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Rightsline is a provider of rights and royalties management software for IP-intensive industries.

'Helio has built an impressive position as the go-to provider of political intelligence and monitoring services across Europe,' said Toby Fitzherbert, investment director at ECI.

'We felt like there was white space in the corporate private equity market for a yield-focused strategy – it doesn’t really exist in a major way,' said Miller.

'The combination of zero churn, a rapidly growing enterprise pipeline and a market that is still at the very beginning of cloud adoption underpins our conviction in the opportunity ahead,' says Verdane's Dominik Schwarz.

Aleris provides specialist care to patients in more than 100 clinics in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Blackstone, Audax, Bridgepoint and Baird are among the PE firms targeting add-ons for pharmaceutical and life science consultancy platforms.

'There has been always an imbalance between the passion for sports and what the business of sports is,' says Dynasty Equity's Don Cornwell.

The Escalator Company is a specialist in escalator and travelator servicing, maintenance, refurbishment and installation.

UK private healthcare provider Spire Healthcare has received a non-binding proposal from Toscafund Asset Management, the company announced this morning.