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Thomas H Lee Partners has hired Martis Capital founding partner Shahab Vagefi as a managing director in its healthcare vertical.

Veteran buyout house Kohlberg & Company has bought into Ob Hospitalist Group from fellow PE house Gryphon Investors.

Mid-market UK private equity house Livingbridge has invested in Venatus, a global advertising technology platform targeting video gaming and entertainment audiences.

TA Associates has agreed a strategic growth investment in $7.5bn-managing privately-owned multi-family office Caprock.

Africa-focused buyout house BluePeak Private Capital has held a $115m first close for its first flagship private credit and mezzanine fund. The firm is targeting a final close of $200m, with a hard cap of $250m.

Graycliff Partners has brought in the chairman of portfolio business Worldwide Electric, Pradeep Saha, as an operating partner.

Software-focused private equity major Vista Equity Partners has agreed a £1.1bn buyout of UK-based robotic process automation software specialist Blue Prism.

German buyout house Golding Capital Partners has launched its debut impact fund of funds with a €300m target, aiming for a net IRR of 12% to 14%. The fund launch follows two fund closes earlier in the year which pulled in €536m from LPs.

Goldman Sachs has completed a float of assets from its private equity firm investment unit Petershill Partners valuing the business at about £4bn.

The $39.2bn-managing South Carolina Retirement System has committed another $770m across a string of private equity, debt and real estate investment funds.