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Foresight Group has launched its Solar EIS 3 fund, with a target of £20m, to follow in the footsteps of its recently closed £30m Solar EIS 2 vehicle.
3i has seen its NAV per share rise 11.5% over the past 12 months, and says it is making significant progress to turn around the business.
Atmosphere Bars and Clubs, a UK-based portfolio company of Sun European Partners, has gone into administration.
UK-based NBGI Private Equity has announced the appointment of Tim Kelly – who has previously worked for Hovis, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Guinness Bass Import – as a senior adviser.
AnaCap Financial Partners has sold Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to JC Flowers in a secondary buyout worth a reported £800m.
The ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty has appointed Giles Derry, a partner at Dunedin, as its chairman – marking the first time a private equity professional has held the role.
Valar Ventures, which was set up by Facebook’s first outside investor and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, has led a $6m series-B funding round for London-based currency exchange site TransferWise.......
Connection Capital has appointed Miles Otway as investment director.
CVC’s potential takeover of gambling group Betfair has collapsed, with both sides unable to agree on financial terms.
CVC is to make a new bid for online gambling business Betfair by 5pm today, according to media reports.
LDC has sold temporary traffic systems and management supplier Eve Trakway to rental equipment provider Ashtead Group plc for £28m, a 2.5x multiple on the firm’s original investment.
Key Capital Partners (KCP) has promoted Richard Thomas to investment director at its Birmingham office.
Oakley Capital Investments has sold news services provider Headland Media Ltd to KVH Industries in a deal that gives the firm an enterprise value of £15.5m.
Templine Employment Agency Ltd, a recruitment company backed by Key Capital Partners (KCP), has acquired UK-based A&A Recruitment Ltd.
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