North America

CVC to invest in online chess platform Chess.com

Chess.com’s existing backer General Atlantic will remain a shareholder.

Permira and Warburg Pincus-led investor group takes Clearwater Analytics private for $8.4bn

The transaction was supported by Francisco Partners, with participation from Temasek.

Bessemer-backed Mas Restaurant Group sells 43 Ohio locations to Southpaw

Based in Houston and Columbus, MRG is a Taco Bell franchisee.

HiGro Group-backed Daida scoops up intelligent document processing firm Scan-Optics

Based in Edison, New Jersey, Daida is a provider of business process services and document digitization, digital workflow, and enterprise content management services.

LightBay Capital backs IT managed services provider Centre Technologies

Centre serves more than 750 clients across Texas and Oklahoma.

Orangewood, Great Hill, Bessemer and others bet on franchises, as AI transforms customer feedback and service for restaurants and retail

Orangewood Partners' Alan Goldfarb also offers insight on the opportunity for investing in and growing franchisees.

ACP-backed Schneider Geospatial picks up govtech firm New England GeoSystems

Schneider Geospatial is a platform of GIS-based SaaS solutions for parcel management, permitting & licensing and asset management serving the government technology sector.