Swetha Gopinath

KKR & Co. is exploring options for Viridor Ltd., including a potential sale that could value the UK waste management firm at as much as £7 billion ($8.5 billion) including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

(Bloomberg) -- KKR & Co. is exploring options for Viridor Ltd., including a potential sale that could value the UK waste management firm at as much as £7 billion ($8.5 billion) including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private equity arm is closing in on a deal to buy Danish telematics firm Trackunit, according to people familiar with the matter.

European mid-market private equity firm Equistone has paused raising money for its flagship fund and is exploring alternative formats after failing to reach its initial goal of around €2.5 billion ($2.6 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said.

Buyout firm Advent has named Sergio D’Angelo to lead health-care dealmaking in Europe, according to people familiar with the matter.

KKR & Co. has invested in agricultural technology company smaXtec as the private equity firm continues to push into growth funding.

UK financial technology company Fundment is raising fresh funding at a valuation of about £150 million ($183 million), people with knowledge of the matter said.

H.I.G. Capital is nearing a deal to acquire Kantar Group’s television audience ratings unit, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The business could be valued at about $4 billion in a sale Company working on sale of its international business

French buyout firm Ardian SAS has raised a €3.2 billion ($3.3 billion) for its new mid-cap growth fund.