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Palamon, Bridgepoint and OTPP are among the firms investing in the dental sector.

Higgs is based in Black Country, England.

The purchase price of up to $200 million is comprised of $135 million at closing, and up to an additional $65 million in potential future earn outs.

The private equity firm’s carve-outs this year include Multifonds, a proprietary investment accounting and transfer agency software business, from Temenos.

The acquisition of POS marks the first add-on since Main Capital’s backing.

DBAY Advisors, Aksìa and Wise Equity are among the firms picking up investments in the baked goods sector.

Avanta’s founder, Josep Pla, together with current minority investor MCH Private Equity, will reinvest alongside HIG for a minority ownership interest.

Leonard Curtis is a multi-disciplinary professional services group.

The mid-market private equity firm focuses on ‘complex situations around businesses that have been constrained by their ownership and so whose performance is often lagging.’