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Firms such as Advent, Vestar and CD&R have been making deals in the category recently.

OceanSound recently bought TranSystems from Sentinel and merged the engineering firm with Gannett Fleming.

Large-cap private equity firms could show interest in buying the distributor of bagged ice.

The Vail, Colorado PE firm’s recent acquisition of organic beef brand Verde Farms is an example of its investment strategy focusing on companies that improve health.

'I would be disappointed if we did not make multiple acquisitions over the coming years,' said Vestar's Ken O'Keefe.

'It’s certain types of strategies and business models that have the potential in the enforcer’s view to harm competition that they are really looking out for,' says Sheppard Mullin's Bevin Newman.

Lightyear has realized several investments in mental health, including Therapy Brands, which it sold to KKR for $1.25bn in 2021.