Robert Daniel

The owner of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, and Providence Equity Partners are backing Blue Star Sports, the Frisco, Texas, producer of software solutions for youth-sports organizations. The solutions include websites and payment and registration systems. Providence Equity is the Providence, Rhode Island, private-equity investment firm.

Arlington Capital Partners, the Chevy Chase, Md., middle-market private-equity firm, closed the purchase of iRobot's Defense & Security business for as much as $45 million, including milestone payments. iRobot is the Bedford, Mass., producer of robots for home use.

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, the Austin, Texas, private-equity firm, sold Highline Produce, the Ontario producer and distributor of organic mushrooms for retail and food service, to Fyffes plc. Fyffes is the Dublin fruit and fresh-produce company. Terms weren't disclosed.

J.F. Lehman & Co acquired, in partnership with company managers, American Scaffold, the San Diego provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for U.S. government ships. Terms weren't disclosed.

Franklin Square Capital Partners, the Philadelphia alternative-investment manager, named Lewis Katz to the new post of chief business-development officer. Katz joins Franklin Square from Blackboard Advisors, a management consultancy he founded.