PE Hub Staff

Australia's Spark Infrastructure Group has agreed to a $3.71 billion takeover by a consortium that includes KKR & Co and two Canadian pension funds.

TA Services, an affiliate of PS Logistics, has acquired Scout Logistics Corp, a Toronto-based specialist in over-the-road transportation of perishable freight.

CPPIB has invested $350 million in Advanced Drainage Systems, a US provider of water management solutions in the stormwater and on-site septic wastewater industries.

Toronto-based CPS Capital has closed CPS Partners Fund with C$100 million in committed capital, ahead of a C$75 million target.

Ontario Excavac, a Vaughan, Ontario-based provider of hydro excavation, rehabilitation and renewal services to underground utilities, has been sold.

MDF Commerce has agreed to acquire Periscope Intermediate Corp, an Austin, Texas-based procurement software and services provider backed by Parthenon Capital Partners.

EQT Private Equity is selling Utimaco, a provider of mission-critical professional cybersecurity and data intelligence solutions

Chicago-based legal technology company Litera has agreed to acquire Kira Systems, a Toronto-based provider of machine learning contract review and analysis software.

Canadian holding company Tiny Capital has invested in AeroPress, the Palo Alto, California-based creator of the AeroPress coffee maker.

Varicent has acquired Concert Finance, a New York-based provider of commissions software designed by compensation experts.