Obey Martin Manayiti

Private equity goes bullish over clinical trials.

The four add-ons are Summit Environmental Technologies, Fremont Analytical, Orange Coast Analytical and Chester LabNet.

NMS Capital, QHP Capital, VSS Capital, and FFL Partners are some of the firms persuing opportunities in clinical trials.

Apax Digital Funds leads investment of more than $100 million in Petvisor.

Nordic is acquiring the majority stake in IntegriChain, a Philadelphia-based provider of technology for the life sciences industry, from Accel-KKR.

PE bets on music rights with five notable deals.

Earlier in November, Butterfly Equity, Equilibrium Capital and a US public pension fund agreed to provide project financing for Pacifico Aquaculture.

Lincoln Road bets on landscaping services.

Considered recession-resilient, lansdcaping services have attracted PE firms recently, including Audax, One Rock and Trinity Hunt, as well as Lincoln Road.

PE bets on the financial services sector.