Insurance company MetLife has agreed to acquire Versant Health, a vision care benefits company, for $1.68 billion, reported Reuters.

High Street Insurance Partners, which is backed by Huron Capital, has acquired Tracy Driscoll and Millennium Alliance Group LLC.

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC has made an investment in Dallas-based Thackeray Partners, a private real estate investment firm.

The shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Sept. 16 under the ticker symbol "STEP".

The growth investment values the company at $1.2 billion, making it Uruguay's first unicorn company. 

Novacap, a Canadian private equity firm, has agreed to acquire GroupAssur Inc, a Montreal-based managing general agent specializing in the property and casualty insurance lines.

Novacap has acquired Calgary-based Optiom Inc, a specialty insurance managing general underwriter and provider of vehicle replacement coverage.

Th Lee Partners is acquiring the stake from NexPhase Capital, a sub-advisor to the Moelis Capital Partners Opportunities Funds.

Eurazeo will acquire the remaining shares of Idinvest Partners, a European private equity firm focused on the lower and middle-market segments.

Volery Capital Partners has made an investment in London-based Sustainable Development Capital LLP, a clean energy investment, project development and advisory asset management business.

OANDA, which is backed by CVC Capital Partners, has acquired TMS, a Polish multi-asset class broker.

India-based Embassy Group is in talks with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s Ivanhoé Cambridge to set up an investment platform for developing office projects, reported Bloomberg.

Newlight Partners LP has made an investment in Propeller Industries LLC, a provider of financial and accounting services for venture-stage companies.

SpottedRisk, which is backed by Schooner Capital, has acquired Media Guarantors, a managing general underwriter focused on completion bonds.

Command Investigations LLC, a portfolio company of Monument MicroCap Partners LLC, has recapitalized New Mexico and Texas-based Discovery Surveillance Inc, an insurance risk management service provider.

High Street Insurance Partners, which is backed by Huron Capital, has acquired Capital Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency in Michigan.

Oak Hill Capital and Genstar-backed Mercer Global Advisors has acquired Frisco, Colorado-based Summit Wealth Advisors, a wealth management.

Easterly has acquired an equity stake in James Alpha Advisors LLC, a boutique asset management firm specializing in global REITs and liquid alternative portfolio solutions for institutional and individual investors.

Flexpoint Ford LLC has made an investment in TigerRisk Partners LLC, a risk, capital and strategic advisor to the global insurance and reinsurance industry.

GCM Grosvenor, an alternative asset manager, and CF Finance Acquisition Corp, a blank check company that's backed by Cantor Fitzgerald, have agreed to merge.