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Brightstar-backed Bendon acquires Hinkler's North American business in add-on deal

Hinkler's North American business designs and distributes children's coloring, activity and educational products under franchises including Kaleidoscope, Craft Maker and Piccadilly.

Main Capital Partners agrees to acquire higher education software firm Watermark

Austin-based Watermark serves approximately 1,500 public and private higher education institutions through its Educational Impact Suite, supporting accreditation, faculty development and student-success workflows.

Vitruvian Partners acquires majority stake in Smartling from Battery Ventures

Smartling's AI-powered LanguageAI platform serves more than 1,000 global brands, translating billions of words a year across websites, apps and marketing content.

Providence Equity outlines the shared strategies in entertainment and B2B events investing; Brookfield to take plumbing product biz Reliance private

Eurazeo has completed a majority investment in Netco Group, a European provider of critical maintenance services for conveyor systems used in vital industries.

Graham Partners acquires remote video monitoring platform Immix

Immix, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with an additional office in Swansea, Wales, provides remote video monitoring workflow software used by more than 200 monitoring center customers to help keep more than 100,000 businesses, schools and job sites safe.

TPG's Rise Funds to invest in Tablet Command

Tablet Command, headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, provides incident management and response software used by more than 180 fire departments and emergency response agencies across the US and Canada, including CAL FIRE.