Obey Martin Manayiti

Wind Point Partners, AE Industrial Partners, Berkshire Partners and Tenex Capital Management are some of the firms investing in this sector.

Vestar Capital-backed Roland Foods is acquiring ifiGOURMET.

Trive Capital-backed EarthLink acquires internet provider One Ring Networks.

The deal also marked the exit of Lee Equity Partners, which acquired Cadent in 2013.

'We can acquire companies that may be small, but they are still going to be a market leader in the specific niche application that they serve,' said KKR's Brandon Brahm.

A look at six private equity-backed insurance deals; the completion of Vista’s $4.6 billion sale of Apptio to IBM; and Northleaf’s $200 million investment in Tillman FiberCo.

Brookfield, Serent Capital, Braemont Capital and Madison Dearborn are some of the firms finding opportunities in insurance.

GTCR bought Protection 1 for $828m in 2010. Now, it’s carving out the business from ADT for $1.6bn.

Ara Partners, EQT and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners are some of the firms finding deals in this sector.

In July, Apollo unveiled a strategic minority investment in PetSmart, which is majority owned by BC Partners.