PE Hub Wire

Talking with JPMorgan business services banker David Sweet to go over the fire protection and life safety market and the high valuations PE firms are paying for companies in the space; KKR-backed Industrial Physics acquires an electrical testing and measurement equipment company from Branford Castle Partners; a companies-for-sale update.

Accel-KKR-backed Basware has signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair in a deal pairing Basware's invoice lifecycle management platform with Trustpair's payment fraud prevention technology.

A look at facilities management, with a spotlight on janitorial services; exploring Windjammer Capital’s plans to sell IPS Group, a San Diego-headquartered provider of parking infrastructure, to Nayax.

Foresight Group has announced the exit of Plantexpand, selling the outsourced fleet maintenance business to Premius Capital.

Vendors providing revenue cycle management are attracting attention from PE dealmakers, like Carlyle, Longshore Capital Partners and Serent Capital; SEVA announced an investment in the healthcare price transparency sector this week.

Exponent announced earlier this week that it has agreed to invest in OFS, a provider of specialist technical services for the global power generation industry based in Ireland.