PE Hub Wire

TSG sees significant increase in fitness M&A; Connected eyes add-ons for SPIT in Benelux and Germany; Cerberus picks up Swedish fintech biz

SPIT is a Dutch provider of services for static and rotating electrical machines.

Astorg, Cinven, Nordic and Novo exit Clario in $8.9bn transaction; Hg’s Louis Kinsella says bid for GTreasury was ‘too good to turn down’

Inside the exit story on Hg’s recently announced sale of a financial technology company to a strategic; a Q&A piece with LS Power Equity Advisors that provides an outlook on conventional and renewable energy deals in the next year; the weekly companies-for-sale update, highlighting two large-cap deals announced this week for clinical research data firm Clario, and a disaster management service company.

Warburg Pincus among those readying power service providers for sale; Francisco Partners acquires Jamf in $2.2bn take-private deal

We also take a recent look at PE-backed beverage deals after Apollo and KKR's investment in Dr Pepper Keurig.

Increased optimism in restaurant sector, says Reed Smith; Carve-out activity to remain strong; PSG invests in QualityHosting

QualityHosting provides Microsoft Cloud distribution and value-added managed services

FTV, GTCR see opportunities in maritime sector’s digital shift; Main Capital invests in Shippingbo; Nordic Capital bets on data analytics with BMLL

Shippingbo is a specialized software provider of logistics management tools.