Iris Dorbian

Palo Alto, Calif.-based online survey platform SurveyMonkey has secured $250 million in funding. The investors included T. Rowe Price Associates, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Baillie Gifford & Co, Tiger Global Management, ICONIQ Capital, Google Capital, Social+Capital Partnership and Laurel Crown Partners. Allen & Co. was financial advisor on the transaction.

Tailwater Capital has closed its third fund at a hard cap of $650 million. The pool will focus on domestic energy firms. Capstone Partners was the placement agent.

GE Capital's healthcare financial services business has provided a senior credit facility of up to $19 million for Rapid Micro Biosystems. The financing will be used for working capital. Based in Bedford, Mass., Rapid Micro Biosystems is a provider of quality control solutions in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Canadian investor CDPQ has agreed to acquire a 15 percent stake in AES US Investments, an AES subsidiary that owns the Indianapolis Power & Light Company, for $244 million. According to terms of the deal, CDPQ will invest about $349 million in IPALCO through 2016 for a 17.65 percent stake.

Cott Corp. has closed its buy of DSS Group, parent company of DS Services. The price of the transaction was about $1.25 billion. The sellers include Crestview Partners. Headquartered in Atlanta, DS Services is a provider of bottled water, office coffee and water filtration services.

PHD Equity Partners, the fund management arm of the Dow Schofield Watts Group, has raised 16.5 million pounds in the first close of its second private equity fund. Fund 2's target is 25 million pounds. The pool will focus on investing in established smaller UK firms.

Midway Industrial Supply, which is owned by by Generation Growth Capital, has bought Contrast Equipment Company. No financial terms were disclosed; however, Anchor Bank provided the senior financing for the transaction. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Contrast Equipment is a finishing equipment system integrator.