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Tahmasebi will lead new platform investments in founder-led financial, professional and business services companies in the lower mid-market.

Yazen is a digital healthcare provider that treats obesity by combining weight-loss medication with continuous care from a multidisciplinary team.

Lovell Minnick Partners and Carlyle AlpInvest-backed SRS Acquiom agreed this week to acquire Pantarai, a provider of loan technology and services for the broadly syndicated loan and private credit markets.

Pantarai provides loan technology, loan closing services and middle office services across broadly syndicated loans and private credit markets globally.

Continuus works mainly with asset managers and other financial institutions on enterprise data strategy, governance frameworks and large-scale cloud data transformation programs.

Competition for these assets is certainly increasing, despite the challenges posed by the sector.

The 177-year-old pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer has more than 50,000 employees and also includes Boots Opticians and the No7 Beauty Company.

'European and allied governments are spending more on defense and security than at any point in a generation, and the companies we back are winning real contracts earlier than they would have done a few years ago,' says CEO and founder John James.

The firm started raising the strategy in Q2 and aims to reach final close by Q1 next year as more funds emerge in this space, Private Equity International has learned.

UK-headquartered Clarion owns and operates more than 100 B2B brands. Its 10 largest category franchises account for two-thirds of revenues.