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Seventure nears final close for Digital Opportunities Fund
Seventure is also currently fundraising for its Health For Life II and AVF vehicles
General Atlantic injects $250m into Greensill
GA's investment values the working capital finance provider at $1.64bn
Endless to exit The Works in £100m London listing
Turnaround player bought the retailer out of administration in 2008 for a reported £17m
HIG exits Kondor in trade sale to DCC Technology
Kondor is HIG's first investment from its €825m HIG Europe Capital Partners II fund
LDC's Fishawack buys Healthcircle Advertising
LDC backed the buyout of the pharmaceutical media agency from Growth Capital Partners in early 2017
Caledonia buys Cooke Optics from GCP for £96.5m
Management team reinvests £7.8m of their sales proceeds to secure the remaining equity
SGG Group buys Augentius in fund admin consolidation play
Transaction would make SGG the fourth largest investor services firm worldwide with $400bn AUM
Maven in £2.8m round for P2P lending platform Lending Works
Previous backer NVM, along with Pollen Street and business angels, bring in £800,000
Conor Venture et al. inject further $13.4m into Verto
Consortium is led by Conor Venture Partners, Open Ocean Capital and Finnish Industry Investment
Mandarin Capital looking to kickstart new fundraise in Q4
Italian private equity house is planning to start fundraising for its new fund, MCP III, in October
Permira's Exclusive Group buys NextGen
Exclusive Group sets foot in the Irish market following the €1.3bn buyout by Permira earlier this year
Bridges hits £50m mark for evergreen vehicle
Permanent capital vehicle was launched in December 2016, with initial commitments of £23m
Inflexion buys 20% stake in Mountain Warehouse for £45m
Deal values the outdoor clothing and equipment retailer at around £310m
ECI reaches £700m hard-cap for fund 11 in less than three months
ECI 11 was launched in mid-April this year and is 40% larger than its predecessor
Insight, Felix in $25m round for UK-based Yoobic
Startup was initially self-funded before Felix injected $5.3m of series-A funding in 2017
3i sells Etanco to management and ICG
GP reaps €102m from the sale of the manufacturer of building fasteners and fixing systems
TCV leads $50m round for TourRadar
Cherry Ventures, Endeit Capital, Hoxton Ventures and Speedinvest round up the series-C
Cairngorm aiming for third fundraise in 2019
UK-based investor is likely to begin fundraising in the new year, with Cairgorm Capital II being currently depoyed
State Street hires new MD for EMEA alternatives
Responsibilities will include driving the team's sales strategy across hedge and PE fund clients
KKR et al. acquire stakes in Altice telecoms towers
KKR Infrastructure buys 49.99% of new company SFR TowerCo, with an EV of €3.6bn
UK government intervenes in sale of Better's Northern Aerospace
Better Capital agreed to sell the business to former portfolio company Gardner, now Chinese-owned
Sentica's VMP closes IPO public offering
Company lists less than a year after the GP acquired it via the Sentica Buyout V fund
Ardian's Gaillard takes over as France Invest chair
Dominique Gaillard will chair the French PE trade body for two years, taking over from Olivier Millet
Alpha PE hires Quinn as IR and fundraising director
Helena Quinn was previously private equity leader at fund services firm SGG