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United Ventures leads €10m round for Brumbrum
Deal for the Italian online car retail platform is the first investment for the VC's UV2 fund
Clearwater promotes Eden to COO
Eden joined the business in 2014 following roles at Lloyds Bank, Close Brothers and Experian
Aliter kicks off third platform with Boston Networks deal
Sixth transaction for Aliter, which closed its support services fund a year ago
BCIMC, PAI kick off Refresco offer
Unless extended, the €20-per-share offer for the bottles business will expire on 19 March
Trade body Afic rebrands to France Invest
Established in 1984, Afic had already changed its name but kept its acronym back in 2012
Torqx buys Diamond Tools Group
DTG manufactures diamond cutting and printing tools, and diamond wire dies
VCs tread cautiously around blockchain craze
VC activity in cryptocurrency has increased, but despite eye-catching deals, their volume is not as high as the wider enthusiasm would suggest
Draper Esprit et al. in $75m round for Ledger
Series-B is a massive step up from the €7m series-A secured by the French business less than a year ago
BGF injects £10m into CHS Healthcare
Funding will be used to expand CHS's operations, supporting the provision of services to the NHS
Synova supports MBO of Mintec
Deal for the food data provider announced within days of the GP's investment in AllClear
Corporate finance: Houlihan Lokey buys Quayle Munro
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey has acquired London-based corporate finance boutique Quayle Munro.
SEP injects £25m into Redwood
SEP initiated contact with the comms and cloud services firm three years ago
Synova backs AllClear in MBI
Chris Rolland, the former CEO of Staysure and American Express Insurance Services, will lead the business
CEE Fundraising Report 2017
An in-depth statistical analysis of recent fundraising trends in CEE, with insight from local experts, now available to download
Lyceum shelves fund IV, moves to deal-by-deal
Fundraising proved tougher than expected, according to a source close to the situation
JC Flowers continues OneSavings sell-down
GP places a further 24 million shares, reaping gross proceeds of approximately £95m
Ardian's Diam refinances debt
New financing package replaces original loans and bond mix with an all-loan structure
WestBridge holds £50m first close
British Business Bank commits £15m, with the vehicle aiming to raise £100m overall
ECI appoints three, promotes two
Daniel Bailey, Isa Maidan and Laura Morrill join the GP's investment team
Canadian pension funds invest in Ardian-backed Fives
LBO sees PSP and CDPQ back French engineering firm Fives, with Ardian reinvesting
Eurazeo enters exclusive discussions for Idinvest deal
Rumours of a deal between the two asset managers emerged back in mid-December
Equistone acquires French spirits business Dugas
Equistone invests alongside the management team, led by the founder, and Chevrillon Group
Summa buys Norsk Gjenvinning from Altor
Altor backed the spin-out of the recycling business from Veolia in 2011 via Altor Fund III
French PE-backed firms still outperform rest of economy – study
2009-2016 cumulative job creation rate also far exceeded that of the wider economy, Afic says