital exits ECM for $1.1bn; 6 solar deals in PE

Private equity bets on solar energy.

Audax-backed BlueCat snaps up Men&Mice; European M&A trends in Q1; Verdane’s Papirfly takes Keepeek

Keepeek offers a platform for marketing and communication teams to organise, manage and distribute their multimedia content.

EFM’s Pitts on Lotus Midstream exit; Hg goes for treasure management software; Clearview recaps Inventive

Hg backs GTreasury, a Chicago-based treasury, payments and risk management software provider.

PAI’s Frédéric Stévenin on food inflation and Nestlé joint venture; Ambienta in education deal

Ambienta has acquired Gruppo Spaggiari Parma, a developer of software products for the dematerialisation and digitalisation of school activities.

Dealmaking optimism emerges amid falling activity; Knox Lane brings Fund II to market

Knox Lane is seeking to raise $850 million for its second fund.

Circular economy has ‘so much investment opportunity’; Oakley raises continuation fund

Oakley Capital has raised a continuation fund to extend its partnership with IU Group, a private university group in Germany.

FTV’s Vostrizansky on flood insurance and private equity; defense, natural gas and window cleaning add-on deals

PE-backed iNovex is acquiring defense contractor Innoplex.

Cinven sees greening opps; Brookfield puts Center Parcs up for sale, says report; Pollen in insurance play

Private equity companies are increasingly interested in professional services firms, according to law firm Mayer Brown.

TPG to enter new sectors with Angelo Gordon acquisition; Sixth Street kicks-off soccer series

TPG is acquiring Angelo Gordon for $2.7 billion.

Silver Lake and Bain Capital tussle for software firm heats up; Apollo pulls out of another take-private bid

Apollo Global Management’s take-private pursuit of John Wood Group is over, after the US private equity firm said it did not intend to make a firm offer for the Scottish engineering firm.