Rafael Canton

The former L Catterton dealmaker announced in January that Forward Consumer Partners raised its inaugural fund at $425m.

'We're not afraid of complexity and we like being a bit contrarian,' says Bain's Adam Nebesar.

The PE firm and the grocery retailer recently formed MPearlRock and made its debut acquisition of Nutpods.

'We view Florida as a $500 million market opportunity and Bush Brothers has a small, growing slice of this market,' says Heartwood's Ed Tan.

Orangewood is no stranger to franchise-related deals. It currently owns and operates more than 275 units of Taco Bell.

IMG Academy is 'a feel-good deal where we knew that we were investing in a company where we would generate a nice private equity return but also investing in the future of ultimately thousands of kids.'

Arctos, BPEA EQT and RedBird Capital are among the private equity firms making deals in the sports sector.

VC-backed Electric Sheep expects to announce lawnmowing service deals later on Wednesday, as the startup gears up to launch a PE fund.

BlackRock-backed Influence Media scoops up Enrique Iglesias' music catalog.

'We’re still in the very early innings,' Perry said about the secondaries market. 'I would argue we're probably at the top of the second inning.'