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The PE firm is launching a new education platform called Axcel. 'Professional education is being reinvented and reimagined as we speak,' says Axcel CEO Jonathan Zeidan.

Investors have discovered the appealing attributes of the car wash business, including the basic service, strong margins, low working capital, labor efficiency and recurring revenue base.

The PE firm recently invested in Geosyntec, which has a team of 1,700 engineers, scientists and other technical personnel.

“Some of the trends that we were looking at include the growth in e-commerce and the increasing volume of goods that are getting shipped across the country and the proliferation of distribution centers that are being built out.”

Founded by Reuben Munger in 2008, Vision Ridge Partners seeks to deliver superior financial returns and positive environmental impact through investments in sustainable real assets.

'We have seen a large number of consumers interested in hair care at the premium end of the scale,' Kelly said.

'Not only do we think this is the perfect tool for electric vehicles but we also think the tool can be adapted for other verticals for us and so we see a lot of opportunities to further integrate ChooseEV into the CLEAResult offering.'

'It's a very fragmented market in both the US and the UK to the extent that if you have the proper platform and management team, there are a lot of M&A opportunities,' Burr says.

Deal drivers include increased demand for podcasts, video games, mobile apps, cloud computing, online gambling, artificial intelligence, and augmented and virtual reality software.

'We are living in uncertain times, and so we were interested in getting some partial liquidity for the investment,' Bain Capital Private Equity's Ken Hanau said.